Miles at­tende­d the Phil­a­del­phia Coll­ege of Phar­ma­cy and the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia. In 1892, he aban­don­ed his ca­reer as a phar­ma­cist and wrote his first Gos­pel song, “List ’Tis Je­sus’ Voice” which was pub­lished by the Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny. He served as ed­i­tor and man­a­ger at the Hall-Mack pub­lish­ers for 37 years. In his own words:

It is as a writ­er of gos­pel songs I am proud to be known, for in that way I may be of the most use to my Mas­ter, whom I serve will­ing­ly al­though not as ef­fi­cient­ly as is my de­sire.

Sources

Hymns

1. All Alone
2. Answering Thy Call (© 1934)
3. City of Refuge, The (© 1943)
4. Decision
5. Dwelling in Beulah Land
6. He Is Mine
7. He’s Able and Willing
8. I Have a Friend (© 1948)
9. I Love to Think of Jesus
10. If Jesus Goes with Me
11. In Thee Do I Live (© 1938)
12. I’m Going There
13. In the Garden
14. Look for Me!
15. Love, Mercy and Grace (© 1938)
16. New Name in Glory, A
17. Wide, Wide as the Ocean
18. Win Them One by One

Music

1. Somebody’s Praying for You (© 1935)
2. Still Sweeter Every Day
3. To Victory