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Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte was born June 1st, 1793 in Scotland. A graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, Lyte was a multitalented man. He was scholar, poet, musician, pastor, though illness...

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Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte was born June 1st, 1793 in Scotland. A graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, Lyte was a multitalented man. He was scholar, poet, musician, pastor, though illness...

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How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

Elias Keach, born 1667, was the only son of Benjamin Keach, imminent Baptist preacher, and hymn-writer of England. Elias traveled to Philadelphia in 1686 when he was nineteen years old....

How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

Elias Keach, born 1667, was the only son of Benjamin Keach, imminent Baptist preacher, and hymn-writer of England. Elias traveled to Philadelphia in 1686 when he was nineteen years old....

My Times of Sorrow and of Joy - Benjamin Beddome

My Times of Sorrow and of Joy - Benjamin Beddome

     Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley, Chatwickshire, on January 23rd, 1717. In 1724 when Beddome was quite young, his father became co-pastor of Pithay Baptist Church, and here Benjamin...

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My Times of Sorrow and of Joy - Benjamin Beddome

     Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley, Chatwickshire, on January 23rd, 1717. In 1724 when Beddome was quite young, his father became co-pastor of Pithay Baptist Church, and here Benjamin...

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Battle Song - Frederic Denison

Battle Song - Frederic Denison

Frederic Denison was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on September 28th, 1819. Educated at Bacon Academy in Colchester and later the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, he earned his way through...

Battle Song - Frederic Denison

Frederic Denison was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on September 28th, 1819. Educated at Bacon Academy in Colchester and later the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, he earned his way through...

I'll Stand By Until the Morning - Major Daniel Whittle

I'll Stand By Until the Morning - Major Daniel ...

Daniel Webster Whittle was born on November 22nd, 1840, in Chicopee Falls, MA. He was named for the statesman his father greatly admired – Daniel Webster. Before the Civil War,...

I'll Stand By Until the Morning - Major Daniel ...

Daniel Webster Whittle was born on November 22nd, 1840, in Chicopee Falls, MA. He was named for the statesman his father greatly admired – Daniel Webster. Before the Civil War,...

The Breach Repaired - Benjamin Keach

The Breach Repaired - Benjamin Keach

This week's Melody Moment is a continuation of last week's post. Click here to read if you missed it!The Repair A faithful student of the Word, Baptist preacher Benjamin Keach...

The Breach Repaired - Benjamin Keach

This week's Melody Moment is a continuation of last week's post. Click here to read if you missed it!The Repair A faithful student of the Word, Baptist preacher Benjamin Keach...