Ganse’s family moved to New York Ci­ty in 1825. He grad­u­at­ed from Co­lum­bia Coll­ege in 1839, stu­died the­ol­o­gy at New Bruns­wick (Reformed Dutch) Sem­in­a­ry, New Jer­sey, and was or­dained in 1843. From 1843-1856 he was a Re­formed Dutch pas­tor in Free­hold, New Jer­sey. From 1856-1866 he pas­tored at the North­west Re­formed Dutch Church in New York. On Jan­u­ary 1, 1876, he be­came pas­tor of the First Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in St. Louis. Up­on the or­gan­iz­a­tion of the Pres­by­ter­i­an Board of Aid for Coll­eges and Acad­e­mies in 1883, Ganse was elect­ed its sec­re­ta­ry, and moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, to per­form those du­ties.

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1. Blessed Saints About Thee, The
2. Eternal Father, When to Thee
3. From the Vast and Veiled Throng
4. Is This the Son of God?
5. It Was No Love of Mine, Dear Lord
6. Jesus, One Word from Thee
7. Lord, I Know Thy Grace Is Nigh Me
8. Thou Who like the Wind Dost Come