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Rudyard Kipling

1865 - 1936 Hymnal Number: 346 Author of "Recessional" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Born: December 30, 1865, Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Died: January 18, 1936, London, England. Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England. Kipling, Rudyard, the well-known poet and story-teller, was born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865, and now (1906) lives at Burwash in Sussex. His noble poem, "The Recessional," was written in 1897 at the time of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, contributed to the Times for July 17, 1897, and first published by the author in his The Five Nations, 1903, p. 214, beginning "God of our fathers, known of old" (National). It has passed into Sursum Corda, Phil., 1898, The English Hymnal, 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 207 Composer of "[O thou bleeding Lamb of God]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

C. Harold Lowden

1883 - 1963 Person Name: C. H. L. Hymnal Number: 258 Author of "O How I Love Him" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Hymnal Number: 157 Author of "I Belong to the King" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Hall Mack Co.

Publisher of "" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

William A. Spencer

1840 - 1901 Person Name: W. A. S. Hymnal Number: 41 Author of "I Shall Be Like Him" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

I. Allan Sankey

1874 - 1915 Hymnal Number: 212 Composer of "[I will not be weary, though trials may come]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915 Born: August 30, 1874, Edinburgh, Scotland. Died: December 30, 1915, United States. Son of Ira Sankey, Allen studied civil engineering and architecture at Princeton University, graduating in 1897. In 1898, he became president of the Biglow & Main music publishers in New York City. He also served as vice-president of the Leeds and Catlin Phonograph Company, and on the Advisory Board of the Greenich Bank. His works include: The Male Quartette, with George Stebbins Best Endeavor Hymns, with John Clements (New York: The Biglow & Main Co., 1907) Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Co., 1908) Sources-- Hall, pp. 409-410 Music-- Cidenton Go and Work! Great Is His Mercy Kept for Jesus Lead Me Lord, Send Us Forth Never Give Up Old Orchard Year of Precious Blessings, A --hymntime.com/tch

Salathiel Cleaver Kirk

1847 - 1917 Person Name: S. C. Kirk Hymnal Number: 106 Author of "He Keepeth His Promise" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Born: Circa 1847, Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: Circa 1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kirk’s works include: Musings Along the Way --www.hymntime.com/tch

Benjamin Franklin Butts

1866 - 1935 Person Name: B. Frank Butts Hymnal Number: 66 Composer of "[There’s One above all earthly friends]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio. Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California. Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include: Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910) Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)