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[Turning thy face from all the past]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Incipit: 54565 35447 65765 Used With Text: On to the Goal

Author: Charles W. Naylor, 1874-1950 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Turning thy face from all the past, Refrain First Line: On, on, on to the goal! Topics: Perseverance Used With Tune: [Turning thy face from all the past]

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On to the Goal

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Melodies of Zion #157 (1926) First Line: Turning thy face from all the past Refrain First Line: On, on, on to the goal! Languages: English Tune Title: [Turning thy face from all the past]

On to the Goal

Author: Charles W. Naylor, 1874-1950 Hymnal: Hymnal of the Church of God #267 (1971) First Line: Turning thy face from all the past, Refrain First Line: On, on, on to the goal! Topics: Perseverance Languages: English Tune Title: [Turning thy face from all the past]

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C. W. Naylor

1874 - 1950 Person Name: Charles W. Naylor, 1874-1950 Author of "On to the Goal" in Hymnal of the Church of God Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.V. Smith, DNAH Archives See also: Neidert, David L. (1985). Reformation's Song: A History of Church of God Music. Anderson, Ind.: the author.

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers, 1869-1952 Composer of "[Turning thy face from all the past]" in Hymnal of the Church of God Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.