Robert Lowry (March 12, 1826 – November 25, 1899) was an American professor of literature, a Baptist minister and composer of gospel hymns.
Robert Lowry
Biography
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826.He studied theology at the University at Lewisburg (now Bucknell University) and on graduating, in 1854, became ordained as a Baptist minister.
He had charge of churches in a number of places including the Bloomingdale Baptist Church in New York City; the Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn; and others in West Chester, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.[1]
Among the churches he pastored was the Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York with Fanny J. Crosby as a member and they wrote many hymns together.
Also,New Jersey was the Park Avenue Baptist Church. When the Park Avenue Church agreed to merge with the First Baptist church, Pastor Lowry agreed to resign in order to ensure the success of the merger.
The merged church still exists as the First-Park Baptist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey.
In 1869 he returned to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as a faculty member (having previously served as a professor of literature) and later went on to become its chancellor.
From 1880 until 1886 he was president of the New Jersey Baptist Sunday School Union.
Lowry was married with three sons and died in Plainfield, New Jersey on 23 November 1899. He is interred in Hillside Cemetery.
Legacy
He is most remembered as a composer of gospel music and a hymn writer, and also worked as a music editor at the Biglow & Main Publishing Company.He was responsible for around 500 compositions, including "Nothing But the Blood," "Christ Arose" ("Low in the Grave He Lay") (words and music)," "Follow On (with William O. Cushing)," "Shall We Gather At The River?," and "How Can I Keep From Singing?"
He also wrote the music and refrain for "Marching to Zion" (words by Isaac Watts).
Despite his success as a hymn writer, it was as a preacher that Lowry would have preferred to be recognized.
He once stated:
"Music, with me has been a side issue... I would rather preach a gospel sermon to an appreciative audience than write a hymn. I have always looked upon myself as a preacher and felt a sort of depreciation when I began to be known more as a composer."[2]
However, it is as a hymn writer that he remains renowned.
Lowry was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and served as the second national president, preceded by Joseph Benson Foraker, Governor of Ohio.[3]
Legacy
A bronze plaque in the Plainfield, New Jersey was installed in 1911 to commemorate his dedication and service.[4]Original papers and hymns can be found at the church and also at the Plainfield Public Library.
Isaiah 1:8
"Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool"
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Refrain:
Oh! precious is the flow. That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon, this I see, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace, Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Now by this I'll overcome— Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Now by this I'll reach my home— Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Glory! Glory! This I sing— Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
All my praise for this I bring— Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Source: Wikipedia.org
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