Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562]
NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm
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