What Are Some Things Not to Do with the Bible? From the very beginning, Satan knew this was to be the foundation of everything–believing and obeying God. It’s not surprising, then, that we ...
Words: William Charles Poole (b. Apr. 14, 1875; d. Dec. 24, 1949)Music: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Aug. 18, 1856; d. Sept. 15, 1932) Note: William Poole was a pastor with the Methodist church...
Words: Charles Wesley (b. Dec. 18, 1707; d. Mar. 29, 1788)Music: Duke Street, by John C. Hatton (b. Sept. ___, 1710; d. Dec. ___, 1793) Note: Originally called, “Before Work,” this is possibl...
Words: Daniel Webster Whittle (b. Nov. 22, 1840; d. March 4, 1901)Music: Whittle, by May Whittle Moody (b. March 20, 1870; Aug. 20, 1963) Note: May Whittle Moody was Daniel Whittle’s daughter, ...
Words: Daniel Webster Whittle (b. Nov. 22, 1840; d. March 4, 1901)Music: James McGranahan (b. July 4, 1840; d. July 9, 1907) Note: Major Whittle (his rank in the Civil War) wrote six stanzas for ...
Words: James Edmeston (b. Sept. 10, 1791; d. Jan. 7:1867)Music: Evening Prayer (or Stebbins), by George Coles Stebbins (b. Feb. 26, 1846; d. Oct. 6, 1945) Note: One of our most beautiful evening ...
Words: James Rowe (Jan. 1, 1865; d. Nov. 10, 1933)Music: Howard E. Smith (b. July 16, 1863; d. Aug. 13, 1918) Note: James Rowe wrote other commonly used gospel songs. His story is told in the Wor...
Words: James Martin Gray (b. May 11, 1851; d. Sept. 21, 1925)Music: Daniel Brink Towner (b. Apr. 5, 1850; d. Oct. 3, 1919) Note: The Wordwise link at the bottom of this post has a biographical no...
Words: Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (b. Oct. 11, 1895; d. Jan. 14, 1985)Music: Harry Dixon Loes (b. Oct. 20, 1892; d. Feb. 9, 1965) Note: The story of how this 1915 gospel song came to b...
Words: George Wade Robinson (b. _____, 1838; d. Jan. 18, 1877)Music: Everlasting Love, by James Mountain (b. July 16, 1844; d. June 27, 1933) Note: This hymn is also called Loved with Everlasting...