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A. A. Smith

Author of "On Calvary's heights amazing grace behold"

A. C. Smith

Author of "'Tis Sweet to Know" in Songs for Jesus No. 5

A. Gordon Smith

Composer of "[We gather in the Name of God, our mighty Father]" in Praise Ways

A. W. Smith

Composer of "[God the Father, God the Son]" in Hymns for the Children of the Church

Adrian Smith

Adapter of "The LORD Is My Light" in Christian Worship

Mrs. Albert Smith

Author of "Scatter Seeds of Kindness" in Songs for Worship May Riley Smith, married Albert Smith. Wrote under May Riley Smith. See May Riley Smith.

1916 - 2001 Person Name: A. B. Smith Composer of "[For God so loved the world]" in Small Church Music Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- 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)