Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 52 · American Gospel Song · Page 76 in print
Ira Sankey
Ira Sankey met Dwight Moody at a YMCA convention in Indianapolis in 1870, beginning a partnership of preaching and singing.
Jump to a word
The words
Accompanist
The musical role he performed for his own singing.
Baritone
Sankey’s vocal range.
David Sankey
His father.
Edinburg
His Pennsylvania birthplace.
Fanny Edwards
His wife.
Horatius Bonar
The writer of words Sankey set to music.
Indianapolis
The city where he met Moody.
Ira Sankey
The gospel singer and composer.
Moody
The evangelist Dwight L. Moody.
New Castle
The town where he began choir work.
Northfield
The Massachusetts place of meetings after their British tour.
Regiment
The army unit in which Sankey served and led religious singing.
Soloist
Sankey’s role in evangelistic meetings.
Springfield
An Illinois city where the evangelists held meetings.
Sunderland
The English town of minister A. A. Rees.
Sources
- Ira SankeyJ. H. Hall, Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers (1914), public domain, transcribed by Hymnology Archive