1846–1914

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 8, 1846, Iowa.

Died: Au­gust 28, 1914, Spring Lake, New Je­rsey.

Buried: Ar­ling­ton Na­tion­al Ce­me­te­ry, Ar­ling­ton, Vir­gin­ia.

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Biography

Pierson was the son of John W. Bris­tow and Cath­er­ine Van Horn, and hus­band of An­nie Swan Rouse (married December 3, 1873, Polk Coun­ty, Io­wa).

His song Ci­ty of Sal­va­tion was pub­lished in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1907.

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Lyrics

  1. Again We’ll Nev­er Pass This Way
  2. City of Sal­va­tion
  3. He Shall Flourish Like the Palm Tree
  4. If We On­ly Knew!
  5. Lord Set­teth His Stand­ard, The
  6. We’re March­ing on to Vic­to­ry

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