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George Gill

1820 - 1880 Person Name: Rev. George Gill Hymnal Number: 85 Author of "Beautiful Zion" in Zion's Delight Gill, George, son of William Gill, was born at Tiverton, Devonshire, Jan. 23, 1820, and was for some time a missionary in the South Sea Islands. His hymn, "Beautiful Zion, built above " (Heaven), was "written" the author says, "on the island of Mangaia, South Seas, April, 1850." It was printed in the Juvenile Missionary Magazine in 1852. His re-written form of Phoebe Cary’s “One Sweetly Solemn Thought” beginning “this sweetly solemn thought” is dated 1861 and also appeared in the Juvenile Missionary Magazine, Gill left the South Sea in 1860, and in 1861 became pastor of Wesgate Congregational Chapel, Burnley. He died Aug. 19, 1880. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Eliza M. Sherman

Person Name: Eliza Sherman Hymnal Number: 34 Author of "Perfect peace" in Zion's Delight

Mrs. J. M. Whittaker

Hymnal Number: 241a Composer of "[Jesus, and shall it ever be]" in Zion's Delight

W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Hymnal Number: 18 Composer of "[Rescue the perishing]" in Zion's Delight An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

O. Snow

Hymnal Number: 92 Composer of "[There is a beautiful world]" in Zion's Delight

Calvin S. Harrington

1826 - 1886 Person Name: C. S. Harrington Hymnal Number: 130b Composer of "[In some way or other]" in Zion's Delight Born: May 17, 1826, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Died: February 16, 1886, at his home in Middletown, Connecticut. Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut. Harrington graduated from Wesleyan University in 1852. From 1852 to 1855, he taught Latin at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Sanbornton Bridge, New Hampshire; from 1855 to 1860, he served as president of the seminary. From 1861 to 1863 he was a professor of Greek at Wesleyan University; from 1863 to his death, he was a professor of Latin there. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

H. R. Christie

1848 - 1925 Hymnal Number: 89 Composer of "[He knows the bitter, weary way]" in Zion's Delight Harvey Robert Christie, 1848-1925 Born: June 29, 1848, Monroe County, West Virginia. Died: March 19, 1925, Willowton, West Virginia. Buried: Rest Haven Memorial Park, Princeton, West Virginia. Christie taught singing classes from 1871 to 1874, which led him to a musical career. He studied under Rigdon McIntosh, who at the time was in the music department at Vanderbilt University. Christie remained in Tennessee until 1876, when he returned to West Virginia. Around 1877, he conducted a two month course at the Concord Normal School, in Athens, West Virginia, followed by a similar course in Princeton, West Virginia; Rural Retreat, Virginia (1878); and four courses in Snowville, Virginia (1879-1880); and a nine month course at Rural Retreat, Virginia (1881). In 1881, he studied for a while at the Commercial College at Kentucky University, and in 1882, moved to Milligan College, Tennessee, where he eventually rose to serve on the Board of Directors. In 1894, Christie became music editor for the Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. His works include: Favorite Songs (co-editor), 1876 Gospel Light, 1894 Songs of Service (music editor) (Atlanta, Georgia: R. M. McIntosh Co., 1896) The Christian Church Hymnal, 1906 Songs of Evangelism, 1911 Worship and Service (Cincinnati, Ohio: The Standard Publishing Company, 1916) Music: Let Him Come In --http://www.hymntime.com

Frank Nielson

Hymnal Number: 207 Composer of "[Of whom shall it ever be said: "Too late"]" in Zion's Delight Possibly a pseudonym of Charles W. Ray

John C. Morgan

1831 - 1899 Person Name: J. C. Morgan, M.D. Hymnal Number: 22 Author of "Trusting, Solely Trusting" in Zion's Delight John Coleman Morgan MD USA 1831-1899. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he attended school and became a drug clerk, then a surgeon’s steward in the U.S. Navy. In 1850 he matriculated to PA Medical University, graduating in 1852, studying medicine and homeopathics. He was appointed professor of Materia Medica at PMU. In 1856 he married Sallie Levick of Philadelphia and relocated to Hamilton, IL, finding insufficient infrastructure to practice his medical discipline. He then moved to St. Louis, MO, where in 1857 he co-founded the Homeopathic Medical College of MO. In 1858 he settled in Alton, IL, and, under mentorship of William T Babb, had a surgeon’s commission with the 29th MO Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. In 1865 he returned to Philadelphia, PA, and took the Chair of Anatomy at the Hahnemannian Institute for Homeopathic Medicine there. From 1867-1875 he was the first faculty surgeon there. In 1875 he left and took a position with the University of Michigan as a professor of Homeopathic Theory and Practice (retaining his Hahnemannian emeritus status while gone). In 1877 he returned to Hahnemannian Institute in Philadelphia and resumed his position there, becoming lecturer of history and instructions In 1886-87. He was a professor of medical instruction 1887-1890, after which he retired to Vineland, NJ. He lived in Millville, and Ocean Grove, NJ, (1898). He edited American Journal of Homeopathic Materia Medica. He died in California. John Perry

Simeon Butler Marsh

1798 - 1875 Person Name: S. B. Marsh Hymnal Number: 245b Composer of "[Jesus, lover of my soul]" in Zion's Delight Simeon Butler Marsh USA 1798-1875. Born at Sherburne, NY, he was raised on a farm. A Presbyterian, he became a gifted organist and teacher. He sang in a choir at age seven and studied music at age 16. By age 19 he was teaching in the local singing schools in Geneva, NY, and had met hymnist, Thomas Hastings from Geneva, NY, who gave him much encouragement. He married Eliza Carrier, and they had a son, John, and a daughter, Jane. In 1837 he became publisher of the Amsterdam, NY, paper “Intelligencer” (later called ‘Recorder’), and ran it for seven years, even setting his own type. He moved back to Sherburne and founded the Sherburne News. He taught music to choirs and children for almost 30 years in and around the Albany Presbytery, and also served as a Sunday school superintendent for six years and a choir leader for three years. He set type for three juvenile books as well. For thirteen years he gave free music instruction to students in the Schenectedy area. In 1859 he returned to Sherburne and gave music instruction to large classes of men, women, and children. He wrote two cantatas: “The Savior” and “The king of the forest”. He wrote a number of hymns, but most have not survived over time. His wife died in 1873. He died at Albany, NY, and is buried in Schenectady, NY. John Perry