Born in Poland in 1867, Ginsburg was a Baptist pastor and missionary to Brazil for thirty-five years. He wrote A Wandering Jew in Brazil: An Autobiography Go to person page >
Author: William R. Featherstone
Very little is known about William R. Featherstone (b. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1846; d. Montreal, 1873). It appears that he lived in Montreal his whole life, where he was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church (now St. James United Church).
Bert Polman Go to person page >
In 1870 Featherstone's text came to the attention of Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895), an evangelical preacher who was compiling a new Baptist hymnal. Because he was unhappy with the existing melody for this text, Gordon composed this tune; as he wrote, "in a moment…