Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, ’twixt that darkness and that light. Then to side with truth is noble, [...]
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James Russell Lowell – birth, Feb. 22, 1819
Posted in born today, Jesus Christ, philosophy, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 2/22/1819, born this date, By the light of burning martyrs, Cambridge Massachusetts, Christ Thy bleeding feet we track, comes the moment to decide, James Russell Lowell, Lowell died 8/12/1891, Once to Every Man and Nation, Though the cause of evil prosper, to side with truth is noble, yet the truth alone is strong; on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Luther Burgess Bridgers – birth, Feb. 14, 1884
Posted in born today, education, Evangelist to World, poet American, the home, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 2/14/1884, Atlanta, attended Asbury College, “He Keeps Me Singing”, basis of one verse of his song, Belgium, born this date, Czechoslovakia, died 5/27/1948, Georgia, lost his wife and three sons in a fire, Luther a Methodist, Luther Burgess Bridgers, Margaretsville North Carolina, mission works, pastored in Georgia and North Carolina, retired in 1945, Russia, served as evangelist in the American South, There’s within my heart a melody on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s within my heart a melody Jesus whispers sweet and low, Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still, In all of life’s ebb and flow. Refrain Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I know, Fills my every longing, Keeps me singing as I go. 2. All my life was wrecked by sin and [...]
Jonathan Goforth – birth, Feb. 10, 1859
Posted in born today, education, Evangelist to World, Limerick, opposing wrong, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 18 years of age, 2/10/1859, became his bride, born this date, By My Spirit, China became their destination, college student, farm work, Florence Rosalind Bell-Smith, Goforth of China, He died 10/8/1936, he graduated at the head of the class, Jonathan Goforth, Jonathan was converted, Knox College, Knox College Toronto, laboring together for 47 years, on his father's farm, Ontario, personal work, pioneering North Honan Province, Rosalind, Thorndale Ontario Canada number seven in a family of eleven on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Goforth was born this date, 2/10/1859, on his father’s farm near Thorndale, Ontario, Canada. He was number seven in a family of eleven. Even after missing some schooling because of farm work, he graduated at the head of the class. After Jonathan was converted (18 years of age) he enrolled in Knox College, Toronto. [...]
Gerhard Tersteegen – birth, Nov. 25, 1697
Posted in born today, converted to Christ, European writer, Jesus Christ, worship, tagged 11/25/1697, 1724 religious teaching supported by gifts from friends, age sixteen, “God Calling Yet Shall I Not Hear, “spiritual awakening movement”, born this date, Gerhard Tersteegen, God calling yet, hymn, itinerant minister in the Protestant, left behind, less blessed. Tersteegen, Meurs, ministry included the physical and spiritual needs, Mors or Moers, Niederrhein, preparing foods and simple medicines, Prussia. converted to Christ, Rhenish, shall I not hear, translated French Quietist works, Westphalia or Niederrhein on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
God Calling Yet; Shall I Not Hear? God calling yet; shall I not hear? Earth’s pleasures shall I still hold dear? Shall life’s swift passing years all fly, And still my soul in slumber lie? God calling yet; shall I not rise? Can I His loving voice despise, And basely His kind care repay? [...]
Haldor Lillenas – birth, Nov. 19, 1885
Posted in born today, converted to Christ, Jesus Christ, poet American, today in history, worship, tagged 11/19/1885, 1924 founded Lillenas Music Company, 4000 Gospel texts plus hundreds of hymn tunes, 8/18/1959, age 21, Aspen CO, Bertha Mae Wilson, born this date, bought by the Nazarenes 1930, call to minister God’s Holy Word, Colton a few miles NW of Sioux Falls, converted to Jesus Christ, Haldor, Haldor Lillenas, Island of Stord, Lillenas, Lutheran family moved to US, Nazarene, Norway, passed away, Penial Mission, Portland Oregon, retired in 1950, settled in Oregon, song writer, South Dakota, Wonderful Grace of Jesus, Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wonderful grace of Jesus, Greater than all my sin; How shall my tongue describe it, Where shall its praise begin? Taking away my burden, Setting my spirit free; For the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. Refrain Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus, Deeper than the mighty rolling sea; Wonderful grace, all sufficient for me, [...]
Bentley DeForest Ackley – birth, Sep. 27, 1872
Posted in born today, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/27/1872 Spring Hill Pennsylvania, Bentley Ackley, Bentley DeForest Ackley, Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver team, born this date, died 9/3/1958, escaping the pull of alcohol, In sorrow I wandered, Indiana, my spirit oppressed, over 3000 Gospel tunes, played the melodeon piano coronet clarinet and piccolo, primarily remembered as composer, Winona Lake on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed, But now I am happy—securely I rest; From morning till evening glad carols I sing, And this is the reason—I walk with the King. Refrain I walk with the King, hallelujah! I walk with the King, praise His Name! No longer I roam, my soul faces home, [...]
