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Mary Masters

1706 - 1759 Hymnal Number: d509 Author of "'Tis religion that can give sweetest pleasures" in Hymns for Schools and Families Masters, Mary. Biographical facts concerning Mrs. Masters are very few. In 1733 she published a volume of Poems

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

1788 - 1879 Person Name: Sarah J. Hale Hymnal Number: d384 Author of "Our Father in heaven we hallow thy name" in Hymns for Schools and Families Hale, Sarah Josepha, née Buell, born at Newport, New Hampshire, 1795, and married to David Hale, a lawyer, who died in 1822. Mrs. Hale edited The Ladies' Magazine, Boston, from 1828; and Godey's Ladies’ Book, Philadelphia, from 1837, besides publishing several works. Her hymn, “Our Father in heaven, we hallow Thy name" (The Lord's Prayer), appeared in Mason & Greene's Church Psalmody, 1831, No. 553, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Mrs. Hale, who was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died in 1879. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mrs. John P. Morgan

1845 - 1945 Person Name: J. P. Morgan Hymnal Number: d358 Author of "O make me a very good child" in Hymns for Schools and Families Virginia Woods, married John Paul Morgan in 1866. Known as Mrs. John P. Morgan. Translated several songs from German and Norwegian. Dianne Shapiro (from email by Ottar Grepstad, General Director, Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature

John P. Clapham

1801 - 1875 Hymnal Number: d156 Author of "God of union, God of love" in Hymns for Schools and Families Clapham, John Peele, was born at Leeds, July 7th, 1801, and educated privately, and at the Fulneck Moravian School, and the Protestant Free Church Grammar School, Manchester. He was a magistrate for the West Hiding of Yorkshire, and Treasurer of the County Courts in Yorkshire. He was a member of the Congregational body, and took a warm interest in their religious and philanthropic work. Burley, Harrowgate and Ilkley were specially benefited by his zeal and munificence. His interest in Sunday Schools commenced at an early age, and continued to his death, on Nov. 19, 1875. In 1833 he edited the Leeds Sunday School Hymn Book, and also the revised edition, 1862. To this work he contributed the following hymns under the signature of " J. P. C.":— i. To Hymns Set and Original, 1833. 1. God of union, God of love. S. S. Teachers Meeting. 2. Let us unite to bless the Lord. Sunday. 3. Our Father, and our heavenly King. The, Lord's Prayer. 4. Shall we grieve the Holy Spirit? The work of the Holy Spirit. 5. Strengthen Thy stakes, extend Thy cords. Foundation-stone of a School. 6. Sweet is the work, 0 Lord, to raise. New Year. 7. Thou gracious Father of the poor. The True Riches. 8. We dare not God's own holy day. Sunday. 9. When Jesus at a wondrous feast. Feeding the Five Thousand. ii. To the same Collection, ed. 1858. 10. A little pilgrim on life's way. Looking unto Jesus. "The little pilgrim was no fiction, but a bonnie, loving, and lovable lad of nearly ten years old, our youngest son. He died at school, after a week's illness, and the refrain of his father's lines—‘ Jesus, my Saviour,' were the last words we could catch before he finished his pilgrimage." Curwen's Biog., Notes, p. 1. 11. Accept our glad thanksgiving, Lord. Praise. 12. Come away from the train. Sunday. 13. Far too often men are crying. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit. 14. Father in heaven, for Jesus' sake. Grace before Meat. 15. Heavenly Teacher, Light divine. Imitating Christ. 16. How good and how pleasant. Praise to God the Father. 17. Now in Christian love and union. Grace before Meat. 18. O make us truly wise. Early Piety desired. 19. Pure religion, Christian love. Praise to God the Father. 20. Tempt us not, ye sons of pleasure. Sunday. 21. We own Thy care, we love Thy word. Praise. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Richard Kempenfelt

