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J. S. Fearis

1867 - 1932 Hymnal Number: 79 Composer of "[Jesus touch'd my sinful heart]" in The Young People's Hymnal John Sylvester Fearis, 1867-1932 Born: February 5, 1867, Richland, Iowa. Died: September 2, 1932, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Fearis’ father was a successful singing school teacher, and a painter by trade. At a young age, John learned to read music in his father’s classes. He was passionately fond of music, and, taking lessons on the reed organ, he was soon able to play in Sunday school and church. Later he took charge of the church choir, and taught singing classes in nearby towns. He wrote his first hymn tune at age 16. He eventually joined the editorial staff of the Choir Leader, published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in Dayton, Ohio. Sources-- Choir Herald, December 1932, p. 219 Emurian, p. 17 Hall, pp. 393-4 Lyrics-- Brightly Beams Another Morning Children’s Day Show Me the Way, My Shepherd What Comfort to Our Hearts What Wonderful Love Is the Love Music-- Be Thou Exalted Beautiful Isle of Somewhere God May Call for You Little Raindrops Promise Made to Mother, The Songs in the Night Show Me the Way, My Shepherd There’s Light for a Step Wherever He Leads Me I’ll Go --hymntime.com/tch

F. G. Burroughs

1856 - 1949 Hymnal Number: 17 Author of "Enter Into Thy Closet" in The Young People's Hymnal F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921

Salathiel Cleaver Kirk

1847 - 1917 Person Name: S. C. Kirk Hymnal Number: 34 Author of "Forward in His Name" in The Young People's Hymnal Born: Circa 1847, Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: Circa 1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kirk’s works include: Musings Along the Way --www.hymntime.com/tch

William A. Spencer

1840 - 1901 Person Name: W. A. S. Hymnal Number: 92 Author of "I Shall Be Like Him" in The Young People's Hymnal

S. W. Straub

1842 - 1899 Hymnal Number: 67 Composer of "[Harvester, harvester, gather thy sheaves]" in The Young People's Hymnal Solomon.W Straub Solomon was the brother of Maria Straub. His father Joseph was a farmer. His parents, who were of German descent. From Hymnary user, via email

C. R. Blackall

1830 - 1924 Person Name: Dr. C. R. Blackall Hymnal Number: 173 Author of "Keep Step Ever" in The Young People's Hymnal Blackall, Christopher Ruby, M.D., born in New York State, 1830, and educated for the medical profession. For 15 years he followed his profession, including service in the army during the civil war. Subsequently he managed, for 14 years, a branch of the Baptist Publication Society, taking at the same time great interest in Sunday School work. He edited the Advanced Bible Lesson Quarterly, for 3 years, and also Our Little Ones. 1. The prize is set before us. Heaven anticipated. This is one of Dr. Blackall's most popular hymns for children. It was written in 1874 for the Sunday School of 2nd Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, and set to music by H. R. Palmer. It first appeared in Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, from whence it has passed into numerous collections, including I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, Lond., 1881. 2. Follow the paths of Jesus. Following Jesus. This is included in the Baptist Hymn [& Tune] Book, Phila., 1871, No. 701. 3. Do the right, never fear. Duty . In W. R. Stevenson's School Hymnal, Lond., 1880, No. 269. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Parker

1825 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. John Parker Hymnal Number: 80 Author of "The Bolted Door" in The Young People's Hymnal John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6)

E. A. Barnes

1842 - 1942 Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "Remember the Sabbath Day" in The Young People's Hymnal Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html