George Thomas Byrd was born on April 16, 1871 in Haralson County, Georgia. He was a Methodist minister, and later a bishop in the Methodist Holston Conference, living in Dayton, Tennessee. He died on October 13, 1950. His works include:
Living Songs of Faith and Hope (Dayton, Tennessee: G. T. Byrd, 1940)
See more at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/y/r/byrd_gt.htm Go to person page >
Arranger: R. E. Winsett
Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music.
Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899.
He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory.
He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Tho weary and worn with trial and care]First Line: Tho weary and worn with trial and careComposer: R. E. Winsett; Rev. G. T. ByrdKey: A♭ MajorDate: 1967
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running.
Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro
to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.