ウェグルは、シンシナティ音楽院(Cincinnati Conservatory of Music)で学び、説教と作詞作曲の経歴を積んだ。彼は1,000以上のゴスペル・ソングを作曲した。人生の最後の15年間は、チャタヌーガのテネシー・テンプル・スクール(Tennessee Temple Schools)で過ごした。
作品を含む出版物： Songs of Peace, Purity and Power No. 2 (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1903) Great Tabernacle Hymns, with George J. Meyer (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, circa 1916) Songs of the True Life (Sebring, Florida: Charles F. Weigle, circa 1935) Songs About Jesus (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing, 1940)
作詞作品： Down Deep in the Sea Every Day for Jesus I Love to Walk with Jesus I’m Glad I Came Home I’m on the Sunny Side Jesus Is Calling Today Lead Me Higher Little Nearer Home, A Lord May Be Coming Soon, The No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus Living for Jesus Simply Trusting Waiting on the Lord When I Come to the Edge of Eternity Who Can Save a Soul from Sin?
