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Margaret S. Haycraft

1855 - 1936 Person Name: M. S. Haycraft Hymnal Number: d174 Author of "Forevermore" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings Haycraft, Margaret Scott, née MacRitchie, born at Newport Pagnell, Bucks, now (1906) resides at Bournemouth. She contributes to various periodicals, has written many services of song, and several vols. of prose and verse. At the request of the Rev. C. Bonner she contributed the following (with a few shorter pieces) to the Christian Endeavour Hymnal, 1896, the Sumday School Hymnary, 1905, and the Junior Hymnal, 1906. 1. Bless the Lord for ever, Still his praise prolong. Praise to God. 1896, No. 16. 2. Green the hills and lovely. Boyhood of Jesus. Written 1904; 1905, No. 201. 3. In golden light of early days. Children's Praises. 1906, No. 58. 4. Let there be light at eventide. Parting Hymn. 1896, No. 165. 5. Thou art my Shepherd, Caring for all my need. Ps. xxiii. This is in W. B. Bradbury's New Golden Shower, 1866, p. 107, and Clarion, 1867, p. 219, marked as by Miss Thalheimer (in Hymns and Choral Songs, Manchester, 1904, No. 207, as "O God, my Shepherd"). Mrs. Haycraft revised sts. i., ii., and wrote an original final st. This is the Sunday School Hymnary text, 1905. [ Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Minnie Dietrich

Hymnal Number: d144 Author of "Satisfied" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings Early 20th Century

Katharine S. Wadsworth

Hymnal Number: d72 Author of "Meet me there" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings

Gurdon Robins

1813 - 1883 Hymnal Number: d163 Author of "The better land" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings Robins, Gurdon, an American bookseller, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, Nov. 7, 1813. Two of his hymns appeared anonymously in The Psalmist (Boston, 1843): (1) "There is a land mine eye hath seen" (Heaven); (2) "When thickly beat the storms of life" (God a Rock). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Hamilton Schuyler

Hymnal Number: d96 Author of "Lord, God of Hosts, Who led our fathers hither" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings

E. Adams

Hymnal Number: d88 Author of "Safe within the vail" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings

William Woodward

Hymnal Number: d8 Author of "Brother, will you go" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings

John Atkinson

1835 - 1897 Hymnal Number: d186 Author of "By and by" in Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings Atkinson, John, D.D., born at Deerfield, New Jersey, Sept. 6, 1835, and educated for the Ministry, which he now exercises in the American Methodist Episcopal Church. His very popular hymn, "We shall meet beyond the river," was written in Jan., 1867. It appeared in Bright Jewels (to music composed for it in Feb. 1867 by Hubert P. Main), in 1869, No. 43, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. From thence both words and music passed into I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 109. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Atkinson, John. (Deerfield, New Jersey, December 6, 1835--December 8, 1897, Haverstraw, New York). Methodist. Clergyman, with pastorates in Newark and Jersey City, N.J.; Chicago, Illinois; Bay City, Michigan; and Haverstraw, N.Y. A fervent and fiery preacher. Author of several books of sermons, of histories of early American Methodism, and of the widely used hymn "We shall meet beyond the river." --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives