Search me, O God, And know my heart today; Try me, O Savior, Know my thoughts, I pray. See if there be Some wicked way in me; Cleanse me from every sin And set me free. I praise Thee, Lord, For cleansing me from sin; Fulfill Thy Word, And make me pure within. Fill [...]
Posts Tagged ‘died this date’
James Edwin Orr – death, April 22, 1987
Posted in died today, education, Evangelist to World, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1940, 4/22/1987, a Ph.D. and an Ed.D., accumulated M.A. a Th. D, American Baptist minister, Belfast Ireland, born 1/12/1912, dear older friend, died this date, I praise Thee Lord, in which Orr was seated, J Edwin Orr, James Edwin Orr, Lord take my life, O Holy Ghost, ordained, Orr, Paul W. Finch, probably be more remembered for one or more of the six hymns, Search me O God, years ago preached to an audience on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Charles Seymour Robinson – death, Feb. 1, 1899
Posted in died today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 2/1/1899 NYC, Bennington VT, Charles Seymour Robinson, died this date, Educated at Williams College, guided by Thee, hymns include, Presbyterian pastor, Princeton Theological Seminary, Robinson was born 1829, Savior I follow on, Union Theological Seminary, Williamstown MA on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Savior! I follow on, guided by Thee, Seeing not yet the hand that leadeth me; Hushed be my heart and still, fear I no further ill; Only to meet Thy will my will shall be. Riven the rock for me thirst to relieve, Manna from Heaven falls fresh every eve; Never a want severe causeth [...]
Rowland Huw Prichard – death, Jan. 25, 1887
Posted in died today, Jesus Christ, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1/25/1887, Alleluia, At twenty, “Jesus! What a Friend of Sinners!”, born 1/14/1811, Christians know it as the tune, composed the tune HYFRYDOL, died this date, Graienyn near Bala, His the throne, Holywell North Wales British Isles, North Wales, Rowland Huw Prichard, sing to Jesus! His the scepter on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Alleluia! sing to Jesus! His the scepter, His the throne. Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood. Jesus out of every nation has redeemed us by His blood. 2. Alleluia! not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! He is near [...]
Vivian Adelbert Dake – death, Jan. 5 1892
Posted in died today, Evangelist to World, holy living, poet American, uncategorized, worship, tagged 1/5/1892, Africa, ” in 1891, Behold the hands stretched out for aid, born 2/9/1854, buried at sea. Dake was the founder, died this date, evangelized Illinois Iowa Kansas and Ohio, missionary trip, not a tongues group, Ogle County Illinois Dake penned “We’ll Girdle the Globe, on a ship, Oregon, Pentacost Bands, Sierra Leone, Vivian Adelbert Dake on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
1. Behold the hands stretched out for aid, Darkened by sin and sore dismayed; Oh, will you to their rescue go, Lost wanderers down to endless woe? Refrain We’ll girdle the globe with salvation, With holiness unto the Lord; And light shall illumine each nation, The light from the lamp of His Word. 2. In [...]
Samuel Chadwick – death, Oct. 16, 1932
Posted in died today, European writer, holy living, today in history, uncategorized, worship, tagged 10/16/1932, died this date, Humanity and God, Samuel Chadwick, The Way to Pentecost on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No nation is better than its God. Samuel Chadwick, The Call to Christian Perfection (KC: Beacon Hill Press, 1943), 15. Christian teachers must translate their theology into the speech of the century. Samuel Chadwick, The Call to Christian Perfection (KC: Beacon Hill Press, 1943), 25. The only authorized test of love is obedience. [...]
