1837–1900

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 21, 1837, Ba­ta­via, New York.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 5, 1900, Ba­ta­via, New York.

Buried: Ba­ta­via Ce­me­te­ry, Ba­ta­via, New York.

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Biography

Yates worked at a num­ber of jobs, in­clud­ing shoe sales­man, news­pa­per ed­it­or, and hard­ware store man­ag­er.

He be­came a Me­tho­dist min­is­ter in 1886, and la­ter pas­tor of the West Be­tha­ny Free Will Bap­tist Church.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Faith Is the Vic­to­ry
  2. Harbor Bell, The
  3. Holy Spi­rit, Lead Us Now
  4. Long Years Ago One Win­ter’s Night
  5. Model Church, The
  6. O Chris­tian, Speed Thee on Thy Way
  7. O Re­fresh­ing Times Are Com­ing
  8. O the Beau­ti­ful Hills of the By & By
  9. O the Man­sions of Light
  10. O Wel­come Hour of Pray­er
  11. Old Book Stands, The
  12. Our Name’s in Hea­ven
  13. Room for Je­sus
  14. Secret Place, The
  15. Story That Nev­er Grows Old, The
  16. This I Know
  17. Victorious Love
  18. We Are Com­ing, Pre­cious Sav­ior
  19. Without Thee, My Sav­ior