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Anna G. Lambert

Hymnal Number: 63 Composer of "[It comes to me ever in sorrow and woe]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2)

Mrs. I. S. Kress

Hymnal Number: 44 Author of "Will You be There?" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2)

George P. Beard

Person Name: Rev. Geo. P. Beard Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "Oh, It Is Beautiful" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2)

William Miller

1801 - 1878 Person Name: Dr. Wm. Miller Hymnal Number: 257 Composer of "[O land of rest, for thee I sigh]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2)

1800 - 1900 Person Name: Geo. D. Moore Hymnal Number: 251 Composer of "[My soul in sad exile was out on life's sea]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) He was an itinerant evangelist in NJ & PA in the latter 1800s. He wrote the music to Henry Lake Gilmour’s hymn lyrics of 1885. John Perry

C. R. Dunbar

1830 - 1895 Hymnal Number: 263 Composer of "[My life, my love I give to Thee]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Rv Charles R Dunbar USA 1830-1895. Born in Pulaski,NY, he became a minister. He died in Columbus, OH. John Perry

Mrs. T. D. Crewdson

1808 - 1863 Person Name: Mrs. Jane Crewdson Hymnal Number: 271 Author of "A Little While to Wait" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, daughter of George Fox, of Perraw, Cornwall, was born at Perraw, October, 1809; married to Thomas Crewdson, of Manchester, 1836; and died at Summerlands, near Manchester, Sept. 14, 1863. During a long illness Mrs. Crewdson composed her works published as:— (1) Lays of the Reformation, 1860. (2) A Little While, and Other Poems (posthumous), 1864. (3) The Singer of Eisenach, n.d.; and (4) Aunt Jane's Verses for Children, 1851. 2nd ed. 1855, 3rd 1871. From these works nearly a dozen of her hymns have come into common use. The best known are, "O for the peace which floweth as a river," and "There is no sorrow, Lord, too light." In addition to these and others which are annotated under their respective first lines, there are the following in various collections: 1. Give to the Lord thy heart. 1864. Offertory. 2. How tenderly Thy hand is laid . 1864. Resignation. 3. Looking unto Jesus. 1864. Jesus All in All. 4. Lord, we know that Thou art near us. 1864. Resignation. 5. 0 Saviour, I have naught to plead. 1864. During Sickness. These plaintive lines were written a short time before her death. 6. 0 Thou whose bounty fills my cup. 1860. Peace. 7. The followers of the Son of God. 1864. The Daily Cross. 8. Though gloom may veil our troubled skies. 1864. Resignation. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Crewdson, Jane, p. 268, ii. The following additional hymns by Mrs. Crewdson have recently come into common use through The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900:— 1. For the sunshine and the rain. Harvest. 2. O Fount of grace that runneth o'er. Public Worship. 3. There is an unsearchable joy. Joy in God. 4. When I come with troubled heart. Prayer. These hymns are all from her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) =================== Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, p. 269, i. From her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864, are:— 1. I've found a joy in sorrow. Power of Faith. 2. One touch from Thee, the Healer of diseases. Christ the Healer. 3. Tis not the Cross I have to bear. Faith desired . --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Carrie E. Rounsefell

1861 - 1930 Hymnal Number: 132 Composer of "[It may not be on the mountain's height]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Carrie Esther Parker Rounsefell USA 1862-1930. Born at Merrimack, NH, she grew up in Manchester, NH. She married William Rounsefell, a bookkeeper. She was known as a singing evangelist throughout New England and New York, where she toured with a small autoharp (zither). She died at Durham, ME. John Perry

George Thomas Caldbeck

1852 - 1918 Person Name: G. T. Caldbeck Hymnal Number: 406 Composer of "[Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) George Thomas Caldbeck United Kingdom 1852-1918. Born in Waterford, Ireland, he attended the National Model School, Waterford, and Islington Theological College. His desire to be a missionary was thwarted by his poor health. He returned to Cork and became a schoolmaster and evangelist in ireland. In 1888 he moved to London as an independent itinerant preacher. He was arrested in 1912 for selling scripture cards door to door without a license. The judge dismissed the case upon learning he was composer of the hymn tune” Pax Tecum.”. At the time he was living in a church hostel. He died in Epsom, Surrey. John Perry

William Ellsworth Witter

1854 - 1954 Person Name: Will E. Witter Hymnal Number: 115 Author of "While Jesus Whispers to You" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:— While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)