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Alfred B. Smith
1916 - 2001 Author of "我知誰掌管前途 (I know who holds the future)" in 生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 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)
Alfred B. Smith
A. B. Simpson
1843 - 1919 Person Name: A. B. S. Author of "I Know Who Holds the Future" in Action Albert B. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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