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William T. Sleeper

1819 - 1904 Person Name: Rev. W. T. Sleeper Author of "He Comes to Save" in Select Gems Sleeper, W. T. is given in I. D. Sankey’s Sacred Songs & Solos, 1881, as the author of “A ruler once came to Jesus by night” (Need for the New Birth). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =============== William T. Sleeper (1819-1904)] Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 9, 1819, Dan­bu­ry, New Hamp­shire. Died: Sep­tem­ber 24, 1904, Well­es­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Sleeper at­tend­ed Phill­ips-Ex­e­ter Acad­e­my, the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ver­mont, and the An­do­ver The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry. Af­ter or­din­a­tion, he con­duct­ed home min­is­try work in Mass­a­chu­setts and Maine. He lat­er be­came pas­tor of the Sum­mer Street Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Wor­ces­ter, Mass­a­chu­setts, where he served over 30 years. His works include: The Re­ject­ed King, and Hymns of Je­sus, 1883. -- www.hymntime.com

D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Behold the Lamb of God]" in Select Gems Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

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