In 1892, Ei­land, along with John Thom­as and J. M. Greer, es­tab­lished the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny in Wa­co, Tex­as. Four years lat­er, he found­ed The Mu­sic­al Trio per­i­od­ic­al. Then, in 1898, he, Hom­er El­li­ott and Em­mett Dean found­ed the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal mu­sic school in Wa­co; The SDN The­o­ry of Mu­sic text­book came out of this ef­fort. John Her­bert and John Vaugh­an were among the teach­ers at the school, and the stu­dents in­clud­ed such gift­ed song­writ­ers as Till­it Tedd­lie.

Lyrics

1. Beautiful Gleanings Bring
2. Don’t You Want to Be Ready?
3. For Him, My Lord
4. From the Cross to the Crown, 1895
5. Glorious Gospel Train, The
6. Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand
7. Lean on His Arm
8. Marching in the Light
9. Singing a Wonderful Song, 1909
10. Too Late
11. Trusting in Jesus, O Wonderful Theme
12. Where the Blood Can Heal!