Today in History (January 8): 1788 Jacob Leist, president of Ohio Synod, born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania 1792 Birth of Lowell Mason, American sacred music composer, in Medfield, Massachusetts; he spent his life stimulating religious community life by organizing church choirs and fostering congregational singing; during his lifetime he published more than 40 collections of music, and wrote or arranged more than 1000 hymn tunes; the most enduring of his sacred melodies include BETHANY ("Nearer My God, to Thee"), DENNIS ("Blest Be the Tie That Binds"), HAMBURG ("When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"), OLIVET ("My Faith Looks Up to Thee"), UXBRIDGE ("Be Present at Our Table, Lord"), and the melody to "Work, for the Night Is Coming" If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404