[O the presence of the Savior]

Composer: Kenneth Wells

Kenneth Herbert Wells, born May 21, 1895, Oklahoma Territory; died Aug.22, 1997, Whitefish, Montana. Clergy in the Church of the Nazarene. Taught at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana; the Bible Institute of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and the Chicago Evangelistic Institute. Married Eunice Oakes in 1918; she died in 1945. Married Lily Hedman in 1951; she died in 2004. After 1951, he and Lily were full-time evangelists for 22 years before retirement. Kenneth and Lily had beautiful singing voices. Melvin Carlson, Hymnary user Go to person page >