Composer. Daniel B. Towner was an American composer, who used his talents to develop the music to several Christian hymns which are still popular in the 21st century. Credited with at least 2,000 songs, he is among the world's most prolific gospel song writers. His most recognized hymn is considered "Trust and Obey." Other hymns of his include "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin," "Saved By the Blood," and "Saved by the Blood of the Crucified One." He studied music under his father, who was a singer and a music teacher of quite a reputation, before receiving lessons from several other musicians and song writers including George Frederick Root. During this time, he gained a reputation of being an oratorio baritone soloist. Unlike like most songwriters, who begin their career writing secular songs, he was focused on Christian music from the start. He married Mary E. McGonigle in 1870. He had directed music at College Students' Conference at Mount Hermon and Northfield, Massachusetts. After leading music at least three Methodist churches, he was the director of music at Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois from 1893 to his 1919 death. With Moody's evangelistic work, he led music and sang solos throughout the United States and Canada and later Great Britain. The American Temperance University in Harriman, Tennessee, awarded him a Doctorate of Music in 1900.
Composer. Daniel B. Towner was an American composer, who used his talents to develop the music to several Christian hymns which are still popular in the 21st century. Credited with at least 2,000 songs, he is among the world's most prolific gospel song writers. His most recognized hymn is considered "Trust and Obey." Other hymns of his include "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin," "Saved By the Blood," and "Saved by the Blood of the Crucified One." He studied music under his father, who was a singer and a music teacher of quite a reputation, before receiving lessons from several other musicians and song writers including George Frederick Root. During this time, he gained a reputation of being an oratorio baritone soloist. Unlike like most songwriters, who begin their career writing secular songs, he was focused on Christian music from the start. He married Mary E. McGonigle in 1870. He had directed music at College Students' Conference at Mount Hermon and Northfield, Massachusetts. After leading music at least three Methodist churches, he was the director of music at Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois from 1893 to his 1919 death. With Moody's evangelistic work, he led music and sang solos throughout the United States and Canada and later Great Britain. The American Temperance University in Harriman, Tennessee, awarded him a Doctorate of Music in 1900.
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