Born: November 26, 1822, Sunderland, County Durham, England.
Died: April 2, 1894, Sunderland, County Durham, England.
Longstaff was treasurer of the Bethesda Free Chapel in Sunderland. He was friends with Salvation Army founder William Booth, and evangelists Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey. A number of his hymns were apparently published in the Salvation Army’s War Cry in the 1880’s.
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