Trust and Obey

Daniel Towner, who was born in Bradford County in 1850, was one of several singers and songwriters from Pennsylvania. His best-known hymn was inspired by a young man's testimony at a Dwight L. Moody Revival in 1885 at Brockton, Massachusetts, where Towner was leading the singing.

June 28, 2026 by Terry Diener | Additional Credits: Photo Credit: Hymnary.org’s page scan from Church Hymns and Gospel Songs, hymn no. 278, published in 1903