1854–1938

Introduction

Born: May 30, 1854, Bealls­ville, Ohio.

Died: May 6, 1938, Cam­den, New Jer­sey.

Buried: Ce­dar Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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Biography

William was the son of Elam Will­iams and Eli­za­beth Sar­ah McKit­rick, and hus­band of Ma­ry Eli­za­beth Lan­ning.

He studied at the West­ern Se­mi­na­ry, Al­le­ghe­ny, Penn­syl­van­ia, and was li­censed by the Clairs­ville Pres­by­te­ry in 1880. He gra­du­ated from Frank­lin Col­lege, New Ath­ens, Ohio, in 1876, and re­ceived his Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­gree from Scio Col­lege in 1888.

Starting in 1881, he taught Greek and Eng­lish lang­uage and li­te­ra­ture at Frank­lin Col­lege, and served as the col­lege’s pre­si­dent, 1887–1901. Co­py­right re­cords show him liv­ing in War­nock, Ohio, in 1892.

Williams was or­dained by the St. Clairs­ville Pres­by­te­ry, and held nu­mer­ous po­si­tions:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Is Well, My Sav­ior’s with Me
  2. As I Tra­vel on Life’s Jour­ney
  3. Christ Is All
  4. Don’t You Hear the Cry of the Tem­pest Tossed?
  5. Far from My God I’m Wan­der­ing To­day
  6. I Am Rest­ing in Thee
  7. I’m Thirst­ing, Faint­ing
  8. Jesus, Sav­ior of Thy Sheep
  9. No Love Is Like the Sav­ior’s
  10. Not Yet Too Late
  11. O Hear the Toll­ing of the Bells
  12. Old, Yet Ev­er New
  13. They Pray the Best
  14. We Are Com­ing, We Are Com­ing
  15. We’ll Nev­er Be Sor­ry
  16. What Bless­ings We’ll Know Some Day
  17. When We Reach the Pear­ly Gate
  18. Where Is My Wan­der­ing Boy To­night?
  19. World Was Once So Full of Sin, The

Music

  1. Guide Us Aright
  2. Wenatchee