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George W. Bungay
1818 - 1892 Hymnal Number: d19 Author of "Bless God for rain, the good man said" in Hymns of Progress Born: July 22, 1818, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England. Died: July 10, 1892, Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Bungay moved to America at age nine. As a young man, he married Louise Whitney of New York City, with whom he had five children. After her death, he taught school in Canada, later moved to Buffalo, New York, then founded the Independent newspaper in Ilion, New York. When the paper moved to Utica, New York, it was renamed the Central Independent. Bungay also wrote for New York Tribune under Horace Greeley, and edited the weekly journal Metropolitan. In 1849, Bungay married Catherine Herkimer, and had three children with her.
Bungay was a well known lecturer, poet, abolitionist, and temperance advocate. He worked in the New York custom house (1873-87). His works include:
Offhand Takings, or Crayon Sketches (New York: 1854)
Traits of Representative Men, 1882
Pen Portraits of Illustrious Abstainers (National Temperance Society, 1884)
The Creeds of the Bells
The Poets of Queen Elizabeth’s Time
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George W. Bungay
B. L. Corbin
Hymnal Number: d187 Author of "They are calling me home, they are calling" in Hymns of Progress 19th Century
We have little data on Corbin, except that the earliest known publication of her hymns was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1856.
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B. L. Corbin
Jonathan E. Hall
Person Name: Jonathan Hall Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "Will you go, will you go, will you go to that beautiful land" in Hymns of Progress 19th Century
We know little of Hall, except that he was a minister. Most hymnals list him as "J. E. Hall," but his first name, John, is shown in "The Finest of Wheat," by George C. Elderkin (Chicago, Illinois: R. R. McCabe & Company, 30th edition, 1890), number 91.
Lyrics--
Are You Ready for the Coming of the Son of Man Today?
Beautiful Land
Fear Not
He Knows My Way
Hear My Prayer My Father
Hear the News Glad News of Jesus
Jesus Son of David
More Than Tongue Can Tell
Wash Me Clean
Music: EASTER OFFERINGS
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Jonathan E. Hall
Cousin Benja
1827 - 1865 Hymnal Number: d30 Author of "The song of little Jim" in Hymns of Progress Benja R. Mitchell, born in Kingston, Mass., March 21, 1827. He died of consumption April 23, 1865, aged 37 years. He was never married, but was devoted to his parents and sister and friends to the suffering and poor. He contributed his poetry to various secular journals between 1855 and 1865. Most of these are published posthumously in Poems and Letters,compiled by his sister, Julia. He believed in the presence of spirits and communed with them daily, receiving instruction and constant enjoyment. He made rustic furniture, picture frames, and other ornaments from moss and shells. He loved flowers, tress, woods, and nature.
Dianne Shapiro, from Introduction by A. B. Child to "Poems and Letters" Memorial and book Press (Plymouth: 1866)
Cousin Benja
H. C. Champlin
Hymnal Number: d60 Author of "Heaven is it a place" in Hymns of Progress
H. C. Champlin
Sarah A. Coonley
Hymnal Number: d14 Author of "To my dear, absent husband" in Hymns of Progress
Sarah A. Coonley
L. K. Coonley
Hymnal Number: d15 Author of "The redeemed from intemperance" in Hymns of Progress
L. K. Coonley
C. W. Denison
Hymnal Number: d31 Author of "Do good, do good, there's ever a way" in Hymns of Progress
C. W. Denison
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