1832–1892

Introduction

Born: Der­by, Der­by­shire, Eng­land, 1832.

Died: Oc­to­ber 17, 1892, Hack­ney, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography

A lo­cal preach­er in Der­by, Pear­son moved to Lon­don in 1874 and joined the Chris­tian Mis­sion there. He was a su­per­in­ten­dent of the Shore­ditch Cir­cuit, and an ev­an­gel­ist in Hast­ings, White­cha­pel, Well­ing­bo­rough, Man­ches­ter, and Brad­ford.

He di­rect­ed the Sal­va­tion Army (SA) corps in East Har­tle­pool for a short while, then re­turned to Lon­don in 1879 and man­aged the SA Book Stores. He lat­er rep­re­sent­ed The War Cry, worked as quar­ter­ly col­lect­ion of­fi­cer, and had a well known faith heal­ing min­is­try.

He made a num­ber of con­tri­bu­tions to The War Cry and The Mu­sic­al Sal­va­tion­ist.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Round the World the Ar­my Cha­ri­ot Rolls
  2. Christ of Self-De­ni­al
  3. Come, Join Our Ar­my
  4. God Is Keep­ing His Sol­diers Fight­ing
  5. God’s Trum­pet Is Sound­ing
  6. I Want the Faith of God
  7. I’m Set Apart for Je­sus
  8. It Is the Blood That Wash­es White
  9. Jesus, Give Thy Blood-Washed Ar­my
  10. Jesus, Lead Me Up the Mount­ain
  11. Through and Through
  12. Jesus, Thy Full­ness Give
  13. Jesus, Thy Pu­ri­ty Be­stow
  14. Joy! Joy! Joy!
  15. Lord, Give Me More Soul Sav­ing Love
  16. O Thou God of Ev­ery Na­tion
  17. O Thou God of Full Sal­va­tion

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