One of nine child­ren, Tedd­lie came from a fam­i­ly of mu­si­cians. He was es­pe­cial­ly in­spired by Frank­lin Ei­land, and stu­died at North Tex­as State Un­i­ver­si­ty with his old­est bro­ther, James Tedd­lie, A. H. Cook, and Dr. Her­bert. He be­gan song writ­ing around age 20, but his ca­reer of mu­sic evan­gel­ism be­gan in earn­est in 1917. He wrote about 100 songs in his life­time, and was an ac­tive sing­ing teach­er and pub­lish­er.

Sources

Lyrics

1. Cast All Your Burdens on the Lord, 1935
2. Don’t Wait Too Long
3. God Sent His Own Son, 1978
4. Hear Me When I Call, 1962
5. Heaven Holds All to Me, 1932
6. I Have Waited Too Long to Prepare
7. I Remem­ber Jesus
8. In Heaven They’re Singing (© 1937)
9. In the Service of My King!
10. Into Our Hands the Gospel Is Given, 1939
11. Joyful Song, A
12. Mas­ter’s Touch, The
13. May This My Glory Be, 1972
14. O God of Infinite Mercy, 1948
15. O the Depths and the Riches, 1938
16. Oft We Come Together, 1944
17. Round the Hills in Galilee, 1907
18. Safe in the Harbor, 1954
19. Singing Redemption’s Song, 1923
20. Songs of Salva­tion, 1937
21. Thou Wilt Keep Him
22. Time Enough Yet
23. True Worship (© 1944)
24. We Shall Meet Someday
25. What Will Your Answer Be?, 1935
26. When We Meet in Sweet Communion, 1922
27. Worthy Art Thou, 1930
28. You Can Lead Someone to Jesus, 1943

Music

1. Into Our Hands (© 1939)