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Avis B. Christiansen
1895 - 1985 Author of "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ" in Hymns of Faith Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985.
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Avis B. Christiansen
Harry D. Clarke
1888 - 1957 Composer of "["What must I do?" the trembling jailor cried]" in Hymns of Faith Orphaned at an early age, Clarke ran away from the orphanage and worked at sea for almost 10 years. He eventually moved to London, then to America. He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, then went into composing, music publishing, and evangelism. He served as song leader for Harry vom Bruch and Billy Sunday, being so impressed by Sunday that he established the Billy Sunday Memorial Chapel in Sioux City, Iowa (where he served as pastor until 1945). Clarke also worked in the evangelism field in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and South Milford, Indiana.
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Harry D. Clarke
Christian B. Anson
Author of "Believe On the Lord Jesus Christ" in Tabernacle Hymns Pseudonym. See also Christiansen, Avis B., 1895-1985
Christian B. Anson
