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Charles C. Luther

1847 - 1924 Hymnal Number: d17 Author of "Beautiful Beckoning Hands" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2

W. Oliver Cooper

1885 - 1963 Hymnal Number: d42 Author of "Looking for a city" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Use pseudonym Oscar J. Schwab

1861 - 1930 Hymnal Number: d117 Author of "I shall not be moved" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Mr. John T. Benson, Sr. was born on February 19, 1861 in the Edgefield community in east Nashville and was brought up in the Tulip Street Methodist Church where his father was a charter member. John T. and his wife were involved in the founding of an independent holiness church that later became the Church of the Nazarene. Mr. Benson served as minister of music, first in the mission and then in the Church. The Bensons wrote some gospel songs, but their greatest contribution was in the publishing and distribution of song books and hymnals. He founded the John T Benson Publishing Company in Nashville. John Sr. died on June 24, 1930 in Nashville. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.gmahalloffame.org/speaker-lineup/john-t-benson-sr/

W. McDonald

1820 - 1901 Person Name: WIlliam McDonald Hymnal Number: d52 Author of "I am trusting, Lord, in thee" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 McDonald, Rev. William. (Belmont, Maine, March 1, 1820--September 11, 1901, Monrovia, California). Becoming a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 he was admitted to the Maine Conference in 1843, being transferred to that of Wisconsin in 1855 and of New England in 1859. For a number of years he was editor of the Advocate of Christian Holiness. In addition to being a writer of biographies and religious books, he compiled, or assisted in compiling, a number of song books of the gospel song type, among them being the Western Minstrel (1840), Wesleyan Minstrel (1853), Beulah Songs (1870), Tribute of Praise (1874). This last book was that which had been compiled by McDonald and L.F. Snow, and re-edited by Eben Tourjée, appeared in 1882 as the official hymnal of the Methodist Protestant Church. From 1870 he spent many years in evangelistic work before his retirement to Monrovia. Sources: Metcalf, Frank J., American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music; Tillett, Wilbur F., Our Hymns and Their Authors; Nutter and Tillett, Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church; McCutchan, Robert G., Our Hymnody; Benson, L.F., The English Hymn. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Frank M. Graham

1859 - 1931 Hymnal Number: d219 Author of "The old account settled long ago" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Born: March 1, 1859, Birmingham, Illinois. Died: August 25, 1931, Greensboro, Georgia. Buried: Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Greensboro, Georgia. Graham was an ordained minister in the Wesleyan (Methodist) Church and served as District Superintendent in northern Georgia from around 1895 to about 1915. He was one of the founders of what is now Southern Wesleyan University at Central, South Carolina. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Marion W. Easterling

1910 - 1989 Hymnal Number: d264 Author of "Lord, lead me on" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Born: March 12, 1910, Clanton, Alabama. Died: December 10, 1989, Birmingham, Alabama. Buried: Martin Memorial Cemetery, Clanton, Alabama. Marion W. Easterling, composed over 300 southern gospel songs. He received his music education in various singing schools, being taught by Ocie Lee DeVaughan, Dad Speer and others. In 1938, he was the youngest composer to sign a five year contract with the Stamps-Baxter Publishing Company. He has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for his long career as the programmer for the WKLF Radio stations's gospel program "America's Favorites". The program began in December 1947 and continued for 39 years, during which time, he broadcast over 20,000 shows. --www.findagrave.com/

N. B. Vandall

1896 - 1970 Hymnal Number: d4 Author of "He will be waiting for me" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2

Marvin P. Dalton

1906 - 1987 Hymnal Number: d168 Author of "What a Savior" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Marvin Price Dalton born in Arkansas, died in Oklahoma Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

Edward S. Ufford

1851 - 1929 Hymnal Number: d259 Author of "I want, I want that kind of blessing" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2

Bessie F. Hatcher

1860 - 1960 Hymnal Number: d95 Author of "Keep on the firing line" in New Songs of Inspiration No. 2 Bessie Frances Simmons Hatcher was apparently an actress who got converted and called to preach. She was a minister in the Pilgrim Holiness Church in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey district, although she did pastor Free Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist congregations at some point. Her most famous songs were "Keep on the Firing Line", "I Would Not Want to Miss It", and "Let Me Burn Out for Thee", in addition to "He Will Not Fail Me Now". She married William Hatcher. She was born March 29 1880 and passed in June 1960 in Ocean County New Jersey. Old newspaper accounts allude to her conversion story, but so far have found no accounts of it. The district journal of 1961 called her "an old warrior of the Cross". James Keeton