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John Blain

1795 - 1879 Hymnal Number: d126 Author of "My Christian friends in bonds of love, whose hearts" in Soul Songs Blain, John. (Fishkill, New York, February 14, 1795--December 26, 1879, Mansfield, Massachusetts). Baptist. Studied at Fairfield (New York) and Middlebury (New York) academies. Pastored for nearly sixty years in : Auburn, New York City, York, and Syracuse, New York; Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut; Charlestown and Mansfield, Massachusetts. He was also an evangelist and baptized about three thousand persons. He gave large sums to missions while living, and willed his property to home and foreign missions. The one hymn for which Blain is remembered is a parting hymn written in 1818, and published in the Original and Selected Reformation Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1829). Comprising twelve stanzas, the hymn begins: My Christian friends in bonds of love, Whose hearts in sweetest union prove; Your friendship's like a drawing band, Yet we must take the parting hand. A part of this hymn, altered by Rev. H.L. Hastings, later appeared in Songs of Pilgrimage (1886). Paul R. Powell (?), DNAH Archives

Almeda E. Wight

Hymnal Number: d211 Author of "It must be told" in Soul Songs

Myrtle

Hymnal Number: d22 Author of "Daylight is dawning" in Soul Songs

L. G. McVean

Hymnal Number: d228 Author of "What if your own were starving" in Soul Songs

A. Bunyan Little

1873 - 1955 Hymnal Number: d26 Author of "Come out on the Lord's side" in Soul Songs Born: 1873, Cleveland, Arkansas. Died: 1955, Waco, Texas. Little was the son of Thomas Bunyon Little and Nancy Adeline Tolson, and husband to Willie Maud Little. His works include: Sacred Chimes: A Book of New and Old Hymns and Tunes, with John C. F. Kyger (Waco, Texas: Kyger Music, 1900) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/t/little_ab.htm