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Adoniram J. Gordon
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Short Name: Adoniram J. Gordon
Full Name: Gordon, A. J. (Adoniram Judson), 1836-1895
Birth Year: 1836
Death Year: 1895

Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon.

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Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:—
1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890.
2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers.
3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Adoniram Judson "A. J." Gordon (1836–1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College and Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary.

Tunes by Adoniram J. Gordon (7)AsInstancesIncipitsort descending
NIGHTWATCHA. J. G. (Composer)211223 32234 52343
GORDON (Gordon)Adoniram J. Gordon (Composer)63913443 21327 71134
[I shall see the King in His beauty]A. J. Gordon (Composer)751314 33322 34345
LEANING ON THE BELOVEDA. J. Gordon (Composer)251346 71235 46217
[I yield to Thee, Thou Crucified]Rev. Adoniram J. Gordon (Composer)353434 32153 43552
[In tenderness He sought me] (Gordon)Adoniram J. Gordon (Composer)5055112 17121 23155
[The night is fast passing]A. J. Gordon (Composer)1055555 55666 65243

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