1849–1917

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 9, 1849, Reeds­burg, Ohio.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 28, 1917, Ro­ches­ter, Min­ne­so­ta.

Buried: On­awa Ci­ty Ce­me­te­ry, On­awa, Io­wa.

Biography

William was the son of En­os W. Won­der and Jane Mill­er, and hus­band of Sar­ah Eli­za­beth Bea­man.

He stu­died at the In­di­ana Con­ser­va­tory of Mu­sic in Terre Haute, then for sev­er­al years taught voice and con­duct­ed mu­sic­al conven­tions.

He al­so pub­lished local news­pa­pers, was ac­tive in po­li­tics, and served as post­mas­ter of Whit­ing, Io­wa (1893–97).

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Forward, For­ward for the Right
  2. Help Me Be Strong
  3. Hosts Are Now March­ing, The
  4. I Need Thee, O, My Sav­ior Dear
  5. I’ll Sing of My Mas­ter, Re­deem­er and King
  6. Jesus My Sav­ior, Come I to Thee
  7. More of Thy Grace, O Grant, I Pray
  8. O Come to Je­sus, Come To­day
  9. Some Day, I Know Not How Soon ’Twill Come
  10. There Is a City of Eter­nal Bright­ness
  11. There’s a Light in the Bi­ble

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Won­der (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els)can help with any of these it­ems,