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Short Name: John W. Peterson
Full Name: Peterson, John W., 1921-2006
Birth Year: 1921
Death Year: 2006

Wikipedia Biography

John Willard Peterson (November 1, 1921 – September 20, 2006) was a songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs, and 35 cantatas.

Tunes by John W. Peterson (244)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A new commandment give I unto you]John W. Peterson (Composer)351112 34565 32121
[A soldier in the army of the King of kings am I]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)353332 11157 77125
[All over life’s sea it is stormy and dark]John W. Peterson (Composer)233333 33367 1666
ALTUSJohn W. Peterson, 1921-2006 (Composer)151345 66245 67
[Are you discouraged and are you blue]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[As raindrops wake the sleeping desert]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Before the stars were hung or planets fashioned]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Bless the Lord and sing His praises]John W. Peterson (Composer)312316 16512 31765
BRETON ROADJohn W. Peterson (Composer)617654 23431 4
BRIDGEWATER (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)451321 14654
BURNING TREEJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)215525 31234 514
[Calling, Christ is tenderly calling]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
CAMPMEETINGJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)217222 13332 34653
[Cantad mortales por doquier]John Peterson (Composer)351112 34543 14332
[Christ is urgently calling for workers]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Christ will be my guide]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
COMING AGAIN (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2617654 56217 65672
[Creation shows the power of God]John W. Peterson (Composer)655555 66666 71232
[Cristo te espera, te quiere salvar] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)256717 66132
[Dark is the road that lies before me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Dark were the clouds of sin that spread above me]John W. Peterson (Composer)255555 55655 7
[Darling, the day has come that we've been dreaming of]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Do you wonder why I love Him] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2
DOUGLAS (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)213543 21351 67655
ELLESDIEJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)311113 22112 22243
[Every earthly sunrise has a sunset]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Everybody seems to have a cause for which to speak]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Everybody sing praise to the Lord]John W. Peterson (Composer)511111 33131 11113
[Fathomless love! what a wondrous theme]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[For a life of sin and pleasure, friend]John W. Peterson (Composer)232155 56555 11
[Friend, if your troubled heart longs for peace]John W. Peterson (Composer)234456 55442 34
FRIEND OF SINNERS (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)433321 11522 25
[Give me a vision, Lord, I plead]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
GLEN ECHOJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)213534 21135 67655
GLORIA (French)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)333355 43323 53213
[God is love! the heavens tell it]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[He owns the cattle on a thousand hills]John W. Peterson (Composer)833212 34555 51616
[Gone is the guilt of my sin]John W. Peterson (Composer)355567 15111 2523
[A pilgrim was I and a wandering]John W. Peterson (Composer)3651113 21611 12222
[Have you ever wondered why the Savior came]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[He calls His sheep by name]John W. Peterson (Composer)335544 33117 76676
[He cares when you’re troubled and the whole world seems wrong]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[He is coming again for me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[He walked that lonesome road]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
HEAVEN CAME DOWNJohn W. Peterson (Composer)3333332 13331 33332
[Helping the widows and orphans in their need]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[Here’s my life]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[He's able, He's able, I know He's able]John W. Peterson (Arranger)251152 25355 44334
[How oft the happy mountain top we leave behind]John W. Peterson (Composer)232111 11656 1233
[How rich I am since Jesus came my way]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I am persuaded that Christ has saved me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I dreamed I had gone to that city]John W. Peterson (Arranger)112333 32111 34555
[I know my Savior leadeth me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I know the Lord has made a way for me]John W. Peterson (Arranger)1
[I love my precious Lord today]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I sought a flag to follow]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)4
[I surrender all]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I thirsted in the barren land of sin and shame]John W. Peterson (Composer)1655112 33343 22557
[I tuned in on Heaven]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I was a rebel and stranger from God]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I was a sinner all covered with shame]John W. Peterson (Composer)453567 65352
[I will declare]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
FILLMORE (Fillmore 12333)John W. Peterson (Arranger)112333 32345 15343
[I will trust and never be afraid]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I’d not have left a golden street]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[I’ll trust in God though shadows mark the way]John W. Peterson (Composer)257653 23554
[I’m looking today for His glorious appearing]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[I'm not alone, while walking on life's pathway]John W. Peterson (Composer)456711 11234 61765
[I'm singing on my way to Glory]John W. Peterson (Composer)356531 61323 44343
[In Heaven there are many things I’m longing so to see]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[In my darkness Jesus found me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[In sin’s bitter night I was wandering]John W. Peterson (Composer)233217 13574 432
[In the book of life in heaven now my name is written down]John W. Peterson (Composer)255333 21115 51165
[In the image of God, we were made long ago]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[In the song of a heart redeemed]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Is your life without a purpose like a wandering star]John W. Peterson (Composer)211217 71755 655
IT IS WONDERFULJohn W. Peterson, 1921-2006 (Composer)312333 33321 72344
[It will all be different there]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[It's not an easy road we are traveling to heaven]John W. Peterson (Composer)5
