1855–1939

Introduction

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Born: De­cem­ber 5, 1855, near Dun­dee, Mi­chi­gan.

Died: Ju­ly 17, 1939, Tem­ple Ter­race, Tam­pa, Flo­ri­da.

Buried: Ma­ple Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Dun­dee, Mi­chi­gan.

Biography

Judson was the son of John Wes­ley Van DeVen­ter and Eli­za Ann Wheel­er. He mar­ried twice, to Ma­lis­sa Mill­er and Ca­ro­line Jack­son (1925) .

He at­tend­ed Hills­dale Col­lege, Hills­dale, Mi­chi­gan.

He then taught in the pub­lic schools for 15 years; served as Su­per­vis­or of Draw­ing in Sha­ron, Penn­syl­van­ia; and five years in Brad­dock, Penn­syl­van­ia.

He switched to a ca­reer in ev­an­gel­ism around 1896, work­ing with Wil­bur Chap­man and oth­ers in Am­eri­ca and Eng­land.

Toward the end of his life, he lived in St. Pe­ters­burg, Flo­ri­da, then moved to Tam­pa, Flo­ri­da, around 1923. He was pro­fess­or of hym­no­lo­gy at the Flo­ri­da Bi­ble In­st­itute (now Tri­ni­ty Bi­ble Col­lege) for four years.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Alone in the World Are You Roam­ing To­night?
  2. Boys’ Re­cruit­ing Song
  3. Bright Home of the Soul
  4. Bringing the Lost to Je­sus
  5. Christ, of Ga­li­lee
  6. Climbing Eter­ni­ty’s Stair
  7. Come to the Sav­ior
  8. Cross of Cal­va­ry, The
  9. Cross of Je­sus Lifts Me, The
  10. Day of Ju­bi­lee, The
  11. Dearest of All
  12. Draw Near, Fair Ed­en
  13. Eternity Is Near
  14. Everything, Yes, Ev­ery­thing
  15. Fall in­to Line, Boys
  16. Farewell
  17. General Roll Call, The
  18. Go For­ward
  19. Happy Band Are We, A
  20. He Gave Him­self for Me
  21. He Saves Me
  22. He Sought Me and Found Me
  23. He Washed My Sins Away
  24. Heart Like Thine, A
  25. Heart That Was Brok­en for Me, The
  26. Hide Me
  27. His Grace Is Suf­fi­cient
  28. Home, Home, for the Wea­ry
  29. I Left Them at the Cross
  30. I Nev­er Will Leave My Sav­ior
  31. I Shall Soon Be Ov­er There
  32. I Sur­ren­der All
  33. I Want to Know More
  34. If You On­ly Knew My Sav­ior
  35. I’ll Live and Ne’er Grow Old
  36. Immanuel
  37. Jesus Is Com­ing
  38. Jesus Loves Me Still
  39. Jesus, My Sav­ior
  40. Listen to My Sto­ry
  41. Little While with Je­sus, A
  42. Looking This Way
  43. Lost, but Not For­sak­en
  44. My Com­pan­ion Un­seen
  45. My Mo­ther’s Pray­er
  46. My Sav­ior Is with Me
  47. Nearing the Shore
  48. Nothing but the Blood
  49. Oh! What a Rest­ing Place!
  50. On to Vic­to­ry!
  51. Onward Up the High­way
  52. Papa, Shall I Look for You?
  53. Pardoned and Free
  54. Penitent’s Pray­er, The
  55. Redemption
  56. Remember Your Mo­ther’s Pray­er
  57. Satisfied
  58. Saved Through Je­sus’ Blood
  59. Scatter the Flow­ers
  60. Send the News
  61. Some Day
  62. Sometime
  63. Sometime the Veil Will Be Lift­ed
  64. Song of Peace
  65. Song of the Shep­herds
  66. Speak a Word
  67. Sunlight
  68. Sweeping This Way
  69. Tell Me the Sto­ry
  70. There Waits a Crown Be­yond the Skies
  71. We Make No Com­pro­mise
  72. We Shall Shine as the Stars
  73. We Will Go at Thy Call
  74. Whatever You Sow You Must Reap
  75. Where Je­sus Died for Me