Late 19th Century

Biography

John was a min­is­ter.

It seems like­ly he is Da­vid Clark John (1835–1920), whose mo­ther’s maid­en name was Bit­ler: D. C. John wrote the mu­sic for a song whose lyr­ics are va­ri­ous­ly at­trib­ut­ed to J. S. Bit­ler and Mrs. E. Whit­a­ker John: D. C. John’s se­cond wife was Sar­ah Eli­za­beth Whit­tak­er.

Lyrics

  1. All Hail the Bright Aus­pi­cious Morn
  2. Along the Ri­ver, Deep and Wide
  3. Come up­on Me, Holy Spi­rit
  4. Forsake Me Not, O Ho­ly Spi­rit
  5. Gently Lay Our Pre­cious Dar­ling
  6. Jesus, Now to Thee I Fly
  7. Light of My Life and Com­fort­er Di­vine
  8. Mistakes of My Life Have Been Ma­ny, The
  9. Now I Make a Full Sur­ren­der
  10. O Ci­ty of the Jas­per Wall
  11. O Hear My Pray­er, My Sav­ior
  12. O When Shall We See Je­sus?
  13. Tell Me, Ye An­gels, What Is Your Mis­sion?
  14. There Is a Home Pre­pared for Me
  15. Who Are These Around the Throne?

Music

  1. Bugle Call, The
  2. God’s Bless­ing
  3. I Was a Wan­der­ing Sheep
  4. In the Sec­ret of His Pre­sence
  5. Lord, Hast­en to My Aid
  6. O What a Day Is Com­ing

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