Sanders ev­i­dent­ly em­ig­rat­ed from Bri­tain to Amer­i­ca, and pas­tored in Potts­ville. In the ear­ly days of the Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist move­ment, he worked with Hugh Bourne com­pil­ing hym­nals for the use of that group. His works in­clude:

• Thoughts of Three Minds, 1878

• Julian, pp. 165, 730, 1588

1. Behold, What Won­drous Love and Grace
2. Hark! the Gos­pel News Is Sound­ing
3. Servants of the Great Je­ho­vah
4. We Seek a Glor­i­ous Rest Above
5. Where Shall My Soul B­egin to Sing?
6. While Pass­ing Through This Vale of Woe
7. Why Do I Wan­der from My God?