Frank Ellsworth Graeff (December 19, 1860 — July 29, 1919) was an American hymnwriter and minister in the Philadelphia Conference of the

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...

. He is the author of ''Does Jesus Care?'', which was composed by J. Lincoln Hall and published in 1905 by Hall-Mark Company in the hymn ''New Songs of Gospel'' volume two.

Life

Graeff was born on December 19, 1860, in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. At a young age, he was admitted into the Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1890. He was known for his story telling ability which earned him the title "sunshine minister". Graeff wrote 200 hymns and a novel ''The Minister's Twin''. Graeff died on July 29, 1919, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, at age 68.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Graeff, Frank E. 1860 births 1919 deaths 19th-century American musicians American Christian hymnwriters People from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania