Born: May 26, 1826, Carl­ton, York­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 19, 1899, Well­ing­ton, New Zea­land.

Buried: Old Karori Cemetery, Wellington New Zealand.

Originally a Meth­od­ist preach­er, Al­ders­ley joined the Sal­va­tion Ar­my around 1879, serv­ing as a ser­geant at Keigh­ley, York­shire, where he sold earth­en­ware. He moved to New Zea­land in 1884 and lived in Christ Church and Well­ing­ton. Large­ly house­bound due to se­vere arth­ri­tis, he wrote ex­tens­ive­ly; sev­er­al of his songs ap­peared in the Sal­va­tion Ar­my’s War Cry in 1883.

Sources

Hymns

  1. Of All in Earth or Hea­ven