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Frederick A. Challinor

1866 - 1952 Person Name: F. A. Challinor Hymnal Number: 101 Composer of "[Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear]" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism

1834 - 1917 Person Name: J. O. Thompson Hymnal Number: 147 Author of "The Call for Reapers" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism Born June 9, 1834 in Waldo, ME. He was a minister before joining the army and fighting in the Civil War. After the war he joined the Methodist Episcopal Maine Conference in 1866. He transferred to the Providence, RI conference and retired in 1886. He moved to Keyser, WV and edited The Mountain Echo. He then moved to Charleston, WV and served as secretary of the Agriculture. In 1905 he moved to St. Petersburg, FL where he was the minister at the First Ave. Methodist Church. He died Sept. 28, 1917. From Hymn Studies http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies/

William Shrubsole

1760 - 1806 Hymnal Number: 113 Composer of "MILES' LANE" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism William Shrubsole (bap. 1760, d. 1806), organist. United Kingdom.When young, he sang in the choir at Canterbury Cathedral, He became organist at Bangor Cathedral, when he was dismissed for attending non-comformist meetings. He then became organist of Spa Fields Chapel, London, holding that post until his death. He was a successful teacher. He was an alto singer and sung at Westminster Abbey and Drury Lane churches. He knew Edward Perronet, who wrote the words to the hymn he composed music for. Perronet left Schrubsole property in his will. John Perry Not to be confused with W. (William) Shrubsole 1759-1829 bank clerk and hymn writer.

Mrs. J. G. Wilson

Hymnal Number: 47 Composer of "[Sing the wondrous love of Jesus]" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism See Wilson, Emily D. (Emily Divine), 1865-1942.

J. B. O. Clemm

1855 - 1927 Hymnal Number: 147 Composer of "[Far and near the fields are teeming" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism James Bowman Overton Clemm

John S. Norris

1844 - 1907 Person Name: J. S. Norris Hymnal Number: 128 Composer of "[I can hear my Savior calling]" in Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism Rv John Samuel Norris United Kingdom/USA 1844-1907. Born at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, he emigrated to the US when young and attended school in Canada. He was ordained a Methodist minister in Oshawa, ON, in 1868. Over the next decade he pastored at churches in Canada, NY, and WI. He switched to the Congregationalist denomination in 1878, serving churches in Mondovi, Shullsburg, and Hixton, WI, and Grand Rapids, MI. From 1882 -1901 he held pastorates at Ames, Webster City, Parkersburg, Peterson, and Tripoli, IA.. He died in Chicago, IL. John Perry