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Speros Demetrios Athans
1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Author of "El Canto Del Peregrino" in Himnos de Gloria Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949.
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Wiliam Haas
1873 - 1920 Person Name: William Haas Author of "Over Life's Pathway I Journey" Born June 4, 1873, William Haas demonstrated a sensitive nature and profound religious interest even as a young child. Even before his salvation in his teen years, William sensed God would eventually call him to missions in Africa. After working as a schoolteacher and pastor, he and his second wife, Genevieve, left for Africa in 1911. There, they served in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. In 1920, William founded a mission agency of his own, Baptist Mid-Missions. However, years of physical hardship in Africa took their toll, and William died from complications of malaria on May 28, 1920, in Bangassou, Central African Republic.
William’s remarkable giftings extended to linguistics (he learned at least six African languages), poetry, and music. It was likely during his years as a pastor in the Midwest that he wrote the hymn “Over Life’s Pathways I Journey” (published by A.B. Simpson) and three other unpublished hymns as well as an instructional manual, The Handbook for New Missionaries.
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