1718 - 1782 Hymnal Number: d64 Author of "Burst, ye emerald [pearly] gates, and bring" in Hymns for Schools and Families Kempenfelt, Richard, of Swedish descent, was born Oct., 1718. In Jan., 1741, he obtained a lieutenant's commission in the British Navy. He became captain in 1757, and admiral in 1780. He was drowned in the "Royal George," which sank in harbour at Portsmouth on Aug. 29, 1782. Admiral Kempenfelt was an admirer of Whitefield and the Wesleys, and interested himself much in evangelistic work. His hymns were published as Original Hymns and Poems. By Philotheorus. Exeter, printed by B. Thorn, 1777, and were dedicated "To the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, in Shropshire." They were reprinted, with a Preface, by D. Sedgwick, in 1861. Although most of these hymns are given in the older collections, only a few re¬main in modern hymn-books, and, including centos, are:— 1. Bear me on Thy rapid wing. Praise to Jesus in Heaven. 2. Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring. Praise to Jesus in Heaven. 3. Gentle Spirit, waft me over. Heaven desired. 4. Hail, Thou eternal Logos, hail. Adoration of Jesus. 5. Hark, 'tis the trump of God. The Last Day. 6. O my Redeemer, come. The Last Day. Of these Nos. 1 and 2 are from the same hymn; and Nos. 5 and 6 also from another. The original texts of Nos. 3, 5, and 6 are in Lyra Britannica 1867, pp. 349-52. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John George Fleet

b. 1818 Hymnal Number: d583 Author of "Words are things of little cost, quickly spoken, quickly lost" in Hymns for Schools and Families Fleet, John George, was born in London on the 8th of July, 1818. At 15 years of age he was removed from school to his father's counting-house, and at 17 he had to undertake, through his father's death, the sole control of the business, and from that time he followed commercial pursuits. At an early age he joined as teacher in a small Sunday School which his sister had begun in Lime Street, London. His interest in Sunday Schools which was thus awakened led him, with some young fellow-teachers, to found the Church Sunday School Institute in 1843. Of that Institute he was honorary Secretary for 20 years; and for 15 years he was Editor of the Church Sunday School Quarterly. To the hymn-book published by the Institute, The Church Sunday School Hymn Book, 1848, he contributed the following hymns by which he is known to hymnology:— 1. How faint and feeble is the praise. Angels' Worship. 2. Let children to their God draw near. Children's Worship. 3. 0 Lord, our God, Thy wondrous might. Collect 7th S. after Trinity. 4. Source of life, and light, and love. A Teacher's Prayer. 5. What mercies, Lord, Thou hast in store. Collect for 6th S. after Trinity. 6. Words are things of little cost. Sins of the Tongue. In addition to these hymns, Mr. Fleet contributed several to The Church Sunday School Quarterly in 1852-3-8, and 1861, and has published a small volume of poems and hymns entitled Lux in Tenebris, 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Seth C. Brace

1811 - 1897 Hymnal Number: d315 Author of "Mourn for the thousands slain" in Hymns for Schools and Families Brace, Seth Collins, son of the Rev. Joab Brace, was born at Newington, Connecticut, Aug. 3, 1811, and entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1842, but subsequently joined the Congregationalists. His Temperance hymn, “Mourn for the thousands slain," is widely used. It was written in 1843, and included in the Philadelphia Parish Hymn, 1843, with others which he wrote on the same subject, under the signature of "C." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Jane Gray

1796 - 1871 Hymnal Number: d183 Author of "Hark to the solemn bell" in Hymns for Schools and Families Gray, Jane, née Lewers, died Nov. 18, 1871. A selection of her poems was printed in New York for private circulation, in 1872, as Selections from the Poetical Writings of Jane Lewers Gray. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William Capers

1790 - 1855 Person Name: Capers Hymnal Number: d35 Author of "As Jesus his disciples taught" in Hymns for Schools and Families William Capers, born in South Carolina in 1790, was a Methodist bishop, editor, and missionary. He also worked as a circuit preacher and a planter. He became a professor of moral and intellectual philosophy at South Carolina College, and spent the latter part of his life as a prominent spokesman for white Southern Methodists. He was on the founding council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Christopher Hill http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/capers/bio.html