Throw Open the Door

Throw open your heart's door, let Jesus come in

Author: Charles W. Vaughan (1936)
Tune: [Throw open your heart's door, let Jesus come in]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Charles W. Vaughan

Charles Wesley Vaughan was born near Pulaski, Tennessee, and studied music with his older brother, James D. Vaughan, as well as E. T. Hilderbrand and B. C. Unseld. He married Bertha Cole in 1904. Charles W. Vaughan taught alongside his brother in the Vaughan School of Music for several years, managed the first Vaughan Quartet, and wrote a number of lyrics and musical settings. In addition to his music business, Vaughan was editor of the Lawrence News and the Vaughan Family Visitor. He was also mayor of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and served in the state legislature. --Mrs. J.R. Baxter & Videt Polk, Gospel Song Writers Biography (Dallas: Stamps-Baxter, 1971), pp. 293-294. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Throw open your heart's door, let Jesus come in
Title:	Throw Open the Door
Author:	Charles W. Vaughan (1936)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Throw open the door, let Jesus come in
Copyright:	© 1936 Chas. W. Vaughan