Hymn writer. J. W. Gaines was a native of Texas and lived there for many years, working with the Trio and/or Quartet Music Companies of Waco. His wife's name was Laurel and they had six children. He must have been a friend of Franklin L. Eiland, a hymnwriter who was a member of the Lord's church, because it was while visiting at Gaines' log cabin home in Palo Pinto County, TX, that Eiland composed his most famous melody which accompanies the hymn, "Hold To God's Unchanging Hand." Songs by J. W. Gaines include: Take My Hand, and Lead Me - 1924 - Words and music, When Jesus Comes, You Never Mentioned Him To Me, 1929 - Music, In That Home Of The Soul. J. W. Gaines moved to the Memphis, TN, area where he operated a business there under his own name and spent the last few years of his life. Gaines was a Methodist and died on June 13, 1937 at Oakville in Shelby County, TN. One of his students was G. C. Finley.
Hymn writer. J. W. Gaines was a native of Texas and lived there for many years, working with the Trio and/or Quartet Music Companies of Waco. His wife's name was Laurel and they had six children. He must have been a friend of Franklin L. Eiland, a hymnwriter who was a member of the Lord's church, because it was while visiting at Gaines' log cabin home in Palo Pinto County, TX, that Eiland composed his most famous melody which accompanies the hymn, "Hold To God's Unchanging Hand." Songs by J. W. Gaines include: Take My Hand, and Lead Me - 1924 - Words and music, When Jesus Comes, You Never Mentioned Him To Me, 1929 - Music, In That Home Of The Soul. J. W. Gaines moved to the Memphis, TN, area where he operated a business there under his own name and spent the last few years of his life. Gaines was a Methodist and died on June 13, 1937 at Oakville in Shelby County, TN. One of his students was G. C. Finley.
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