Daniel  B. Towner

Daniel B. Towner


Daniel Brink Towner (March 5, 1850 - October 3, 1919) was a composer who held a Doctorate of music, and used his abilities to develop the music to several Christian hymns which are still popular today. Towner was the music director at Centenary Methodist Church, in Binghamton, New York (1870-1882); York Street Methodist Episcopal Church, in Cincinnati, Ohio (1882-1884); Union Methodist Episcopal Church, in Covington, Kentucky (1884-1885); and Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago, Illinois (1893-1919).