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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel B. Towner Meter: 9.9.9.4 Composer of "[Years I spent in vanity and pride]" in Timeless Truths Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

William R. Newell

1868 - 1956 Meter: 9.9.9.4 Author of "At Calvary" in Timeless Truths William Newell (1868-1956) was born in Savannah, OH. He earned degrees from Wooster College, Princeton and Oberlin Theological Seminary. He served as Assistant Superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The words for his hymn "At Calvary" came to him on his way to teach a class at the Bible Institute. He slipped into an empty classroom and wrote them quickly on the back of an envelope. (see bio in 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985.) Mary Louise VanDyke

Herbert H. Booth

1862 - 1926 Meter: 9.9.9.4 Composer of "[Grace there is my every debt to pay] (Chorus)" Herbert Henry Howard Booth (26 August 1862 – 25 September 1926) was the third son of William and Catherine Booth. He oversaw the Limelight Department's development and he was the writer and director for Soldiers of the Cross. See also in: Wikipedia

William Charter Piggott

1872 - 1943 Person Name: William Charter Piggott, 1872- Meter: 9.9.9.4 Author of "For those we love within the veil" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada