Our Museum houses a large Ira D. Sankey collection. Our museum contains a room devoted especially to Sankey. Please visit our museum and peruse his hymn books or view never seen before Sankey photographs and diaries. Our collection includes the following rarities:
- Letters
- Photographs
- Pamphlets & Papers
- Books & Hymn Books
- The Traveling Organ of Ira D. Sankey & Dwight L. Moody
One of the most famous Lawrence Countians, Ira Sankey, achieved international fame as a singer, evangelist and writer of gospel hymns. His influence through the songs he sang and wrote helped to change the attitude of many in the late 19th century churches from hostility toward “worldly” music to acceptance of gospel hymns as a means of reaching the hearts of believers. Ira David Sankey, son of David Sankey, known as the father of Lawrence County, and Mary Leeper Sankey, was born Aug.28, 1840, at Edinburg. At age 16 he was converted at a revival meeting at the king’s Chapel Church, about three miles from his home. While he was attending a YMCA international convention at Indianapolis in 1870, his singing and leadership came to the attention of Dwight L. Moody, a Chicago evangelist. Sankey, after serving briefly in the Union Army, had married and had two small children and a good job when Moody insisted that he come to Chicago to work with him.
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