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Norman Clayton's Favorites No. 1
Publication Date: 1957 Publisher: Norman Clayton Pub. Co. Publication Place: Great Barrington, Mass. Editors: Norman Clayton Pub. Co.
Norman Clayton's Favorites No. 1
O what of the one lost sheep
Author: Norman J. Clayton Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Away in the wild one lone sheep had strayed
O what of the one lost sheep
Beyond the sunset, O blissful morning
Author: Virgil Brock Appears in 68 hymnals
Beyond the sunset, O blissful morning
He went to Calvary
Author: Norman J. Clayton Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Bowed with the weight of sin and shame Refrain First Line: Wonderful grace of Christ, my Lord
He went to Calvary
O what of the one lost sheep
Author: Norman J. Clayton Hymnal: NCF11957 #d1 (1957) First Line: Away in the wild one lone sheep had strayed
O what of the one lost sheep
Beyond the sunset, O blissful morning
Author: Virgil Brock Hymnal: NCF11957 #d2 (1957)
Beyond the sunset, O blissful morning
He went to Calvary
Author: Norman J. Clayton Hymnal: NCF11957 #d3 (1957) First Line: Bowed with the weight of sin and shame Refrain First Line: Wonderful grace of Christ, my Lord
He went to Calvary
Norman J. Clayton
1903 - 1992 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "O what of the one lost sheep" in Norman Clayton's Favorites No. 1 Norman John Clayton Born at Brooklyn, NY, the 9th of 10 children, he gave his heart to Jesus at age six at South Brooklyn Gospel Church, his mother being a founding member of the Baptist group. He was musically inclined, and became church organist at age 12, and also played trumpet. He remained an organist for the rest of his life. A songwriter, he usually began writing the music before the words. He would memorize scripture to assure his music was biblically-based. Much of what he wrote was for special occasions. When young he first worked on a dairy farm, then held an office job in NYC. Clayton entered the building trades industry, working for his father’s construction business, and during the depression, with a commercial bakery. He married Martha Adaline Wistendahl, and they had two children: Muriel and one other (no name found). In the early 1940s, Jack Wyrtzen invited him to be an organist with NYC ‘Word of Life’ rallies. For 15 years he provided music, was organist, vibraphonist, director of the inquiry room, and radio evangelist. He created his own publishing house, and from 1945-1959 he published 30 of his own songbooks. His company was eventually purchased by the Rodeheaver Company, and he joined them as a writer/editor, providing other songs during that period. He died at Carmel, NY.
John Perry
Norman J. Clayton
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal Number: d5 Author of "Come unto me" in Norman Clayton's Favorites No. 1 Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
E. E. Hewitt
Oswald J. Smith
1889 - 1986 Hymnal Number: d10 Author of "The song of the soul set free" in Norman Clayton's Favorites No. 1 Smith, Oswald Jeffrey. (Odessa, Ontario, November 8, 1889--January 25, 1986, Toronto, Canada). Presbyterian. Attended Manitoba College, Winnipeg, 1909-1910; Toronto Bible College, 1907-1908, 1910-1912; McCormick Theological Seminary, 1912-1915; further study at Knox College, Toronto; several honorary doctorates. Pastorates in Toronto, 1915-1958; frequently conducted evangelistic meetings and crusades elsewhere. In 1928 he organized the virtually autonomous People's Church, which combines a vigorous evangelistic program in Toronto with an enviable overseas missionary network; in 1958 he relinquished its guidance to his son Paul, but remained its highly active minister emeritus. He published some 35 devotional and inspirational books, which he eventually combined into fourteen; most of his 1200 hymns and poems first appeared in church-connected magazines, but many are found in Poems of a Lifetime (London: Marshall, 1962).
--Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives
Oswald J. Smith
