Born: August 10, 1854, Rancho del Rosario, Hidalgo County, Texas.
Died: December 19, 1938, Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Buried: Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Garza Mora’s father died when he was five years old. He came to Christ around age 20, under the influence of Dr. Tomas Graybill. At the time, he was working as a bartender in Matamoros, Mexico. He eventually started theological studies and served as a Presbyterian minister for seven decades.
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Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be di… Go to person page >
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