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George C. Stebbins
1846 - 1945 Person Name: George Coles Stebbins Composer of "[Beyond the light of setting suns]" in The Cyber Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey.
At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England.
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L. W. Mansfield
Author of "A Home on High" in The Cyber Hymnal Lewis William Mansfield USA 1816-1898. Born in Kent, CT, he was a woolen mill worker. He was became an author and poet, usually writing on Christian themes. His five books include: “The morning watch – a narrative” (1850); “Up-country letters” (1852); “Country margins and rambles of a journalist” (1855); “The outlines of the mental plan, and preparation therein for the precepts and doctrines of Christ” (1883); “Traces of the plan of our being so far as revealed..” (1884). Little information about his personal life was found.
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L. W. Mansfield
