1838–1914

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 1, 1838, Man­ches­ter, In­di­ana.

Died: No­vem­ber 10, 1914, Cook County, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Rose­hill Ce­me­te­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

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Biography

Henry was the son of John Jack­son and Ma­bel G. Gar­ri­gus, and hus­band of Mary Al­ice Clarke (mar­ried 1862).

He was edu­cat­ed at De­Pauw Uni­ver­si­ty, Green­cas­tle, In­di­ana (AB 1862, AM 1865, DD 1877, Phi Beta Kappa).

He joined the Phi Gam­ma Del­ta fra­ter­ni­ty, Lamb­da Chap­ter, as a fresh­man, No­vem­ber 14, 1858, and was chap­ter sec­re­ta­ry from 1861 to June 19, 1862.

After gra­du­ation, God­den was prin­ci­pal of the Stock­well Col­le­gi­ate In­sti­tute, Stock­well, In­di­ana (1862–65); pas­tor of the Ames Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, New Or­leans, Lou­isi­ana (1866); and as­sist­ant ed­it­or of the New Or­leans Ad­vo­cate.

During a riot on Ju­ly 30, 1866, he was shot and beat­en. Af­ter re­cov­ery, he de­cid­ed to leave New Orl­eans.

He went on to serve as su­per­in­ten­dent of mis­sions in South Am­eri­ca (1869–78). He and Al­ice spent ma­ny years in Bue­nos Air­es, Ar­gen­ti­na.

Upon re­turn­ing to Am­eri­ca, he served pas­tor­ates at the Grand Ave­nue Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, Kan­sas City, Mis­sou­ri (1879); and in Se­dal­ia, Mis­sou­ri (1882–84).

He was pre­si­dent of Lew­is Col­lege, Glas­gow, Mis­sou­ri (1884–85, school closed in 1892).

He then re­sumed pas­tor­al work at the Cen­ten­ary Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church (1885–90) and the Marsh­field Ave­nue Church (1890–92), both in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

He was pre­sid­ing eld­er, North Chi­ca­go Dis­trict, Rock Ri­ver Con­fer­ence (1892–98); dis­trict su­per­in­ten­dent, Chi­ca­go Dis­trict (1898–1904); and pas­tor of Chi­ca­go Lawn Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church (1910).

He was al­so a mem­ber of the Ge­ne­ral Mis­sion­ary Com­mit­tee dur­ing three qua­dren­ni­ums. He served on the Joint Com­mis­sion for pre­par­ing a hym­nal for Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church and Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, South; and was Chap­lain at the 1898 Ek­kle­sia in Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­va­nia.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. Blessed Homeland, The
  2. Christ the He­ro King
  3. Come to Je­sus Now
    • Kommt zu Je­su
  4. Come to the Mer­cy Seat
  5. Come to the Sun­day School
  6. Dirígenos, Je­sús
  7. Epworth Ar­my, The
    • Bundes-Ar­mee, Die
  8. Escucha, Ami­go, al Señ­or
  9. Escucha, Po­bre Pe­ca­dor
  10. Evening Hymn
  11. Friedenshafen, Der
  12. Happy Voic­es
  13. Heiland ruft, Der
  14. Heilges Buch
  15. In Him Is Rest
  16. Jesus Died for Me
  17. Let Je­sus in­to Your Heart
  18. Light of the World
  19. Look to the Lamb of God
  20. Luz de vi­da ce­les­ti­al
  21. Marching on the Way
    • Pilgerlied
  22. Marching to Ca­naan
  23. Night of Sor­row, Night of Weep­ing
  24. No Hay Ot­ro Me­di­ad­or
  25. No Me Ol­vi­des, Pa­dre Eter­no
  26. O the New Bright Clime
  27. ¡Oh Cris­to! Er­ez Luz de Mi Vi­da
  28. Oh Di­os, Mi Soberano Rey
  29. Peace, Be Still
  30. Pilgrim Way, The
    • Pilgerpfad, Der
  31. Port of Peace, The
  32. Praying for You
  33. Precious Je­sus
  34. Return of the Sow­er
  35. Savior Calls To­day, The
  36. Shine On
  37. Speak for Je­sus, Tell the Sto­ry
  38. Storehouse of Grace, The
  39. Sunlight Shore, The
  40. Ten Com­pa­si­ón de Mí
  41. There Are Man­sions of Light
  42. This Earth Is Not My Home
  43. Trusting
  44. Two Flags, The
  45. Venid a Mí, Ve­nid,
  46. Ven al Señ­or Je­sús
  47. Ven, O To­do­po­der­oso, Ad­or­able Cre­ador
  48. We’ll Meet Again
  49. We’re on the Way to Ca­naan’s Land
    • Auf dem Weg nach Ka­naan
  50. What a Glo­ri­ous Re­deem­er!
    • Welch ein herr­liche Hei­land
  51. Wiedersehn!
  52. Wonderful Bi­ble
  53. Working and Wait­ing
    • Wirke und warte
    • Wirkt und wartet

Translations

  1. A Di­os, Na­ci­on­es, Dad Loor
  2. Contemplando Tu Amor
  3. Escucha, Ami­go, al Se­ñor
  4. Hay un Mun­do Fe­liz Más Al­lá
  5. Mirad al Sal­va­dor Je­sús
  6. Salvador, a Ti Acu­do
  7. Tal Co­mo Soy
  8. Ven, de To­do Bi­en la Fuen­te
  9. Venid con Cán­ti­cos, Ve­nid