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Author: Mamie Payne Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I wander'd afar from God and from home Refrain First Line: He is mighty to save Used With Tune: [I wander'd afar from God and from home]

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[I wander'd afar from God and from home]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 51111 76556 55666 Used With Text: Jesus, Mighty to Save!

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Jesus, Mighty to Save!

Author: Mamie Payne Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness #262 (1885) First Line: I wander'd afar from God and from home Refrain First Line: He is mighty to save Languages: English Tune Title: [I wander'd afar from God and from home]

Jesus, Mighty to Save!

Author: Mamie Payne Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #262 (1889) First Line: I wander'd afar from God and from home Refrain First Line: He is mighty to save Languages: English Tune Title: [I wander'd afar from God and from home]

He is mighty to save

Author: V. Miller Hymnal: The Happy Singer #d60 (1888) First Line: I wandered afar from God and from home

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[I wander'd afar from God and from home]" in Songs of Joy and Gladness John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

M. P. Ferguson

1850 - 1932 Person Name: Mamie Payne Author of "Jesus, Mighty to Save" Manie Payne Ferguson United Kingdom 1850-1932. Born in Carlow, Ireland, in 1883 she married Theodore Pollock Ferguson, a past Presbyterian minister from Ohio, who had become an itinerant evangelical preacher. They moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 1885. He became a pioneer leader in the American Holiness Movement, a Christian evangelist, and social worker, founding, along with her husband, the non-denominational Peniel Mission in 1886. In 1894 they received a significant financial donation from George Studd allowing them to expand the mission. They constructed a 900-seat auditorium and ministry centre there in Los Angeles. They partnered with Studd and Phineas Bresee, each acting as a superintendent of the mission organization. In 1894 Dr. Joseph Widney, President of USC, led the dedication Praise service, and Bresee preached the later service. Widney and Bresee separated from the mission in 1895 to form the Church of the Nazarene, and Manie Fergusion provided primary leadership of the Peniel Mission. The mission provided ministry especially for single women, who lived in rented rooms near the auditorium, where evangelical services were held. The Fergusions managed to live on income from three small houses they owned, and mission rents and donations covered mission expenses. Street-corner meetings were held in the afternoon, evangelical services at night, and a meal was served afterward. Converts were asked to join a local church of their choice. Manie continued the mission work after her husband's death until her own death. In 1947 the mission became part of the World Gospel Mission enterprise. Manie wrote many poems and also authored hymn lyrics. She died in Los Angeles. John Perry