Born: 1846, Ju­a­ni­ta Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: After 1920, New­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Sayford served in the Amer­i­can ci­vil war in a unit from Mass­a­chu­setts. In the late 19th Cen­tu­ry, he was known for his “For Men On­ly” and “Con­fi­den­tial Talk” speech­es to coll­ege stu­dents in the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­tion (YMCA). His works in­clude:

• Origin and Progress of Mr. Sayford’s Work in Colleges (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: T. O. Met­calf & Co., 1891)

Hymns

1. Redemption
2. We’re on the Way