[I've been through the valley, I've been through the fire]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[I’ve builded on the Rock]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Jesus died on Calvary for everyone]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Jesus is coming] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Jesus lives! Jesus lives]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Jesus, the man of Galilee]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Jesus took away my heavy load of sin]John W. Peterson (Composer)234554 56712 3
[Just beyond the darkened valley]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Just keep trusting in the Lord each day]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
KEDRON (Spratt)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)133332 24443 54323
[Keep me faithful, Lord, I pray]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
KENT (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)215314 32321
LEDOJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)211316 64272 54323
LET US BREAK BREADJohn W. Peterson (Arranger)156111 11322 11355
[Lift up thy head O toiling saint]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
LINDSBORG (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)255321 17712 34551
LLANTHONYJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)154332 11712 35433
[Long ago the Savior sorrowed]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Look on the fields they are white unto harvest]John W. Peterson (Composer)211115 13333 12222
[Looking for Jesus, looking and longing]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Lord, deliver me from sin]John W. Peterson (Composer)235423 21226 6532
[Lost in my sins, in the darkness I wandered]John W. Peterson (Composer)255555 56116 51111
[Lost sinners are dying in darkness today]John W. Peterson (Composer)253333 21555 5
[Love this world through me, Lord] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Many souls are in danger on life's stormy sea]John W. Peterson (Composer)255112 33332 12234
[Many years ago in days of childhood]John W. Peterson (Arranger)135545 66665 35444
[I chose a path of sin and loss]John Willard Peterson (Composer)355671 32617 6565
[Millions still in every land]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[My Father is omnipotent] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2755671 17712 12233
[My faith is not a fabled thing]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[My heart is running over with the joy of the Lord]John W. Peterson (Composer)251111 65345 565
[My heart is thrilled whenever I think of heaven’s glory fair]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[My heavenly Father’s watchful eye]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[My Lord is real, yes, real to me]John W. Peterson (Arranger)1
[Names of kings and rulers we honor]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
NELSON (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)233354 32123 42123
[Never be ashamed of Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[New life in Christ] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)217566 21677 32112
[No matter where He leadeth]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[No more I'll wander in the dreadful night of sin and shame]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)251112 33332 11655
[No one understands like Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)1455555 43122 22443
[No other song have I but that of Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)413565 31332 555
[No room, only a manger of hay]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[O how He must have loved us]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O I am so glad I’m saved]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O I want to be like Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
HOW GREAT THOU ARTJohn Willard (Arranger)155535 55664 66665
[O Savior, as my eyes behold]John W. Peterson (Composer)413234 56543 21332
[O, that you would meet my Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O the blessed contemplation]John W. Peterson (Composer)4
[O the healing love of Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O the love, the love of Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O He's a wonderful Savior]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)215553 56517 12123
[O precious is the promise God has given]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[O what heavenly riches of goodness and grace]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Oh wonderful, wonderful day that will be]John W. Peterson (Composer)213335 55333 55176
[On the cross my blessed Savior]John W. Peterson (Arranger)2
[On yonder cross, the center cross]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Once I knew nothing but emptiness]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Once my life was filled with discord]John W. Peterson (Composer)555554 44444 443
[Once the paths of sin I followed]John W. Peterson (Composer)217671 23332 123
[Only for Jesus I want to live]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Open wide, ye everlasting doors]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)312314 32176 55435
ORTONVILLEJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)351122 32156 61655
[Out from heaven's palaces]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Out from the city to Calvary]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Out in the darkness of sin they are waiting]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)233331 35555 32225
[Over the sunset mountains]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)6
[Por cristalinos mares] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)251353 26572 543
[Praise him now, Lord God Almighty] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)312313 45333 22321
[Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]John W. Peterson (Arranger)155611 16532 11132
[Purifica el templo] (Colom)John W. Peterson (Arranger)211111 56554 321
[Raise your hand and open your heart to Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
RETREAT (Hastings)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)734555 43665 71222
RIDGEMOOR (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)751232 75123 25543
ROCA (Colom)John W. Peterson (Arranger)255453 12321 255
[Send, O God, a breath from heaven]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
Shadrach, Meshach, and AbednegoJohn W. Peterson (Arranger)2
[Sheltered in the love of Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Shepherd of love, You know I had lost my way]John Willard Peterson (Composer)8
[Si en esta vida andas sin gozo] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)255454 33561 653
[Sinful and guilty, condemned and undone]John W. Peterson (Composer)253217 12176 5225
[Sinful and lonely and dying]John W. Peterson (Composer)255555 55566 6666
[Sing a song, spread some cheer]John W. Peterson (Composer)313613 61366 6433
