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Short Name: | Alfred B. Smith |
Full Name: | Smith, Alfred B. (Alfred Barnerd), 1916-2001 |
Birth Year: | 1916 |
Death Year: | 2001 |
Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton
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In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff.
During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins.
Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941.
After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago.
--Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)
Tunes by Alfred B. Smith (79)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A debt of love I owe to Jesus] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Are you sad and lonely] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[At the cross I was kneeling] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 34565 51712 23215 |
[At the Name of Jesus] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 12316 51171 24432 |
BE THOU EXALTED | Alfred B. Smith, 1916-2001 (Composer) | 4 | 33211 33213 22217 |
[Beyond life's sunset hills] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Bless, O Lord, the offerings] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 11123 12217 11112 |
[Brave Gideon had three hundred men] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 51111 13311 22221 |
[Bring another friend or brother] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Come, let us join our cheerful songs] (53111) | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 54311 32123 23451 |
[For God so loved the world] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith, 1916- (Composer) | 34 | 53323 43321 26176 |
[God can do anything, anthing, anything] | Al Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 32143 25431 76543 |
[God hath not promised skies always blue] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 4 | 51233 32125 71244 |
[God is always near me] (A. B. Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | 53211 75432 33543 |
[A pilgrim was I and a wandering] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 33 | 51113 21611 12222 |
[He bore it all for me] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[He holds my hand, this wonderful Savior] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[He's no longer a stranger] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[He's preparing a place for me] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[His name above all other names] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 51122 34543 12715 |
[How sweet to hide ourselves away] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | |
[I am hiding in the cleft of the Rock] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[I am my Beloved's and He is mine] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer (attributed to)) | 1 | 11111 12332 11777 |
[I do not know what lies ahead] | Alfred B Smith (Composer) | 3 | 55335 54252 12235 |
[I fell in love with Jesus] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | |
[I find my all in Jesus] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
I KNOW A FOUNT | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 12235 54321 34456 |
[I know who holds the future] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 4 | 53332 21761 17675 |
[I love my Savior, my precious Savior] | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 2 | |
[Begone, vain world, thou hast no charms for me] | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 51234 33212 15123 |
[I'm going higher, yes higher someday] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[I'm rejoicing in the Lord for what He's done for me] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[In dreams in vain I've tried to trace] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | |
WIR PFLÜGEN | Alfred B. Smith (Adapter) | 1 | 51155 31543 21556 |
[I've learned to know a name I highly treasure] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 51233 33511 76724 |
[Jesus can keep little children] | A. B. Smith (Arranger) | 2 | 34451 23334 32232 |
[Jesus gave her water that was not in the well] | A. B. S. (Arranger) | 2 | 11223 54332 21334 |
[Jesus is counting on you] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Jesus saves and keeps and satisfies every day] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
FRANCONIA (55433) | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 55433 24432 35567 |
[Joy is dwelling in my heart] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lift up thy head O toiling saint] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lift up your eyes weary traveler] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lord, help me live from day to day] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | 11234 31222 34542 |
CHAUTAUQUA (Sherwin) | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 11165 45111 65457 |
[Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | 13556 65313 55432 |
[Men's hearts today are failing] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 53332 21111 61517 |
[My Savior has freed me from sin] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 1 | 55453 45666 56176 |
[Neither do I condemn thee] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 33232 11511 17132 |
[O my soul, bless thou Jehovah] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 51332 11723 44323 |
[Oft there comes a gentle whisper over me stealing] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 34555 56567 15112 |
[Peace, peace is flooding my soul] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Praise the Lord! I know He's able] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
QUIET HOUR | Alfred B. Smith, 1916- (Arranger) | 5 | 33321 14443 25543 |
[Savior, I come to Thee] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[Show me Thy way, O Lord and make it plain] (Smith) | A. B. S. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Somewhere beyond the blue there's a mansion for me] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 4 | |
[Speak just a word for Jesus] (Towner) | A. B. S. (Arranger) | 1 | 33343 27117 64333 |
[Study God's Word and hide it in your heart] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 11111 17712 22222 |
[Study to show thyself approved unto God] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 11233 21556 53543 |
SURSUM CORDA (Smith) | Alfred M. Smith, 1879-1971 (Composer) | 1 | 13543 21221 56716 |
[The gift of everlasting life is mine today] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[The Lord has done great things for us whereof we are glad] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 51133 56543 21251 |
[The Lord is good] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | 53333 21171 25444 |
[The Savior came from heaven to die on Calvary] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 4 | |
[There is a fountain filled with blood] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 35556 53151 17655 |
[There is a name from Heaven given] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 53451 21761 16765 |
[There was a time I worried about each little thing] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | 55554 35566 66667 |
[There’s a City with foundations just beyond the sunset glow] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[There's a deep, settled peace in my soul] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 3 | |
[There's a light in the window of heaven] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 5 | 56533 46655 54333 |
[There's no one ever loved me like Jesus] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[We may sound the depths of all the might oceans] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 | |
[What though the way be lonely] (Smith) | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 4 | 11232 17222 3453 |
[When you feel weakest, dangers surround] (Booth) | Alfred B. Smith (Arranger) | 1 | 54565 53216 56765 |
[Why worry when you can pray?] (Chorus) | Al Smith (Composer) | 5 | 53533 21161 11655 |
[With eternity's values in view, Lord] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 8 | 34545 61235 55461 |
[Wonderful the Savior's invitation] | Alfred B. Smith (Composer) | 2 |