Born: June 7, 1854, Clerk­en­well, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 7, 1939, West­gate-on-Sea, Kent, Eng­land.

Buried: St. John’s Cem­e­te­ry, Mar­gate, Isle of Tha­net, Kent, Eng­land.

Known as “the fa­ther of Sal­va­tion Ar­my (SA) mu­sic,” Sla­ter joined an SA drum and fife band at age se­ven. He went on to learn to play the vi­o­lin, and be­came a mu­sic teach­er and mem­ber of the Roy­al Al­bert Hall Or­ches­tral So­ci­e­ty. Con­vert­ed to Christ in 1882, he be­gan work­ing in the SA Mu­sic De­part­ment at Clap­ton, ris­ing to the rank of bri­ga­dier general, and re­tir­ing in 1913. He wrote over 500 songs, and pro­duced:

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Hymns

  1. Afar from Heaven Thy Feet Have Wandered
  2. All I Have, by Thy Blood Thou Dost Claim
  3. All the Guilty Past Is Washed Away
  4. And Is It So?
  5. At Peace with God!
  6. I Have Glorious Tidings of Jesus to Tell
  7. Jesus Is My Savior, This I Know
  8. Jesus, See Me at Thy Feet
  9. Never Mind, Go On!
  10. None the Love of Christ Can Measure
  11. Oft Our Trust Has Known Betrayal
  12. Our Thankful Hearts Need Joyful Songs
  13. Seeds Now We Are Sowing
  14. There Is Coming on a Great Day of Rejoicing
  15. To Save the World the Savior Came
  16. What Is the Love of Jesus to Thee
  17. When Wise Men Came Seeking
  18. Yes, There Flows a Wondrous River