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Alexander Clark

1835 - 1879 Person Name: Alexander Clark, D.D. Hymnal Number: 34 Author of "Behold, what a Wonder!" in Good as Gold Clark, Alexander, D.D., born March 10, 1835, died July 6, 1879. Dr. Clark was for many years a Minister of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, and the editor of the Methodist Recorder, published at Pittsburgh. Two of his hymns:— 1. Heavenly Father, bless me now. Lent. 2. Make room for Jesus. Lent. are given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ========================= Clark, Alexander, D.D. (March 10, 1835--July 6, 1879). Of Scottish descent, he was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and received his education in the common schools, guided by a very competent father. After teaching in the public schools of Ohio for some years, he founded and edited Schoolday Visitor, a young people's journal which he published by himself in Knoxville, Ohio. It reached a circulation of more than 30,000 and eventually was merged with St. Nicholas, a well-known magazine for youth. Originally a Presbyterian, he joined the Methodist Protestant Church and received his preaching license in 1862. For four years, from 1866, he served the First Methodist Protestant Church, Pittsburgh, and then became editor of the Methodist Recorder and the Sunday School papers of his church, retaining that position until his death. Chairman of the Committee which compiled the Voice of Praise, 1872, he was largely responsible for including in it much new hymnic material. He was the author of five hymns which were included in the book. His "Heavenly Father, bless me now," originally in six four-line stanzas, continued in the series of Methodist Protestant hymnals through that of 1901. Stanzas 1, 2, 5, 6, are in 0/1935. [note: up to 1966 Methodist Hymnal.] He was the recipient of honorary degrees from Mt. Union College, Otterbein University, and Ohio Wesleyan University. While on a lecture tour in Georgia, he became ill at Atlanta and was taken to the Executive Mansion by the then Governor Colquitt, where he died after three weeks' severe suffering. The following glowing tribute to Dr. Clark by Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, nationally known atheist writer and lecturer of the late nineteenth century was published in the Methodist Recorder, July 26, 1879: "Upon the grave of Rev. Alexander Clark I wish to place one flower. Utterly destitute of cold dogmatic pride that often passes for the love of God, without the arrogance of the 'elect'--simple, free, and kind--this earnest man made me his friend by being mine. I forgot that he was a Christian, and he seemed to forget that I was not, while each remembered that the other was a man. Frank, candid and sincere, he practiced what he preached, and looked with the holy eyes of charity upon the failings and mistakes of men. He believed in the power of kindness, and spurned with divine sympathy the hideous gulf that separates the fallen from the pure. Giving freely to others the rights that he claimed for himself, it never occurred to him that his God hated a brave and honest unbeliever. He remembered that even an infidel has rights that love respects; that hatred has no saving power, and that in order to be a Christian it is not necessary to become less of a man. He knew that no one can be maligned into kindness; that epithets cannot convince; that curses are not arguments, and the finger of scorn never points toward heaven. With the generosity of an honest man, he accorded to all the fullest liberty of thought, knowing, as he did, that in the realm of mind a chain is but a curse. He sympathies were not confined within the prison of a creed, but ran out and over the walls like vines, hiding the cruel rocks and rusted bars with leaf and flower. He could not echo with his heart the fiendish sentence of eternal fire. In spite of book and creed, he read 'between the lines' the words of tenderness and love, with promises for all the world. Above, beyond the dogmas of his church--humane even to the verge of heresy--causing none to doubt the love of God because he failed to hate his unbelieving fellow-men--he labored for the welfare of mankind, and to his work gave up his life with all his heart." An intimate friend of William Cullen Bryant and other well-known authors, he was considered an exceptionally fine lecturer and his work as editor and author was highly regarded. Among his published works are: The Old Log Schoolhouse, 1864 Working Christianity, or, the Gospel in the Trades, 1878. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

James A. Smith

Hymnal Number: 68 Composer of "[The Christian, faint and weary]" in Good as Gold

Russell S. Cook

1811 - 1864 Person Name: Rev. R. S. Cook Hymnal Number: 79b Author of "Just as Thou Art" in Good as Gold Cook, Russell Sturgis, born at New Marlborough, Mass., March 6, 1811, was educated for the Congregational Ministry, and married a daughter of Dr. Caesar Malan, of Geneva. From 1839 to 1856 he was one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society. He was the originator of its system of colportage. Subsequently he became Secretary of the New York Sabbath Committee. He also edited the American Messenqer. He died at Pleasant Valley, New York, Sept. 4, 1864. His hymn:— Just as thou art, without one trace. Invitation, was published in the American Messenger, March, 1850, in. 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It was written as a companion hymn to Miss Elliott's "Just as I am, without one plea," and was sent by the author to her. It was soon adopted by editors of American hymn-books, sometimes in an abbreviated form, beginning with stanza iii. as, "Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?" as in the Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858. It became known in Great Britain through Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862. In that collection it was reprinted from an anonymous tract, in which stanzas ii, and vi. are omitted. This form of the hymn is usually given in the English collections. Full original text in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869-70. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Hymnal Number: 128 Author of "Come to the Great Physician" in Good as Gold Late 19th Century

