Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875.
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Display Title: Das KreuzFirst Line: Das Kreuz! das Kreuz! das blut'ge Kreuz!Tune Title: [Das Kreuz! das Kreuz! das blut'ge Kreuz!]Author: W. M.Date: 1894