The developer of this site, Robert (Bob) Cottrill, went home to be with his Saviour on the 31st of August 2019, after a short illness. Bob’s work is being re-published at wordwisebiblestudies.com, so feel free to go there to read, share, and comment.Robert Cottrill 1941-2019
Words: author unknown (see note below regarding Florie Evans) Music: Alfred Barney Smith (b. Nov. 8, 1916; d. Nov. 9, 2001) Note: Annie Florence (“Florie”) Evans, whose heart-felt testimony is said to have marked the beginning of the Welsh Revival, is sometimes described in stories as a little girl. However, this does not seem to […]
Words: Mary Artemisia Lathbury (b. Aug. 10, 1841; d. Oct. 20, 1913) Music: William Fiske Sherwin (b. March 14, 1826; d. Apr. 14, 1888) Note: Miss Lathbury, the daughter of a pastor and sister to two more, was also a professional artist and a poet. One said of her, “She lived in the spiritual world, […]
Words: Leonard W. Weaver (late 19th century) Music: Mary E. Upham Currier (b. _____; d. Nov. 8, 1909) Note: In 1904, Englishman Leonard Weaver and an American, Mary (Upham) Currier, combined their gifts to write a gospel song called Following Jesus. Some hymn books have the title as “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” but this […]
