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Author: Eldon Burkwall; Frances Townsend Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: He came unto His own Topics: Christ his mission Scripture: John 1:11-12 Used With Tune: [He came unto His own]

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[He came unto His own]

Appears in 33 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred B. Smith Incipit: 53323 43321 26176 Used With Text: For God so Loved the World

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He came unto His own, and His own received Him not

Hymnal: CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #47 (1936)

For God so Loved the World

Author: Eldon Burkwall; Frances Townsend Hymnal: Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #164 (1979) First Line: He came unto His own Topics: Christ his mission Scripture: John 1:11-12 Tune Title: [He came unto His own]

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Alfred B. Smith

1916 - 2001 Composer of "[He came unto His own]" in Praise! Our Songs and Hymns Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago. --Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)