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| Short Name: | A. C. Ferguson |
| Full Name: | Ferguson, A. C. (Andrew Carswell Fergus), 1855- |
| Birth Year: | 1855 |
Ferguson, Andrew Carswell Fergus, was born in 1855 at Alexandria, near Dumbarton. The family soon after removed to Dumbarton and then to Glasgow, where he attended the University. In 1880 he entered the Theological Hall of the U. P. Church, and in 1883 that of the E. U. Church. On Oct. 15, 1884, he was inducted as minister of the E. U. Church at Arbroath. He resigned this charge on Oct. 9, 1888, and in the following year went to Australia. He is now (1905) officiating at Northcote, near Melbourne. His hymn,
“Dear Lord, I now respond to Thy sweet call” [Faith and Penitence], was written in 1884, and appeared in the Glasgow Christian News of Sept. 19, 1885. It is repeated, unaltered, in the Scottish Presbyterian Church Hymnary, 1898, No. 177, and in other collections. [Rev. James Mearns,, M.A.I
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Tunes by A. C. Ferguson (8) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Be not weary with toil in the world's harvest-field] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 51321 55562 71551 |
| [Dear Jesus, my Lord, Thy face I would see] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 53433 21216 55511 |
| [I stand by the shore of a mystical sea] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 53231 55656 21777 |
| [I tell Him all, it is so sweet] | Andrew Carswell Fergus Ferguson (Composer) | 4 | 53155 66217 77665 |
| [Jesus hold me when I'm failing] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 34651 21723 45766 |
| [Like a birdling is our darling] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 33433 22752 52433 |
| [There's a tired struggling heart, half hoping to win] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 34565 35176 52344 |
| [We come, we come, from His palace so bright] | Rev. A. C. Ferguson (Composer) | 2 | 53217 12165 51111 |
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