Introduction

Biography

In ad­di­tion be­ing a song writ­er, Sump­ter was a cir­cuit rid­er and ev­an­gel­ist.

Works

• The Black Fa­mi­ly: Their Char­ac­ter and In­flu­ence (Kear­ney, Ne­bras­ka: Flow­ers Pub­lish­ing, 1911)
• The Cir­cuit Rid­er, or, Suf­fer­ing for Christ’s Sake (Ol­iv­et-George­town, Il­li­nois: Flow­ers Pub­lish­ing, 1912)
• Eternal Praise, with Tho­ro Har­ris & Will Jones (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Wind­sor Mu­sic, 1913?)
• Songs of the Pen­te­cost­al Flame, with Charles Wid­mey­er (Boul­der, Co­lo­ra­do: Flow­ers Pub­lish­ing, cir­ca 1914)
• The Last Voy­age of Two Souls, or, Be­yond the Mil­ky Way, 1928
• The Mys­te­ry of Look­out Mount­ain (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Chris­to­pher Pub­lishing, 1935)
• The Ser­pent’s Fang, or, The Cure for Ev­il Speak­ing