1858–1936

Introduction

Born: May 22, 1858, Wash­ing­ton Towns­hip, Arm­strong Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: May 10, 1936, Ford Ci­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Mont­gom­ery­ville Bap­tist Church Ce­me­te­ry, Adri­an, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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Biography

Addison was the son of Ma­thi­as Ste­vens Bow­ser and Eli­za­beth Boo­her, and hus­band of El­la Ze­li­ma Steb­bins.

He at­tend­ed pub­lic school in Arm­strong Coun­ty, and gra­du­at­ed from Reed In­sti­tute (1884); Buck­nell Uni­ver­si­ty, Lew­is­burg, Penn­syl­van­ia (1888); and Cro­zer Se­mi­na­ry, Up­land, Penn­syl­vania (1890).

He sub­se­quent­ly served as pas­tor of the Third Bap­tist Church, Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia (three years); the First Bap­tist Church at Dan­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia (nine years); and the First Bap­tist Church, Mill­ville, New Jer­sey (three years).

On Ju­ly 4, 1903, he be­came pas­tor of the First Bap­tist Church in Craf­ton, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. At the Si­lent Hour
  2. I Have a Lov­ing Lord Who Died for Me
  3. I Have Found a Glad New Song
  4. I Will Meet You, Bro­ther
  5. Never Alone
  6. O It May Be in the Ev­en­ing
  7. Send Me
  8. Thine, Ev­ery Name Above
  9. Though the Storms Sweep o’er Life’s Ocean

Music

  1. Glad Home Com­ing, The
  2. Heavenly Home, The
  3. Best Sto­ry of All, The
  4. God For­giv­eth Me
  5. I Know Not How
  6. I Know the Hand That Leads Me
  7. Never Des­pond
  8. Redeemed
  9. Refuge in Christ
  10. Song of Old, A
  11. Soul Ahoy!
  12. This I Know
  13. This Is the Sav­ior for Me
  14. While There’s Sun­shine