March 1, 1820, Bel­mont, Maine.

Sep­tem­ber 11, 1901, Mon­ro­via, Cal­i­for­nia.

Of Scot­tish de­scent, Mc­Don­ald be­came a Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal pas­tor at age 19, and joined the Maine Con­fer­ence in 1843. In 1855, he trans­ferred to the Wis­con­sin Con­fer­ence, and in 1859 to the New Eng­land Con­fer­ence. For fif­teen years he ed­it­ed the Ad­vo­cate of Christ­ian Ho­li­ness. He al­so wrote a num­ber of books on re­li­gious sub­jects, sev­er­al bi­o­gra­phies, and ed­it­ed or co-ed­it­ed sev­er­al col­lect­ions of mu­sic, in­clud­ing:

• Wes­ley­an Minstrel, 1840
• Western Sac­red Harp, 1855
• Beulah Songs, 1870
• Tribute of Praise, 1874

• Hustad, p. 285
• McCutchan, p. 287
• Nutter, p. 461

1. I Am Com­ing to the Cross
2. I Be­lieve Je­sus Saves