Introduction

Biography

Appointed su­per­in­tend­ent of the Sun­day School at Tenth Bap­tist Church, Phi­la­del­phia, in 1854. Un­der his di­rect­ion, the Sun­day School be­came the first in that ci­ty to make mu­sic a pro­mi­nent fea­ture of its ac­ti­vi­ties.

In 1872, he was elect­ed Pre­si­dent of the Bap­tist Sun­day School As­so­cia­tion of Phi­la­del­phia.

Deborah Carl­ton Lof­tis, Ar­chives of the Dic­tion­ary of North Ame­ri­can Hym­no­lo­gy
Accessed in the Hym­nary, 1 Jan 2024

Works

• The Child­ren’s Choir (ed­it­or) (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: N. P. Kemp, 1860)
• The Bap­tist Hymn and Tune Book (mu­sic ed­it­or) (Phi­la­del­phia, Pen­nsy­lva­nia: Bi­ble and Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1871)
• The Bap­tist Hymn and Tune Book (ed­it­or) (Phi­la­del­phia, Pen­nsy­lva­nia: B­ible and Pub­li­ca­tion So­cie­ty, 1873)