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My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Samuel F. Smith
Samuel Francis Smith, D.D. was born in Boston, MA, in 1808. He was educated at Harvard University and was a classmate of Oliver Wendell Holmes. After graduation from Harvard and...
My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Samuel F. Smith
Samuel Francis Smith, D.D. was born in Boston, MA, in 1808. He was educated at Harvard University and was a classmate of Oliver Wendell Holmes. After graduation from Harvard and...

When We All Get to Heaven - Eliza Hewitt
Eliza Jane Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 28th, 1851. She graduated high school as valedictorian and became a teacher, but her work was suddenly arrested for...
When We All Get to Heaven - Eliza Hewitt
Eliza Jane Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 28th, 1851. She graduated high school as valedictorian and became a teacher, but her work was suddenly arrested for...

Who Laughs at Sin - Joseph Stennett
Hymn writer Joseph Stennett was born in 1663 in England. Son of a Baptist preacher, brother to another Baptist preacher, and father and grandfather to yet two more, the Stennett...
Who Laughs at Sin - Joseph Stennett
Hymn writer Joseph Stennett was born in 1663 in England. Son of a Baptist preacher, brother to another Baptist preacher, and father and grandfather to yet two more, the Stennett...

Frances Ridley Havergal
Frances Ridley Havergal was born at Astley, Worcestershire, England, on December 14th, 1836. Daughter of hymn writer W. H. Havergal, and youngest of six children, Frances was a bright, sunny-tempered...
Frances Ridley Havergal
Frances Ridley Havergal was born at Astley, Worcestershire, England, on December 14th, 1836. Daughter of hymn writer W. H. Havergal, and youngest of six children, Frances was a bright, sunny-tempered...

Grace Greater Than Our Sin - Julia Johnston
Julia Harriette Johnston was an American hymn writer born on January 21st, 1849, in Salineville, Ohio. Her parents were a Presbyterian preacher and a poet, respectively. Julia followed in...
Grace Greater Than Our Sin - Julia Johnston
Julia Harriette Johnston was an American hymn writer born on January 21st, 1849, in Salineville, Ohio. Her parents were a Presbyterian preacher and a poet, respectively. Julia followed in...

Burdens Are Lifted At Calvary- John Moore
John M. Moore was a British Baptist minister, author, and composer born in the parish and burgh of barony of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on September 1, 1925. His parents were...
Burdens Are Lifted At Calvary- John Moore
John M. Moore was a British Baptist minister, author, and composer born in the parish and burgh of barony of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on September 1, 1925. His parents were...