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W. E. Penn

1832 - 1895 Composer of "[Sinner, why so idly standing]" in The Gospel Awakening Penn, William Evander. (Near village of Old Jefferson, Rutherford County, Tennessee, August 11, 1832--April 29, 1895, Eureka Springs, Arkansas). Southern Baptist. Evangelist in Texas and other states, 1875-1895. Compiled three hymnals titled Harvest Bells (1881, 1884, 1887) for use in his meetings. His hymns were primarily revivalistic in emphasis. His finest hymn, "There is a rock in a weary land, Its shadow falls on the burning sand" was paid the compliment of being reworked and issued under the name of Edward Husband in D.B. Towner's Revival Hymns (Chicago, 1905). He and his wife Corilla Frances Sayle adopted three children. Ordained December 4, 1880. --David W. Music, and additional information from the DNAH Archives See: Linder, Michael. (1985). William Evander Penn : his contribution to church music (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. The Life and Labors of Major W. E. Penn. (1896). St. Louis: C. B. Woodward Printing).
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John B. Mulford

1851 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. J. B. Mulford Author of "The First and Last Call" in The Gospel Awakening Mulford, John Brantly. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1851--November 3, 1888, Atchison, Kansas). Baptist. Crozer Theological Seminary, 1874-1876. Ordained June 18, 1876, at Sewickly, Penn. Pastorates at Baptist churches at Sewickly, Penn., 1876-1878; Somerville, New Jersey, 1878-1881; Wheeling, West Virginia, 1881-1884; First Baptist Church, Atchison, Kansas, 1884-1888. Author of hymn "O blessed crystal river," published in Our Glad Hosanna; "Sinner, why so idly standing," published in Harvest Bells No.1; and "O glorious God! eternal and wise," published in Joyful Lays. --E. F. Quinn, DNAH Archives
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