Sinner, thy vain pursuits forbear

Author: A. D. Gillette

Gillette, Abram Dunn, D.D., editor of Hymns for Social Meetings, 1843, to which he contributed 12 pieces, including one on Missions, "Far off beyond the sea, I love," was born in Cambridge, Washington County, New York, Sep. 8, 1807; entered the Baptist ministry in 1838; and elsewhere; and died Aug. 24, 1882. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >