Short Name: | A. Byron Condo |
Full Name: | Condo, A. Byron (Adam Byron), 1854- |
Birth Year: | 1854 |
Death Year: | 1941 |
Pseudonym: A. A. Armen, Asa, Alvin, Dr. Arm.
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Adam Byron Condo (also known as Asa Allan Armen) was born November 16, 1854 in Washington County, Indiana to John Condo and Catherine Beaver. Sometime in the 1870's, in his youth, he got into trouble. He was advised by an attorney to legally change his name and move away. He moved away and changed his name to Asa Allan Armen without telling his family. He served as a minister in the United Brethren Church. According to the 1880 census he was living in Hillsdale, Michigan and teaching music. He was then hired as a music teacher at Hartman College in Indiana. He met his wife, Lucretia Shuck, there, and they were married in 1884. His wife was hired as a music teacher at the high school in Columbus, Indiana and Asa continued his ministerial duties. He was promoted as presiding elder of the Indiana Conference of the United Brethren Church. Meanwhile, Rev. A. C. Wilmore, who knew both Armen and his brother Samuel Condo, who was minister of the Congregational Church in Marion, Indiana, recognized Armen from photos shown to him by Samuel Condo. Samuel Condo and two other ministers confronted Armen in 1897 and threatened him with consequences if he did not confess his true identity. Armen then resigned his commission, left his wife (assuming she knew why) and fled to Maine to have his name legally changed back to Adam Byron Condo. He then moved to Texas and taught music. His wife later learned what had happened, tracked him down, and they started corresponding and visiting each other; however, her mother was opposed to them reuniting. In 1904 Condo was recommissioned as a minister in the United Brethren Church, working a circuit headquartered in French Lick, Indiana. He was reunited with his wife in 1906 after his mother-in-law passed away. He wrote several hymns and edited "The Welcome Voice" under the name of Asa Armen. Condo died in Hartsville, Indiana in 1941 at the age of 87.
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Tunes by A. Byron Condo (35)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A better day is coming] (Armen) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51231 62176 76551 |
[As I soar in flights of fancy] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51334 72117 61217 |
[As once He stilled the angry waves] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34545 12161 76542 |
[Broder Jonah was called to duty] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 2 | |
[Did Christ over sinners weep] (Condo) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34534 65334 23433 |
[Every foe I'll conquer, every conflict win] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 2 | 51365 31432 11216 |
[Fear not, little flock, though your numbers are few] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51123 34556 53443 |
[Fight the fight, thy foes are many] (Condo) | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 2 | 12151 23456 53432 |
[For the love of God's only Son] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 54565 31332 17221 |
[God is a rock of sure defense] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 32156 53112 34565 |
[God is love, O what a refuge] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 12365 13333 24323 |
[Hark, 'tis the angel chorus repeating] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51231 64616 57127 |
[Hear me, O my Father, hear me] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 55456 55344 42345 |
[In the secret of Thy presence let me hide] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34531 65312 33344 |
[In this world of sin and sorrow] (Condo) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34543 56166 56532 |
[Jesus whispers, Come, to the little ones] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 3 | 34555 32166 44322 |
[Little hearts from thee may wander] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 3 | 13517 65312 33212 |
[Merrily we sing our songs tonight] | A. B. C. (Composer) | 2 | 54345 15334 32345 |
[My heart has found a resting place] | Rev. A. A. Armen (Composer) | 3 | 12355 65133 21353 |
[My heart is burdened with its sin] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34551 65535 23431 |
[O I often sit and ponder] (Armen) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 13517 65333 44323 |
[O slumberer, awake] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51113 55644 65344 |
[O how I love the Sabbath school] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 2 | 13335 31123 35321 |
[Open your heart to Jesus] (Armen) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 55554 33211 12123 |
[Over the wide ocean where tempests are raging] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 11111 32165 13333 |
[Precious Savior, I will trust Thee] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 54351 32611 71231 |
[Take up thy cross and follow me] (Condo) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51113 45551 23353 |
[The children are coming to Jesus] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 2 | 13215 43653 12354 |
[They tell me of a city, a city ever fair] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 55555 61162 16551 |
[Though thoughtlessly I've broken the law] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 34553 34332 13324 |
[We build on the sure foundation] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 12332 16533 45123 |
[We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy] (Condo) | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 51121 51343 32122 |
[We're out upon the sea of time] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 2 | |
[When a sinner lost in darkness] | A. Byron Condo (Composer) | 1 | 35321 66151 13322 |
[Which way do you journey?] | A. B. Condo (Composer) | 2 |