Antique bed.[1] Beside a bed he gladly said, His prayers years ago, Or knelt In prayer very near there At a chest three feet long or so.[2] A dark room.[3] In a room his soul to groom, He went alone in student years. Dim den, That praying place to seek God’s face, With voice [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
Edwin Othello Excell – death, June 10, 1921
Posted in died today, poem, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 2000 gospels songs, 6/10/1921, born 12/13/1851, Chicago Illinois, died this date, Edwin Othello Excell, George Root, Gypsy Smith, Ohio, plasterer and brick mason, Sam Jones, son of a German Reformed pastor, Stark County, study music, today, today in history, two famous evangelists on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have a song I love to sing, Since I have been redeemed, Of my Redeemer, Savior King, Since I have been redeemed. Refrain Since I have been redeemed, Since I have been redeemed, I will glory in His Name, Since I have been redeemed, I will glory in the Savior’s Name. I have a [...]
James Henry Fillmore – death, Feb. 8, 1936
Posted in died today, today in history, tagged 2/8/1936, born 6/1/1849, Cincinnati Ohio, Cincinnati., Cincinnati, died this date, Fillmore wrote the music, he founded Fillmore Brothers Music House, James Henry Fillmore, Jessie Pounds wrote the words, Ohio, today in history on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am resolved no longer to linger, Charmed by the world’s delight, Things that are higher, things that are nobler, These have allured my sight. Refrain I will hasten to Him, hasten so glad and free; Jesus, greatest, highest, I will come to Thee. I will hasten, hasten to Him, hasten so glad and free; [...]
Jeremiah Eames Rankin – death, Nov. 28, 1904
Posted in died today, education, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 11/28/1904, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”, born 1/2/1828, Charlestown, Cleveland, Congregationalist, D.C., died this date, God be with you till we meet again, Jeremiah Eames Rankin, Lowell, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, orange, Potsdam, president of Howard University, professor of homiletics and pastoral theology, St. Albans, Thornton, today in history, Vermont, Washington on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God be with you till we meet again; By His counsels guide, uphold you, With His sheep securely fold you; God be with you till we meet again. Refrain Till we meet, till we meet, Till we meet at Jesus’ feet; Till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet [...]
Palmer Hartsough – death, Oct. 24, 1932
Posted in died today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged "I am resolved", 10/24/1932, 5/7/1844, Baptist pastor, Cincinnati, died this date, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Palmer Hartsough, Palmer was born, Plymouth, Redford, Rock Island, today in history on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am resolved no longer to linger, Charmed by the world’s delight, Things that are higher, things that are nobler, These have allured my sight. Refrain I will hasten to Him, hasten so glad and free; Jesus, greatest, highest, I will come to Thee. I will hasten, hasten to Him, hasten so glad and [...]
William Holmes McGuffey – birth, Sep. 23, 1800
Posted in born today, education, philosophy, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1912, 9/23/1800, born this date, Clyde D Bryan, compiled six readers, Dad’s signature, McGuffey a minister, McGuffey Readers may have sold 120 million copies, McGuffey’s Electic Spelling Book, Miami University, moved to Ohio frontier, Murry City, Ohio, professor of languages, today in history, true moral tones, western PA, William Holmes McGuffey on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
William Holmes McGuffey was born this date, 9/23/1800, in western PA. Later his family moved to the Ohio frontier where he was raised. He became a professor of languages at Miami University in Ohio. McGuffey was a minister and an advocate of public education when it was in a much purer stage. He compiled [...]
Will L Thompson – death, Sep. 20, 1909
Posted in died today, Jesus Christ, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/20/1909, all the world, “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”, Beautiful life, born 11/7/1847, died this date, East Liverpool, Friend in trials, harvest of grain, Jesus, my life my joy my all, NY, NY NY, OH, Ohio, such a Friend, today in history, Will L. Thompson on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus is all the world to me, my life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go, no other one can cheer me so; When I am sad, He makes me glad, He’s my Friend. Jesus is all [...]
Charles Finney – death, Aug. 16, 1875
Posted in converted to Christ, died today, holy living, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1875, 8/16/1875, age twenty-nine, audience, born in 1792, Charles Finney, converted to Jesus Christ, died this date, Finney, God in everything, growth in grace, lawyer, man has freedom, moral action, moral agent, moral character, Mr. Amen, Mr. Wet-Eyes, new beginning of obedience to God, Oberlin, Oberlin College, Ohio, Presbyterian revivalist, spirit of prayer, thankful heart, the will is free on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character. Unless I [...]
E. Andrew Bryan II – birth, Jul. 29, 1964
Posted in born today, poem, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 7/29/1964, Alaska, born this date, Cincinnati, E. Andrew Bryan II, Ohio on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MY SON He is little and small, Maybe two feet tall. The hair is blond on his head; That’s not brown, but its better than red. He doesn’t talk yet, not very much, ‘Course, that doesn’t make him easy to hush. His legs are bowed a little bad, But that just makes him like [...]
