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[Oft there comes a gentle whisper over me stealing] (Smith)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred B. Smith Incipit: 34555 56567 15112

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Only Wait

Author: A. B. S. Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing Refrain First Line: Only wait, only wait Used With Tune: [Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing]

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Only Wait

Author: Rev. A. B. Smith Hymnal: Favorites Number 5 #15 (1961) First Line: Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing Refrain First Line: Only wait, again I hear the whisper Languages: English Tune Title: [Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing]
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Only Wait

Author: A. B. S. Hymnal: Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 #116 (1897) First Line: Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing Refrain First Line: Only wait, only wait Languages: English Tune Title: [Oft there comes a gentle whisper o'er me stealing]

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A. B. Simpson

1843 - 1919 Person Name: A. B. S. Author of "Only Wait" in Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 Albert B. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Dianne Shapiro

Alfred B. Smith

1916 - 2001 Person Name: Rev. A. B. Smith Author of "Only Wait" in Favorites Number 5 Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago. --Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)
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