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W. G. Fischer
1835 - 1912 Person Name: William Gustavus Fischer, 1835 - 1912 Composer of "WONDROUS LOVE" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada William Gustavus Fischer In his youth, William G. Fischer (b. Baltimore, MD, 1835; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1912) developed an interest in music while attending singing schools. His career included working in the book bindery of J. B. Lippencott Publishing Company, teaching music at Girard College, and co-owning a piano business and music store–all in Philadelphia. Fischer eventually became a popular director of music at revival meetings and choral festivals. In 1876 he conducted a thousand-voice choir at the Dwight L. Moody/Ira D. Sankey revival meeting in Philadelphia. Fischer composed some two hundred tunes for Sunday school hymns and gospel songs.
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W. G. Fischer
Martha M. Stockton
1821 - 1921 Person Name: Mrs. M. Stockton Author of "Wondrous Love" in Calvary Songs Mrs. Martha Matilda (Brustar) Stockton, wife of Rev. W. C. Stockton of Ocean City, Cape May, N.J., born June 11, 1821
English Hymns: Their Authors and History, 1886 by Samuel Willoughby Duffield
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Stockton, Martha Matilda, née Brustar,was born June 11, 1821; married to the Rev. W. C. Stockton, of Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; and died Oct. 18, 1885. Her hymn, "God loved the world of sinners lost" (The Love of God), in Laudes Domini, 1884, is dated 1871.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Martha M. Stockton
William Fisher
Person Name: Wm. G. Fisher Composer of "[God loved the world of sinners lost]" in Crowning Glory No. 2
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