1854–1927

Introduction

Born: March 22, 1854, Rock­land, De­la­ware.

Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1927, at his home in Mill­bourne, Penn­syl­van­ia, of com­pli­ca­tions from a fall two weeks ear­li­er.

Buried: Mount Mo­ri­ah Ce­me­te­ry, Penn­syl­van­ia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

James was the son of Ir­ish im­mi­grants James Dailey and Eli­za Jane Mor­ri­son (mar­ried in Lon­don­der­ry). His fa­ther died in 1858.

For many years, James was a tra­vel­ing ev­an­gel­ist in wes­tern Penn­syl­van­ia for a num­ber of years. In 1872, he moved with his mo­ther to Brock­way­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia, and was still there as of 1892.

In 1900 he was in Fre­do­nia Vil­lage, New York, and in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1910 & 1920.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Hark, I Hear a Warn­ing Voice
  2. I Have a Song I Love to Sing
  3. In This World of Sin and Sor­row
  4. Jesus of Na­za­reth, King of the Jews
  5. O the Sor­row, Pain and Woe
  6. Our Sav­ior De­clared of the Fa­ther Above
  7. Sinner, Thy Sav­ior Is Call­ing
  8. Someone Is Sink­ing
  9. There’s a Pro­mise in God’s Word
  10. There’s No Light in the Win­dow for Me
  11. Thy Grace, O My Sav­ior
  12. Toiling Up the Hill­side
  13. ’Twas an In­spi­ra­tion of Di­vine Cre­ation
  14. What Though My Foes Should
  15. When Mos­es Led His Peo­ple
  16. Why Did My Sav­ior Come to Earth?
  17. Yes, the Sor­row, Pain and Woe

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