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Robert Lowry (Composer)

Born: 12th March 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 25th November 1899, Plainfeild, New Jersey, United States

Nationality: American

Robert Lowry was an American preacher who became a popular writer of gospel music in the mid- to late-19th century. His best-known hymns include "Shall We Gather at the River", "Christ Arose!", "How Can I Keep from Singing?" and "Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus".

Born in Philadelphia, Lowry studied at the University at Lewisburg and entered the Baptist ministry in 1854. During the following 45 years he held a number of pastorates in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Between 1869 and 1875 he combined his pastoral work with a professorship in rhetoric at his alma mater, and later served as the University's chancellor.

Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowry_(hymn_writer)

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