Born: Oc­to­ber 20, 1892, Kal­a­mazoo, Mi­chi­gan. His birth name was Har­old Loes. He took the mid­dle name Dix­on from Dr. A. C. Dix­on, pas­tor of Moo­dy Church.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 9, 1965, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Pseudonyms

  • Deal
  • Bartells

Loes stu­died at Moody Bi­ble In­sti­tute, Chi­ca­go, Ill­i­nois; the Amer­i­can Con­serv­a­tory of Mu­sic; the Met­ro­pol­i­tan School of Mu­sic; and the Chi­ca­go Mu­sic­al Coll­ege. From 1927-1939, he served in mu­sic­al po­si­tions in Bap­tist church­es in Ok­mul­gee and Mus­ko­gee, Ok­la­homa. From 1939 to re­tire­ment, he served on the mu­sic fa­cul­ty at the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute.

Sources

Hymns

  1. ’Twas Jesus’ Blood (© 1941)

Music

  1. All Things in Jesus
  2. Blessed Redeemer
  3. Looking unto Jesus (© 1933)
  4. Love Found a Way
  5. More Than a Friend (© 1953)
  6. Shine for Jesus Where You Are

Wanted