Dr. A.D. Muse was a native of Mississippi. He preached the gospel of Christ for forty years until his death December 8, 1954. The last twenty years of his ministry were at Hearts Harbor Tabernacle, at the corner of 11th and Market Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. His daily radio ministry was broadcast over WGRC in that city. He ministered across America as an evangelist. He was one of the preachers at the historic Sovereign Grace Conference in Ashland, KY in 1954, along with Rolfe Barnard, B.B. Caldwell, George Fletcher, Clarence Walker, and Henry Mahan, who was host pastor. A number of his sermon booklets were published by his publishing ministry, called The Harvester.