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Franklin E. Belden (1858-1945)
Born: March 21, 1858, Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan.
Died: De­cem­ber 2, 1945, Mar­shall, Mi­chi­gan.
Buried: Oak Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan.

When he was eight years old, Belden’s fam­i­ly moved to Cal­i­for­nia, where he first com­posed mu­sic. Due to breath­ing problems, Bel­den lat­er moved to Co­lo­ra­do. He event­u­al­ly re­turned to Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan, around age 30. He joined the Re­view and Her­ald Pub­lish­ing Com­pany, and stayed in Bat­tle Creek un­til about 1910, when he be­gan writ­ing songs for evang­el­ist Bil­ly Sun­day.
Belden’s aunt was Ellen Har­mon White, one of the pi­o­neers of the Se­venth Day Ad­vent­ist Church. Though Bel­den’s lat­er years were marred by mis­un­der­stand­ings with the church lead­er­ship over his roy­al­ties, he did do­n­ate his pa­pers and man­u­scripts to the church’s sem­in­ary at his death.

Hymns--
1.Ask for the Showers of Blessing
2.Build on the Rock
3.Cover with His Life
4.Hold Fast Till I Come
5.I Will Sing of Jesus’ Love
6.Joy By and By
7.Judgment Has Set, The
8.Let Every Lamp Be Burning Bright
9.Look for the Way-Marks
10.Stand by the Bi­ble
11.There’s No Other Name Like Jesus
12.’Tis Love That Makes Us Happy
13.We Know Not the Hour
14.Wholly Thine

Music--
1.Belden

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