Introduction

Biography

Christopher was the hus­band of Bar­ba­ra Jane Gib­ba­ny.

Educated at Ken­tuc­ky Uni­ver­si­ty, he went on to teach at Chris­tian Col­lege, Co­lum­bia, Mis­sou­ri; Ham­il­ton Col­lege, Clin­ton, New York; and at Mad­dox Se­mi­na­ry, Lit­tle Rock, Ar­kan­sas, where he filled the chair of sci­ence.

He al­so helped his daugh­ters es­tab­lish the Lit­tle Rock Jun­ior Col­lege for wo­men and the Con­ser­va­tory of Mu­sic.

Works

• Popular Hymns (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky: C. C. Cline, 1883)
• Popular Hymns Re­vised (Cov­ing­ton, Ken­tuc­ky: Guide Print­ing & Pub­lish­ing, 1885)
• The Stan­dard Church Hym­nal (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio & Louisville, Kentucky: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing and Guide Print­ing & Pub­lish­ing, 1888)
• The Stan­dard Sun­day School Hym­nal (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1888)
• Popular Hymns Num­ber 2 (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing, 1901)
• Popular Hymns Num­ber 3 (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing, 1910)