1886 - 1969 Person Name: Elbert Neil Johnson Author of "Praise to God Whose Words Once Spoken" in Twelve New Lord's Day Hymns Johnson, Elbert Neil. (Delway, North Carolina, February 3, 1886--1969). Baptist minister. Graduated from Wake Forest College in 1910, and studied at the Southern Baptist Seminary 1910-1912. All of his pastorates were in North Carolina.
--The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives
Elbert N. Johnson