Daniel B. Towner

Daniel Brink Towner (March 5 1850 – Oc­to­ber 3 1919) was a composer who held a Doctorate of music, and used his abilities to develop the music to several Christian hymns which are still popular today.

Accomplishments

Studies

Daniel B. Towner stu­died mu­sic under his fa­ther (a well-known sing­er and teach­er in his own right), John Howard, George Root, and James Webb.

Musical Direction

Towner was the mu­sic di­rect­or at the Cen­ten­ary Meth­od­ist Church in Bing­ham­ton, New York (1870-1882); the York Street Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, Cin­cin­nati, Ohio (1882-1884); the Un­ion Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, Cov­ing­ton, Ken­tucky (1884-1885); and the Moody Bible Institute, Chi­ca­go, Ill­i­nois (1893-1919).

Awards and Works

The Amer­i­can Temp­er­ance Uni­ver­si­ty in Har­ri­man, Ten­nes­see, award­ed Towner a Doc­tor­ate of Mu­sic in 1900. His musical works in­clude:

• Anywhere with Jesus
• At Calvary
• Christ Jesus Hath the Power
• Gone from My Heart
• Full Surrender
• Hand That Was Nailed to the Cross, The
• He Will Answer Every Pray­er
• He’s a Friend of Mine
• Hear the Word
• I Am Standing on the Word of God
• I Do Love Jesus with All My Heart
• Jesus Only, Let Me See
• Joyful Sound
• Light in the Eastern Sky
• Moody
• My Anchor Holds
• Nor Silver Nor Gold
• O Changeless Word
• O Thou God of My Salva­tion
• O Word of God
• Old Ship of Zion, The
• Only a Sinner
• Saved by the Blood
• Saving Grace
• Send Out a Light
• Some Sweet Day
• Sunset Gate, The
• Tell Out the Wonderful Story
• Though the Fig Tree Shall Not Blossom
• Trust and Obey
• What Will It Be When We See Him?
• Victory in My Soul

External links

• Daniel B. Towner's profile on CyberHymnal