1853–1945

Introduction

Born: 1853, New York Ci­ty.

Died: 1945, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Biography

John was the son of Pat­rick Lane and Al­ice O’Con­nor.

He was an ad­ver­tis­ing sales­man for New York news­pa­pers in his ear­ly years. Af­ter com­ing to Christ, in­flu­enced by T. De Witt Tal­madge, he be­came a mis­sion work­er.

He lat­er con­duct­ed re­vi­val meet­ings in the east­ern Unit­ed States be­fore mov­ing to Kan­sas City, Mis­sou­ri, in 1893.

Works

Lyrics

  1. As I Go Along My Pil­grim Way
  2. As You Tra­vel Life’s Rough Path­way
  3. Christians, Rise and Join the Ar­my
  4. How Hap­py the Home, with a Ba­by About
  5. I Am Go­ing to Hea­ven with My Sav­ior
  6. I Came to Je­sus Wea­ry Worn
  7. I Love My Sav­ior, He’s Good to Me
  8. If You Have Lost in the Bat­tle
  9. In the Home Where Je­sus Is an Hon­ored Guest
  10. In the Storms of Life
  11. Jesus Loves Lit­tle Child­ren
  12. Jesus, We Look to Thee
  13. Keep Close to Je­sus
  14. My Sins Are All For­giv­en
  15. Out in the World I Wan­dered
  16. Remember Your Mo­ther
  17. There Is Great Joy in Hea­ven
  18. There Is Hope for All
  19. There’s a Story Ev­er New
  20. ’Tis a Plea­sure Sweet
  21. We Are Hap­py Child­ren
  22. When a Bro­ther Goes Wrong
  23. When from Friends on Earth We’re Part­ed

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