Smith, Oswald Jeffray (Jeffrey)

Author & Composer

b Odessa. Ontario, Canada 1889, d Toronto, Canada, 1986. He founded and (for over 30 years pastored) The People’s Church in Toronto, moving from senior pastor to missionary pastor and visiting every continent as evangelist and preacher/teacher. As a songwriter he partnered the American composer and gospel singer Homer Rodeheaver, as in their popular ‘When Jesus came’, which like others was often used at Billy Graham crusade meetings. No.454.

Hymns and songs by Smith, Oswald Jeffray (Jeffrey)

Number Hymn Name
454 He rose triumphantly