Introduction

Biography

Byers was the son of An­drew By­ers (1827–1899) and song writ­er Nan­cy By­ers, hus­band of Del­la Flo­rence Wick­ers­ham (mar­ried May 19, 1895, Ohio), bro­ther of Ja­cob By­ers, and fa­ther of Lu­el­la By­ers Hen­ry.

In 1890, he joined Da­ni­el War­ner and Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work, and the next year was hired by the Gos­pel Trum­pet Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or.

He left the com­pa­ny in 1922 for health rea­sons, and worked as an ev­an­gel­ist and pas­tor in Ida­ho & Ore­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Ca­li­for­nia, in 1934.

Works

• Songs of the Ev­en­ing Light, with Bar­ney War­ren (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1897)
• Salvation Ech­oes, with Bar­ney War­ren, Clar­ence Hunt­er & Dan­iel Teas­ley (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1900)
• Truth in Song, with Bar­ney War­ren, Clar­ence Hunt­er & Da­ni­el Teas­ley (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1907)
• Select Hymns, with Bar­ney War­ren & Cla­ra Brooks (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1911)
• Songs of Grace and Glo­ry, with Da­ni­el Teas­ley & Hen­ry C. Clau­sen (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1918)
• Birth of a Re­for­ma­tion: The Life and La­bors of Da­ni­el S. War­ner, 1922