1853–1923

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 27, 1853, Woos­ter, Ohio.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 11, 1923.

Buried: Fair­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, De­ca­tur, Il­li­nois.

Biography

Abner was the hus­band of Ma­ril­la Mag­da­lene Den­nis.

His fa­mi­ly moved to De­ca­tur, Il­li­nois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a ma­chin­ist.

He gra­du­at­ed from Eu­re­ka Col­lege, Eu­re­ka, Il­li­nois, in 1878, and served pas­tor­ates in Nor­mal, Wash­burn, Pe­ters­burg and Spring­field, Ill­inois; Des Moines, Io­wa; Cov­ing­ton, Ken­tuc­ky; and San An­to­nio, Tex­as.

He was al­so an ac­tive ev­an­gel­ist, at­tend­ing meet­ings in Bos­ton, New York Ci­ty, Min­ne­apo­lis, and oth­er ma­jor ci­ties.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abide with Us, Thou Sav­ior Dear
  2. Are You Rea­dy for Your Lord?
  3. Be the Morn­ing Dark or Fair
  4. Day by Day My Path Grows Clear
  5. Do You Know the Song That the An­gels Sang?
  6. Go Work in My Vine­yard
  7. Hark! How the Bells Ring Out To­day
  8. Have You Touched the Gar­ments of the Ho­ly One?
  9. Helmet On and Sword in Hand
  10. How It March­es, the Flag of Im­ma­nu­el
  11. I Have Heard a Most Won­der­ful Sto­ry!
  12. If We Walk in the Light of Our Sav­ior
  13. I’ve Found Christ a Sav­ior
  14. Little While, A
  15. Lo a Friend Near Thee
  16. Lo the Ar­my of Our King
  17. Long Ago in Old Ju­dea
  18. Looking un­to Je­sus
  19. O Bro­thers, Do Your Feet Grow Wea­ry?
  20. O Zi­on, Dear Zi­on, Thou Home
  21. Saints of God! the Day Is Speed­ing!
  22. Shall the Ser­vant Doubt
  23. Singing On Thro’ Storm and Shine
  24. Tell the Sto­ry, Child­ren!
  25. Ten Vir­gins at Ev­en
  26. The Night Is Dark, and Frail My Barque
  27. The Sav­ior In­vites Thee
  28. There Is a Time, a Hap­py Time
  29. There’s a Ci­ty I’m Told
  30. There’s a Feast of Love in the Courts Above
  31. Through the Mea­dows Green
  32. ’Twas a Morn­ing Fair
  33. We Are Sol­diers in the Ar­my
  34. We Shall Be Like Him
  35. What Ra­diant Homes
  36. When the Har­vest Is Past and the Sum­mer Is O’er
  37. Who Is This from Ed­om Com­ing?
  38. Whoso Hear­eth and Do­eth These Say­ings of Mine
  39. Why Should We Weep?
  40. With Je­sus, My Sav­ior, For­ev­er I’d Be

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