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Hymn of Softly and Tenderly by Will Thompson
In Northfield 1899 a dying Dwight Moody asked to see Will Thompson, the hymnist who with Ira Sankey helped carry Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling to millions. Thompson’s life as a rural Ohio writer and publisher contrasted Moody’s revival crusades as the two men shaped American hymnody.
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Dwight L. Moody
Northfield
Mass
East Liverpool
Ohio
Singer
Ira D. Sankey
Hell
Will Lamartine Thompson
Boston
Conservatory of Music
Germany
Jesus
Sankey
America
England
Will Thompson
Moody's
South Africa
Hawaii
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