Anthony Johnson Showalter

Anthony Johnson Showalter (May 1, 1858 – September 14, 1924) was an American gospel music composer, teacher and publisher.

However, Showalter's nephew, Samuel Duncan, is also credited with some of the music for the verses.

[3] The song features prominently in the score of Night of the Hunter, serving as a leitmotif for Robert Mitchum's character Reverend Harry Powell, and forms about a quarter of the score of the 2010 film True Grit.

He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1924 and is buried at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton.

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