Real name: Robert Wadsworth Lowry

American professor of literature, a Baptist minister and composer of gospel hymns (March 12, 1826 – November 25, 1899).

Lowry studied theology at the University at Lewisburg (now Bucknell University), where he be­came a pro­fess­or of lit­er­a­ture. He was or­dained as a Bap­tist min­is­ter and was pastor at several churches in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.

He is most remembered as a composer of gospel music and a hymn writer, and also worked as a music editor at the Biglow & Main Publishing Company. He wrote about 500 Gos­pel tunes.