SING, REJOICE, HALLELUJAJohn W. Peterson (Composer)112314 25671 7653
[Sinner friend, are you carelessly drifting today]John W. Peterson (Composer)251323 54131 43
[Sinner friend look away from your failure and loss]John W. Peterson (Composer)232354 56117 67
[Some day life's journey will be o'er]John W. Peterson (Composer)1153432 17664 54321
[Some day we'll leave this world of sin]John W. Peterson (Composer)451115 11151 1312
[Some day when the toils of life are over]John W. Peterson (Composer)233332 23216 56123
[Some day you'll hear God's final call to you]John W. Peterson (Composer)555523 44321 55523
[Someday when this age has run the course that God intended]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[Someone to love me I longed so to meet]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Sometime soon all toiling will be past]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Sons of God are we, beloved]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Soon our heartaches will be ended]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Soul, are you treading the broad ways of sin?]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
SUSQUEHANNAJohn W. Peterson (Composer)633342 321
[Sweet it is to follow the Savior]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
DINJANJohn W. Peterson (Composer)355576 17123
[The future veiled before us lies]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)255334 32255 22321
[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)451765 12355 22
[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)2
[The heavens will be ringing with our joyous singing]John W. Peterson (Composer)251113 21666 1765
[The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost]John W. Peterson (Composer)755555 55666 44444
[The love of friend and lover]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[The Savior died a world to save]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[The Spirit is speaking to someone, I know]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
O, HOW I LOVE JESUSJohn W. Peterson, 1921- (Arranger)413332 31111 22212
[There never was a truer friend than Jesus] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)255112 33333 24333
[There will never be a sweeter story]John W. Peterson (Composer)733321 11565 11123
[There’s a joy in every mile]John W. Peterson (Composer)211667 75443 25
[There's a melody of gladness that is ringing in my heart]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)234555 56553 54432
[There's a new song in my heart]John W. Peterson (Composer)255151 55565 43666
[There’s a place where sin’s forgiven]John W. Peterson (Composer)332321 65776
[There’s a Savior unseen who is passing this way]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[There’s a sweet and precious promise]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[There’s not a day that passes]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[There's only one way—one way to heaven]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[They nailed Christ to a cross on Calvary]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[This is the hour of decision]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[This night of sin and woe soon will be past]John W. Peterson (Composer)333332 34444
[Though like pilgrims here we wander]John W. Peterson, 1921- (Composer)4
[Though on earth there’s woe assailing]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Through the slow parting crowds crept the leper]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Today, tomorrow and always]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
TORONTO (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)3811131 11211 72224
[Arise, my soul, arise] (51712)J. W. P. (Harmonizer)151712 32344 35321
[Traveling on the royal road to glory]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Trust on! O troubled heart today]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
TRUSTING (Peterson)John W. Peterson, 1921-2006 (Composer)556133 33332 17572
['Twould surely be a wondrous thing]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Walking with the Savior on the narrow way]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[We have come to worship You]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[We may sound the depths of all the might oceans]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[We need the sunshine to warm a summer breeze]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[What a joy it will be—how my glad heart will sing]John W. Peterson (Composer)212333 32121 65
[What a joy to know our Father holds the future]John W. Peterson (Composer)234553 56176 65
[When by faith I saw my Savior hanging on the cruel tree]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When I cannot understand God's leading]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When I need a Friend to tell my troubles to]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When I remember the cross that He bore]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When I think how Jesus suffered on the cross for me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When I was burdened down with care] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)254565 32176
[When I'm faint from the toils and the cares of the day]John W. Peterson (Composer)212331 22713 65117
[When our Lord was here, Our Savior dear]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[When pants the heart for things of life]John W. Peterson (Arranger)217656 54333 66112
[When the way is dark before you] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)355555 56322 22223
[When thou art weakest, trials abound]John W. Peterson (Arranger)1
[When through a fiery furnace]John W. Peterson (Composer)233271 21333 43245
[When your grief cannot be spoken]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[Where He leads me I will follow] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Where two or three are gathered] (Peterson)John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[Whisper a prayer in the morning] (Traditional)John W. Peterson (Arranger)135134 33225 7231
[Who can move the mountains that are hind'ring you today]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[Why should I sing of lesser things]John W. Peterson (Composer)255553 44423 3312
[Why worry when you can pray?]J. W. P. (Composer)453533 21161 11655
[With the sound of trumpets]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Wonderful love! Glorious love]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[Wonderful that Jesus loved me]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
CALVARY (Towner)John W. Peterson (Arranger)155543 45657 77654
[You can always count on Jesus]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[You may have friends who forsake you]John W. Peterson (Composer)2
[You'll always be happy]John W. Peterson (Composer)3
[You've sought in vain for happiness]John W. Peterson (Composer)2

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