Born: Jan­u­a­ry 20, 1879, Ly­ons, Kan­sas.

Died: No­vem­ber 1, 1966, In­gle­wood, Cal­i­for­nia.

Buried: In­gle­wood Park Cem­e­te­ry, In­gle­wood, Cal­i­for­nia.

After or­din­a­tion, Reitz pas­tored at the First Bap­tist Church, Ber­lin, Wis­con­sin (1918-1921); the Rose­hill Bap­tist Church, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia; and the Fair­view Heights Bap­tist Church, In­gle­wood, Cal­i­for­nia (1926-1952). He wrote over 100 Gospel songs in his life­time.

Sources

Hymns

  1. By the Way of Redeeming Love
  2. His Blood Availed for Me
  3. I Know That Some Day
  4. Oh, Wonderful Love!
  5. Praise Ye Jehovah
  6. Shepherd of Love, The
  7. Teach Me to Pray (© 1925)
  8. ’Twas a Glad Day When Jesus Found Me
  9. Wonderful, Unfailing Friend

Music

  1. His Mighty Hand