Short Name: | Sanford Fillmore Bennett |
Full Name: | Bennett, Sanford Fillmore, 1836-1898 |
Birth Year: | 1836 |
Death Year: | 1898 |
Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in Eden, New York, 21 June 1836. He and his parents moved to Plainfield, Illinois when he was two years old. He worked on the farm and attended district school during the winter. He was a voracious reader. At sixteen he entered Waukegon Academy. Two years later he began teaching at Wauconda. In 1858 he entered the University of Michigan, Afterward he had charge of the schools in Richmond, Illinois. Two years later he resigned and became Associate Editor of the Independent at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In 1864 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. After the war he returned to Elkhorn and opened a drug store and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Texts by Sanford Fillmore Bennett (48) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Above the stars is rest | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | 2 | |
Care for us little ones | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | 3 | |
He loves me too, O blessed | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | 3 | |
Hvilket Land, ret som Lyset saa klart | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | 2 | |
I was hungry and lame | Dr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | 2 | |
O how happy we shall be (Bennett) | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | 4 | |
The bells ring out, this Christmas morn | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | 2 | |
We shall meet in heaven | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | 2 | |
When will the sweet tomorrow | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | 3 | |
Be Thou my Guide, I cannot clearly see | S. Filmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
Draw near, O Comforter | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 5 |
Hail, gracious morn whose light | S. Filmore Bennett (Author) | English | 5 |
Hearts that are burdened with sorrow | Dr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
How oft this heart of mine | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 3 |
I am coming to Jesus for rest, Rest such as the purified know | S. F. Bennett (Author) | English | 3 |
I love my precious Savior, For He has died for me | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
I stand on memory's golden shore | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
In Bethlehem was Jesus born | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore (Chorus) | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 1 |
Listen to the ripple, ripple | Dr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
Never falter, never falter, Till the glorious crown is won | S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
O who will bear the banners | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
Sing we a song of the Savior | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | English | 9 |
Sit down by my side as of old | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
Sweet is the rest that waits On yonder shining shore | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | English | 3 |
There shall dawn a glorious morning | S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 6 |
There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar | S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 599 |
We sing the song of Jesus | S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 4 |
When the red flame of war was alight in the land | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | English | 2 |
لي مقام بهيج سنا | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Arabic | 1 |
Tsemo'onatamano'ė ho'e | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Cheyenne | 2 |
有一地比正午更光明 (Yǒuyī dì bǐ zhèngwǔ gèng guāngmíng) | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Chinese | 2 |
Drücken dich Kummer und Sorgen | Dr. S. Fillmore Bennett (Author) | German | 3 |
Es blüht uns ein herrliches Land | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | German | 1 |
Es erglänzt uns von ferne ein Land | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | German | 13 |
Herz, o mein Herz, lass' das Sorgen | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | German | 2 |
Unser wartet ein Land reinster Freud' | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | German | 1 |
V’e’ una patria piu’ bella del sole | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Italian | 2 |
Ao ny lanitra tsara tokoa | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Malagasy | 2 |
O, mamiratra fatratra ery | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Malagasy | 2 |
Eu avisto um Lar Mui Feliz | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Portuguese | 2 |
Издали нам сияет страна (Izdali nam siyayet strana) | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Russian | 2 |
Hay un mundo feliz más allá | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Spanish | 7 |
Pecador, ven al dulce Jesús, Y feliz para siempre serás | Sanford F. Bennett, 1836-1898 (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Nchi nzuri yametameta | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Swahili | 2 |
Nyimbo na tuziimbe tena | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Swahili | 1 |
Till det härliga land ovan skyn | Sanford F. Bennett (Author) | Swedish | 7 |
Adda ingget raniag a daga | Sanford Fillmore Bennett (Author) | Tagalog | 2 |