Daniel Brink Towner

1850-1919

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Born: April 5, 1850, Towner Hill, Rome, Pennsylvania. Died: October 3, 1919, Longwood, Missouri. Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Courtesy of Moody Bible Institute

Towner studied music under his father (a well known singer and teacher in his own right), John Howard, George Root, and James Webb. He was music director at the Centenary Methodist Church in Binghamton, New York (1870-1882); the York Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio (1882-1884); the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Covington, Kentucky (1884-1885); and the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois (1893-1919). The American Temperance University in Harriman, Tennessee, awarded Towner a Doctorate of Music in 1900.

Music:

1. Anywhere with Jesus
2. At Calvary
3. Gone from My Heart
4. Hand That Was Nailed to the Cross, The
5. He Will Answer Every Prayer
6. Jesus Only, Let Me See
7. Light in the Eastern Sky
8. Moody
9. My Anchor Holds
10. Nor Silver Nor Gold
11. O Changeless Word
12. O Thou God of My Salvation
13. O Word of God
14. Old Ship of Zion, The
15. Only a Sinner
16. Saved by the Blood
17. Saving Grace
18. Tell Out the Wonderful Story
19. Though the Fig Tree Shall Not Blossom
20. Trust and Obey
21. Victory in My Soul