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I. Allan Sankey

1874 - 1915 Composer of "GOD'S LOVE" in The Mission Hymnal Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915 Born: Au­gust 30, 1874, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land. Died: December 30, 1915, United States. Son of Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank. His works in­clude: The Male Quar­tette, with George Steb­bins Best En­dea­vor Hymns, with John Cle­ments (New York: The Big­low & Main Co., 1907) Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., 1908) Sources-- Hall, pp. 409-410 Music-- Cidenton Go and Work! Great Is His Mercy Kept for Je­sus Lead Me Lord, Send Us Forth Never Give Up Old Orchard Year of Pre­cious Bless­ings, A --hymntime.com/tch
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John Sterling

1806 - 1844 Author of "Wider than the ocean, deeper than the sea" in The Mission Hymnal Sterling was born at Kames Castle, Bute, July 20, 1806, and died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Sep. 18, 1844. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907 ================ Sterling, J., p. 1595, ii. (Under "When up to nightly skies," &c.) Another of his hymns which was given in the American Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873, No. 31, "0 Source divine and Life of all" (Reverence and Love), has passed into a few modern American collections, including The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. It is dated 1840. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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