Introduction

Biography

Robert was the son of Cro­zier Low­ry. He mar­ried twice, to An­na Rhees Lox­ley (1854) and Ma­ry Jane Run­yon (1892).

Lowry at­tend­ed the Uni­ver­si­ty at Lew­is­burg (now Buck­nell Uni­ver­si­ty), where he be­came a pro­fes­sor of li­te­ra­ture.

He was or­dained a Bap­tist min­is­ter and served num­er­ous pas­tor­ates:

• West Ches­ter, Penn­syl­van­ia
• Bloomingdale Bap­tist Church, New York Ci­ty
• Hanson Place Bap­tist Church, Brook­lyn, New York
• First Bap­tist Church, Lew­is­burg, Penn­syl­van­ia
• Park Ave­nue Bap­tist Church, Plain­field, New Jer­sey

He al­so helped found the Sixth Ave­nue Ba­ptist Church in New York Ci­ty.

Lowry wrote about 500 Gos­pel tunes, and was a mu­sic ed­it­or at the Big­low & Main pub­lish­ers.

Works

• Happy Voic­es, 1865
• Gospel Me­lo­dies, 1868
• Chapel Me­lo­dies, with Si­las Vail (New York: Big­low & Main, 1868)
• Bright Jew­els (New York: Big­low & Main, 1869)
• Pure Gold, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1871)
• Royal Di­adem, with How­ard Doane (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1873)
• Temple An­thems, 1873
• Hymn Ser­vice, 1871, 1872 & 1873
• Tidal Wave, 1874
• Brightest and Best, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main: 1875)
• Gospel Mu­sic, with How­ard Doane (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1877)
• Welcome Tid­ings, with How­ard Doane & Ira San­key (New York and Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Big­low & Main and John Church, 1877)
• Chautauqua Car­ols, 1878
• Gospel Hymn and Tune Book, with How­ard Doane (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: 1879)
• Hymn Ser­vice for the Sun­day School, with How­ard Doane, Da­ni­el Av­ery Whe­don & John Vin­cent (New York: Big­low & Main: 1879)
• Good as Gold, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main: 1880)
• Hymn Ser­vice No. 2, with How­ard Doane & John Vin­cent (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1880)
• Our Glad Ho­san­na, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1882)
• Joyful Lays, with How­ard Doane (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1884)
• The Glad Re­frain, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1886)
• Select Gems, with How­ard Doane (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1889)
• The Bright Ar­ray, with How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1889)
• Royal Hym­nal, with Ira San­key (New York: Big­low & Main, 1898)