Lowry attended the University at Lewisburg (later renamed Bucknell University), where he became a professor of literature. He was ordained as a Baptist minister and pastored at West Chester, Pennsylvania; Bloomingdale Baptist Church, New York City; Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York; First Baptist Church, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; and Park Avenue Baptist Church, Plainfield, New Jersey. He also worked as a music editor at the Biglow Publishing Company. He wrote about 500 Gospel tunes, and jointly edited the following volumes:

Happy Voices, 1865
Gospel Melodies, 1868
Bright Jewels (New York: Biglow & Main, 1869)
Pure Gold, 1871
Royal Diadem, 1873
Temple Anthems, 1873
Hymn Service, 1871, 1872 & 1873
Royal Diadem for the Sunday School, with Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main: 1873)
Tidal Wave, 1874
Brightest and Best, with Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main: 1875)
Welcome Tidings: A New Collection of Sacred Songs for the Sunday School (with Howard Doane & Ira Sankey) (New York: Biglow & Main, 1877)
Chautauqua Carols, 1878
Gospel Hymn and Tune Book, with Howard Doane (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1879)
Hymn Service for the Sunday School, with Howard Doane, D. A. Whedon & John H. Vincent (New York: Biglow & Main: 1879)
Good as Gold, with Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main: 1880)
Our Glad Hosannas, 1882
Joyful Lays (with Howard Doane) (New York: Biglow & Main,1884)
The Glad Refrain (with Howard Doane) (New York: Biglow & Main, 1886)
Select Gems (with Howard Doane) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Baptist Publication Society, 1889)

All the Way My Savior Leads Me (Melody)

Christ Arose
Come We That Love the Lord (Chorus and Melody) - Marching to Zion
Follow On (Melody)
How Can I Keep From Singing?
I Need Thee Every Hour (Melody)
Nothing But the Blood
Shall We Gather at the River

Source: www.cyberhymnal.org -- no copyright restrictions indicated.

JESUS IS the Bridge Ministries Happy New Year!

Robert Lowry