March 4

On March 4, 2 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: Eliza Holmes Reed was born in 1794; D. W. Whittle died in 1901.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

Eliza Holmes Reed, who was born on this day in 1794, is remembered in this library for the hymn “O Why Not Tonight?”.

D. W. Whittle, who died on this day in 1901, is remembered in this library for the hymns “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing”, “I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace” and “Why Not Now?”.

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