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William Ellsworth Witter
1854 - 1954 Person Name: Will E. Witter Hymnal Number: d153 Author of "While Jesus whispers to you" in Church Hymns Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:—
While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
William Ellsworth Witter
James Oren Thompson
1834 - 1917 Person Name: J. O. Thompson Hymnal Number: d31 Author of "The call for reapers" in Church Hymns Born June 9, 1834 in Waldo, ME. He was a minister before joining the army and fighting in the Civil War. After the war he joined the Methodist Episcopal Maine Conference in 1866. He transferred to the Providence, RI conference and retired in 1886. He moved to Keyser, WV and edited The Mountain Echo. He then moved to Charleston, WV and served as secretary of the Agriculture. In 1905 he moved to St. Petersburg, FL where he was the minister at the First Ave. Methodist Church. He died Sept. 28, 1917.
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James Oren Thompson
Mrs. M. E. Willson
1842 - 1942 Person Name: M. E. Wilson Hymnal Number: d107 Author of "My mother's dear hands, her beautiful hands" in Church Hymns Mate E. Bliss Willson, sister of P. P. Bliss.
Mrs. M. E. Willson
Uldine Utley
1912 - 1995 Hymnal Number: d119 Author of "Bells of praise" in Church Hymns
Uldine Utley
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