Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California.
His works include:
Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922
NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >
’Tis so sweet just to know, as I with my Savior go,
If I heed every sacred command
That when sorrows betide I may in the refuge hide;
He upholds me secure with His hand.
Tune Title: ['Tis so sweet just to know as I with my Savior go]First Line: 'Tis so sweet just to know as I with my Savior goComposer: A. L. ByersDate: 1987
Tune Title: ['Tis so sweet, just to know, as I with my Savior go]First Line: 'Tis so sweet just to know, as I with my Savior goComposer: Andrew L. ByersMeter: 13.9.13.9 RKey: f minorSource: Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (159); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (266); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Tis_So_Sweet)