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Short Name: William Henry Adams
Full Name: Adams, William Henry, 1864-1932
Birth Year: 1864
Death Year: 1932

Adams, William Henry. (Ullastone, England, July 3, 1864-January 25, 1932, Aurora, Ontario.). Methodist/United Church. After graduating from Richmond (England) Theological College, he came in 1886 as a missionary to Newfoundland, serving at Burgeo, Topsail, and St. John's West. In 1891 he transferred to Ontario, where he was pastor at Haliburton (1891-1893), St. Ola (1893-1895), Dalrymple (1895-1897), Ivanhow (1897-1899), Orono (1899-1901), Claremont (1901-1903), Tamworth (1903-1905), Norwood (1905-1909), Penetanguishene (1909-1912), Downsview (1914-1918), Don Mills (1918-1920), Thornton (1920-1925), and Beeton (1925-1928). While he contributed much verse to magazines, only his hymn "for a pioneer service" spoke directly to those generations of Canadians who had not themselves endured the hardships of early settlement, but still felt respect and gratitude toward those who had.

Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives


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Tunes by William Henry Adams (19)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Behold! a stranger's at the door] (Adams)W. H. Adams (Composer)355555 55617 56765
[Can we count on you on our side to stand]W. H. Adams (Composer)355153 13322 77225
[Cleanse me, Lord, from all my sin]W. H. Adams (Composer)255152 53332 71325
[Come, Holy Spirit, meet with us we pray]W. H. Adams (Composer)211231 21765 77122
[Come, weary soul, by sin oppressed] (Adams)W. H. Adams (Composer)251112 33311 21231
[Here is sowing, there is reaping]W. H. Adams (Composer)233322 32111 16517
[I am safely kept by Jesus]W. H. Adams (Composer)251323 12123 43217
[In the land beyond death's river]W. H. Adams (Composer)212343 23111 22132
[Lo, a cry today is heard]Will H. Adams (Composer)2
[My brother stand firm for the truth and the right]W. H. Adams (Composer)313333 23456 53543
[O wanderer far away from home]W. H. Adams (Composer)253243 54335 33212
[Savior divine, whose precious blood]W. H. Adams (Composer)233322 22433 44556
[There are joys and blessings here, but if grief to you draw near]W. H. Adams (Composer)354333 35434 44466
[There is a fountain filled with blood] (Adams)W. H. Adams (Composer)251123 16552 23122
[There is one safe road that leads to rest]W. H. Adams (Composer)255111 12333 43223
[There is One who will help all your burdens to bear]W. H. Adams (Composer)212323 12343 42345
[There's a city so bright and so golden]W. H. Adams (Composer)212333 32121 11222
[There's a promise sweet and tender]W. H. Adams (Composer)212312 71517 61217
[Would you lighten the burdens the innocent hear]W. H. Adams (Composer)2
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