[Ah, poor sinner, think of Calvary]

Composer: Anonymous

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Arranger: Alice J. Dillon

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Harmonizer: Andrew L. Byers

Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Ah, poor sinner, think of Calvary]
Composer: Anonymous
Arranger: Alice J. Dillon
Harmonizer: Andrew L. Byers
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 53513 12165 35132
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Behold the Dying Savior

Ah, poor sinner, think of Calv’ry,
Of the One who suffered there;
Do you know He died in mercy,
All your load of guilt to bear?

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Timeless Truths #128

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