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<h2>William Dunn Longstaff</h2>
<h2>1822-1894</h2>
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<p><em>Born:</em> November 26, 1822, Sunderland, County Durham, England.</p>
<p><em>Died:</em> April 2, 1894, Sunderland, County Durham, England.</p>
<p class="just">Longstaff was treasurer of the Bethesda Free Chapel in Sunderland. He was friends with Salvation Army founder William Booth, and evangelists Dwight Moody and <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_s_a_sankey_id.html" >Ira Sankey</a>. A number of his hymns were apparently published in the Salvation Army&#8217;s <em>War Cry</em> in the 1880&#8217;s.</p>
<p><em>Hymns:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_t_a_taketime.html" >Take Time to Be Holy</a></li>
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