Herbert Buffum – death, Oct. 9, 1939
Posted in died today, heaven, philosophy, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 10/9/1939, 1000 published, “Get a Smile from Jesus”, “He Abides”, “I’m Going Higher Some Day”, “I’m Going Through”, “In God’s Calendar of Days”, “In the City Where the Lamb Is the Light”, “Isn’t He Wonderful”, “Let’s Talk About Jesus”, “My Sheep Know My Voice”, “The King of Gospel Song Writers”, “The Old-fashioned Meeting”, “When You’re One Step from God”, born 11/13/1879, combined being a holiness evangelist with prolific song writing, credentialed by the Church of the Nazarene, died this date, ending with 10000 songs, Herbert Buffum, Lafayette Illinois, Los Angeles California, Los Angeles Times, once wrote twelve (12) songs in an hour, Ripley’s “Believe It or Not”, Some day I will take my vacation, talent was natural – he had no musical training. He is said to have sold most of his songs for five dollars (or less). demise, to his credit, When as many takes their vacation, When I take my vacation in Heaven on October 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When as many takes their vacation O’er th mounting, lake or the sea Where they rest from th care an’ their worry What a wonderful time that must be But it seems like my lot, to be like them I must toil thru th heat an’ th cold Seeking out th lost sheep in the [...]
Hugh Stowell – death, Oct. 8, 1865
Posted in died today, education, nature, poet British, today in history, worship, tagged 10/8/1865, chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester. born 12/3/1799, Christ Church Salford, died this date, Douglas, educated at St. Edmund Hall, From every Stormy Wind that Blows, Honorable Canon in Chester Cathedral, Hugh Stowell, Isle of Man., Lancashire England, ordained an Anglican, Oxford BA 1822 MA 1826, Pendleton, Stowell on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat; ’Tis found beneath the mercy seat. There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads; A place than all besides more sweet; It is the blood bought mercy seat. There is [...]
John Byrom – death, Sep. 26, 1763
Posted in died today, holy living, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/26/1763, awake, “Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn”, “My Spirit Longs for Thee”, born 2/29/1691, Byrom invented a system of shorthand, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), Cheetham’s Hospital, Christians, Christians awake salute the happy morn, died this date, England, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of Trinity College, hymns for the chaps, inherited the family estates, John Byrom, linen draper. Byrom attended King’s School, made a living teaching shorthand, Manchester, Manchester, Old Shambles, salute the happy morn on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Savior of the world was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love Which hosts of angels chanted from above, With them the joyful tidings first begun Of God incarnate and the virgin’s Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, Who heard th’angelic herald’s voice, [...]
Peter Cartwright – death, Sep. 25,1872
Posted in died today, Jesus Christ, opposing wrong, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/25/1872, Amherst County Virginia, Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, ” but willing to do what he felt God directed, born 9/1/1785, Cartwright, Christians shouted aloud for joy, Controversy with the Devil, converted to Christ, defeated 1846, died this date, Fifty Years a Presiding Elder, frontier rough, Gospel, Holy Ghost conviction, Illinois, Kentucky, large wagons, like men slain in mighty battle, limited in “book learning, married Frances Gaines, only one Peter Cartwright, ordained a Methodist minister, people crowded to this meeting from far and near, Peter Cartwright, ran against A. Lincoln, scores of sinners fell under the preaching, seat in US Congress, The power of God was wonderfully displayed, twice a member of the Illinois legislature on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The people crowded to this meeting from far and near. They came in their large wagons, with victuals mostly prepared. The women slept in the wagons, and the men under them. Many stayed on the ground night and day for a number of nights and days together. Others were provided for among the neighbors around. [...]
Charlotte Elliott – death, Sep. 22, 1871
Posted in died today, Jesus Christ, lady writer, poet British, today in history, worship, tagged 150 others, 9/22/1871, “Just As I Am”, best known for, Born 3/18/1789, Brighton East Sussex England, Charlotte, Charlotte Elliott, Clapham Surrey England, died this date, Henri A. C. Malan, invalid somewhere between 30 and 33 years of age, man sees not as God sees, O Thou, O Thou the contrite sinner’s Friend, produced the above, the Contrite Sinner’s Friend, years of pain on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
O Thou, the contrite sinner’s Friend, Who loving, lov’st them to the end, On this alone my hopes depend, That Thou wilt plead for me. When weary in the Christian race, Far off appears my resting place, And, fainting, I mistrust Thy grace, Then, Savior, plead for me. When I have erred and gone astray, [...]
