1874–1950

Introduction

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Naylor with Ediphone Wax Cylinder Dictating Machine
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Born: Jan­ua­ry 8, 1874, Ath­ens Coun­ty, Ohio.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 21, 1950, An­der­son, In­di­ana.

Buried: Ma­ple­wood Ce­me­te­ry, An­der­son, In­di­ana.

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Biography

Naylor was a Church of God min­is­ter for 13 years be­fore a tent pole fell on his back dur­ing an ev­an­gel­ism cam­paign in Flo­ri­da, in­jur­ing his spine and ki­dney.

A year lat­er he was in a bus ac­ci­dent that made him an in­va­lid for the next four de­cades.

Works

In ad­di­tion to hymns, Nay­lor wrote eight books, ma­ny ar­ti­cles and pamph­lets, and col­umns in the Gos­pel Trum­pet.

Sources

Lyrics