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 >
Weary, lonely, sad, forsaken,
Humbled to a station low,
Sat a hopeless blind man begging,
By the road to Jericho.
Soon he heard the noise of footsteps,
As of waters rolling nigh;
For the Galilean Prophet
With the throng was passing by.
Tune Title: [Weary, lonely, sad, forsaken]First Line: Weary, lonely, sad, forsakenComposer: A. L. ByersIncipit: 12334 23565 31712Key: E♭ MajorDate: 1911
Tune Title: [Weary, lonely, sad, forsaken]First Line: Weary, lonely, sad, forsakenComposer: A. L. ByersIncipit: 12334 23565 31712Key: E♭ MajorDate: 1907