William St. Hill Bourne

1846 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. W. St. Hill Bourne Hymnal Number: 141 Author of "The Children's Saviour" in Good as Gold Bourne, William St. Hill, born in 1846, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and the London College of Divinity. Taking Holy Orders in 1869 he became successively Curate of Holy Trinity, Derby; Harrow-on-the-Hill; St. Paul's, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Ashford, Kent; in 1875, Vicar of Pinner, Middlesex; and in 1880, Vicar of All Saints, Haggerstone. Author of Poems in various periodicals; Church Work and the Working Classes, published in Church Bells, 1875, &c. In 1879 he became editor of The Mission Field, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a hymn-writer he is known through the following hymns:— 1. Children's voices strive not vainly, Sunday School Anniversary. Written in 1868. 2. Christ, Who once among us. The Good Shepherd. Written in 1868, and first published in the revised Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. 3. Enter with thanksgiving. Processional for Dedication Service. Written in 1880 for the reopening of the Parish Church of Pinner, and published, with music, by Skeffington & Son. 4. For the freshness of the morning. Praise for all things. Written in 1868, first printed on a broadsheet, and then included in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885. 5. In the Name of God the Father, In Whose Image we are made. Purity. Written in 1885 for the Church Purity Society, printed in The Vanguard, Dec. 1885, and in the White Cross Hymnal, 1886. 6. The evening shadowy dimness. Evening. Written in 1868, printed on a broad-sheet, and again in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885. 7. The Sower went forth sowing. Harvest or Burial. Written in 1874 for Harvest Festival at Christ Church, South Ashford, Kent; printed in Church Bells the same year, and included in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. It is sometimes used as a Funeral hymn. 8. Through the feeble twilight. Easter hymn for Church Workers. Written in 1884 for the Additional Curates Society's Home Mission Field, and printed therein, April 1884. Mr. Bourne has also printed several hymns on fly-sheets for special occasions. Some of these are worthy of the attention of hymnal compilers. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Bourne, W. St. Hill, p. 165, ii. Mr. Bourne published in 1898 A Supplementary Hymnal, consisting of 19 of his hymns, which had previously appeared in The Church Monthly, and other periodicals. He became Rector of Finchley in 1900. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

C. B. Stout

Hymnal Number: 32 Author of "O to be Something" in Good as Gold

Maro Loomis Bartlett

1847 - 1919 Person Name: M. L. Bartlett Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "[The Lord is in His holy temple]" in Good as Gold Bartlett was born on October 25, 1847 in Browhelm, Ohio. He was a choral conductor, composed many popular tunes, and wrote several books on music. As of 1905, he was Director of the Des Moines, Iowa, College of Music. He died in 1919 in Des Moines, Iowa. Sources: Hughes, p. 307 Nutter, p. 453 Price, p. 195 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) ============= The publication Bartlett's Music Reader (1901) states that the editor, M.L. Bartlett, was "President of the Des Moines, Ia., Music College and formerly Teacher of Music in the Schools of New York City." This same M.L. Bartlett edited The Sunday School Serial. --

William Young

1657 - 1757 Person Name: Rev. William Young Hymnal Number: 15b Author of "Hope in God" in Good as Gold

Joseph Stammers

1801 - 1885 Hymnal Number: 113 Author of "Breast the Wave, Christian" in Good as Gold Joseph Stammers was born at Bury S. Edmunds, in 1801. He was educated for the legal profession, and practised for some years as a solicitor in London. In 1833, he was called to the bar, and continued to practice as a barrister. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ============================= Stammers, Joseph, was born at Bury St. Edmunds in 1801, and educated for the legal profession. After practising in London as a solicitor for some time he was called to the Bar in 1833, and joined the Northern Circuit. (Lyra Britannica,1868.) He died in London, May 18, 1885. His popular hymn— Breast the wave, Christian (Perseverance) was contributed to the Cottage Magazine (a small serial edited by the Rev. John Buckworth, late Vicar of Dewsbury) in 1830. It has passed into several collections, including the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the People's Hymnal, 1867 (altered), and others. Mr. Stammers also contributed 4 hymns to Dr. Rogers's Lyra Britannica1868, but these have not come into common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)