[Just a name was whispered to my darkened heart of sin]

Composer: Merrill Dunlop

Merrill Everett Dunlop Born: May 9, 1905, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Died: June 15, 2002. Dunlop was ed­u­cat­ed at Cen­tral YMCA Coll­ege, Chi­ca­go (BA) and the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute (grad­u­at­ed 1926). He played the pi­a­no and or­gan at Moo­dy Church (1921-24), and served as di­rect­or of mu­sic at the Chi­ca­go Gos­pel Ta­ber­na­cle (1926-53). Bur­ton Bos­worth was his fa­ther-in-law. Dun­lop wrote over 700 hymns and Gos­pel songs, and works in­clud­ing: Songs of a Chris­tian, 1937 New Songs of a Chris­tian, 1941 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.net/tch)  Go to person page >