Henry Ostrom

1862-1941

Henry Ostrom (1862-1941)

Born: Sep­tem­ber 19, 1862, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Died: De­cem­ber 20, 1941, Green­cas­tle, In­di­a­na, of a ce­reb­ral hem­or­rhage. Pseudonym: George Walker Whitcomb.

A Meth­od­ist min­ister, Os­trom was as­so­ci­at­ed with the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute, start­ing in 1921. He wrote un­der his pseu­do­nym be­cause he felt freer to use his songs in evan­gel­is­tic meet­ings if he didn’t draw at­ten­tion to him­self as the au­thor. His works in­clude:

• Out of the Cain-Life, 1896
• Greatness, 1904
• The Law of Pray­er, 1910
• The Jew and His Miss­ion

Sources

• Hustad, p. 298

Hymns

1. His Mighty Hand
2. Is It the Crowning Day?

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