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Sankey, Ira David (1840–1908)| US evangelist and hymn-writer. He was associated for 29 years with the US evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody. His best-known hymns, for which he composed the music, are ‘The ninety and nine’, ‘When the mists have rolled away’, and ‘Faith is the victory’. Over 50,000,000 copies of his Sacred Songs and Solos (1873), were sold, and he also published Gospel Hymns (1875–91), Winnowed Songs for Sunday Schools (1890), and Young People's Songs of Praise (1902). His autobiography appeared in 1907. Sankey was born in Edinburg, Pennsylvania. |
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