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MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CUMMINGS, M. Homer
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
SSpradling@aol.com
September 20, 1999
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A History of Monroe County, West Virginia
Oren F. Morton, B. Lit.
Staunton, VA
The McClure Company, Inc.
1916
p. 332-333
M. HOMER CUMMINGS
M. Homer Cummings was born near Pickaway, August 23, 1890, and was graduated
from Trevecca College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1909. After spending a year
in the University of Chattanooga, he entered the ministry of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1911. Since then he has written more than sixty hymns,
the more popular being these: "My Lord and King," "There is a Gladness,"
"What Will You Do with Jesus?" "Come Where the Blessings Fall," The Gospel
According to You," "Jesus Is the One You Need." Others appear in "Echoes
from Beulah," published by the author at Ripley, W. Va. Mr. Cummings has
also written "You Are My Sweetheart," a secular song that has been well
received by the music public. His parents are H. M. Cummings and wife,
Pickaway.
s my
protector, I fear no evil, I fear no robber, I fear no murderer."
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