October 16

On October 16, this anniversary falls in the history of the hymns in this library: Horatio Gates Spafford died in 1888.

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.

Horatio Gates Spafford, who died on this day in 1888, is remembered in this library for the hymn “When Peace, Like a River”.

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