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Hymnary: https://hymnary.org/person/Williams_ClaraTear Archive.org
Born 22 September 1858 near Painesville, Ohio.[1]
Minister and evangelist in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.[1]
Born in a Methodist family, converted in 1871.[1]
Worked as a schoolteacher in Ohio.[2][2]
In 1882 and 1883, took part in revival meetings in Indiana and Michigan, with Mary DePew.[1] She continued travelling for evangelistic work in the following years, visiting Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.[2]
Between 1888 and 1894, she was an evangelist in the Lockport and Allegheny Conferences.[1]
She was minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Middlefield, Ohio for a year from 1894.[1]
In 1895, married William H. Williams (1855-1934),[1] a lay preacher in the Methodist church.[2] In the following twenty years, served as ministers in churches in Youngstown, Massillon, Pine Grove and Indiana, Pennsylvania.[1]
1915 - moved to Houghton, New York, where Clara Williams continued to preach while William worked as a janitor in Houghton College.[1]
Died 1 July 1937 in Houghton, New York.[1]
When a new clock tower was dedicated at Allegheny Wesleyan College in 2013, Williams was one of the people whose legacy was honoured in the dedication ceremony.[3]
Wrote hymns. Was a consulting editor for the 1900 hymnal Sacred Hymns and Tunes Designed for Use in the Wesleyan Methodist Connection.[2] She was the only female members of the Committee who compiled this book.[4]
Best known text is "Satisfied".[2] Ralph E. Hudson
About 1875, I was helping in meetings in Troy, Ohio, where Professor R. E. Hudson conducted the singing, when, just before retiring one night, he asked me to write a song for a book he was preparing to publish. Before sleeping, I wrote "Satisfied." In the morning, he composed the music.
Hymn was first published in 1881, in Gems of Gospel Song, a hymnbook compiled by Ralph E. Hudson, Elisha Hoffman and John Harrison Tenney.[5] Recorded by George Beverley Shea Williams had met Shea in Houghton, New York, when he was 8 years old.[5] Shea's father was working as an evangelist there. Shea's family later moved to Ottawa, Canada. When Shea began singing publicly as a teenager, "Satisfied" was one of his favourite songs.[5][6]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kostlevy, William (2010). The A to Z of the Holiness Movement. Scarecrow Press. p. 326. ISBN 9781461731801.
- ^ a b c d e f Daw, Jr., Carl P. (2011). "2012 Hymnic Anniversaries". The Hymn. 62 (3): 19.
- ^ "Clocktower Dedication". Salem News. April 7, 2023.
- ^ McLeister, Ira Ford (1934). History of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America. Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Association. p. 122.
- ^ a b c d Osbeck, Kenneth W. (1985). 101 More Hymn Stories. Kregel Publications. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9780825434204.234-235&rft.pub=Kregel Publications&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=9780825434204&rft.aulast=Osbeck&rft.aufirst=Kenneth W.&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/101morehymnstori0000osbe/page/234&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:User:Mystery Merrivale/CTW" class="Z3988">
- ^ Ward, Sr., Mark (2017). The Lord's Radio: Gospel Music Broadcasting and the Making of Evangelical Culture, 1920-1960. McFarland. p. 150. ISBN 9781476628899.