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J. W. Henderson

Hymnal Number: 98 Composer of "[There's a sweet and blessed story]" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services

Mary B. Sleight

Person Name: M. B. Sleight Hymnal Number: 168 Author of "Hark! the Voice of Jesus Calling" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services

1834 - 1924 Person Name: Sabine Baring-Gould Hymnal Number: 90 Author of "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Baring-Gould, Sabine, M.A., eldest son of Mr. Edward Baring-Gould, of Lew Trenchard, Devon, b. at Exeter, Jan. 28, 1834, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge, B.A. 1857, M.A. 1860. Taking Holy Orders in 1864, he held the curacy of Horbury, near Wakefield, until 1867, when he was preferred to the incumbency of Dalton, Yorks. In 1871 he became rector of East Mersea, Essex, and in 1881 rector of Lew Trenchard, Devon. His works are numerous, the most important of which are, Lives of the Saints, 15 vols., 1872-77; Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, 2 series, 1866-68; The Origin and Development of Religious Belief, 2 vols., 1869-1870; and various volumes of sermons. His hymns, original and translated, appeared in the Church Times; Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1868 and 1875; The People's Hymnal, 1867, and other collections, the most popular being "Onward, Christian soldiers," "Daily, daily sing the praises," the translation "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," and the exquisite Easter hymn, "On the Resurrection Morning." His latest effort in hymnology is the publication of original Church Songs, 1884, of which two series have been already issued. In the Sacristy for Nov. 1871, he also contributed nine carols to an article on "The Noels and Carols of French Flanders.” These have been partially transferred to Chope's and Staniforth's Carol Books, and also to his Church Songs. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Baring-Gould, S., p. 114, i. Other hymns in common use are:— 1. Forward! said the Prophet. Processional. Appeared in the New Mitre Hymnal, 1874. 2. My Lord, in glory reigning. Christ in Glory. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881. 3. Now severed is Jordan. Processional. Appeared in the S. Mary, Aberdeen, Hymnal, 1866, the People's Hymnal, 1867, &c. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Katherine A. Grimes

1877 - 1967 Hymnal Number: 151 Author of "Steady and True" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Born: April 26, 1877, Argentine, Michigan. Died: September 3, 1967, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Grimes was the first child of Stephen and Ada Potter Atherton, and had seven brothers. In 1900, she married broom maker Elliot Grant Grimes in Vernon, Michigan. She had a stepdaughter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Leon Elliot Grimes, and an adopted daughter, Mary Patricia Green Jacobs. She became a writer at an early age, and worked as an editor for the Southern Agriculturist magazine in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to writing, she was an accomplished pianist and a music teacher. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. William Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute, exploring the Anasazi Indian ruins at Mesa Verde, Colorado. In later years, she formed her own business, "Writer’s Aid," whereby she took a writers’ manuscripts and corrected and prepared them for submission for publication. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

J. A. Fraser

Person Name: J. A. Fraser, Jr. Hymnal Number: 161 Author of "Even the Waifs of the Street" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Early 20th Century

Lucia B. Cook

b. 1884 Hymnal Number: 160 Author of "Spelling Love" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Lucia B. Cook was born in Greenville, S. C. in 1884. She was a contributor to school, church and literary publications. Her greatest interest was with little children, and she loved nature. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Hymnal Number: 18 Author of "Come and Take Possession" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Late 19th Century

H. E. Bright

Hymnal Number: 36 Author of "Saved!" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services

Victor Murray Hatfield

1859 - 1945 Person Name: Victor M. Hatfield Hymnal Number: 41 Author of "The Palace of Light" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Born: February 24, 1859, Murray, Indiana. Died: December 20, 1945, Winona Lake, Indiana. Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana. A devout Presbyterian family, the Hatfields moved to Ossian, Indiana, in 1867. Victor attended the local Ossian schools, plus by a special course under Reverend A. Mayn. He spent a year at Elder’s Ridge Academy in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, under Dr. Alexander Donaldson, then attended the University of Wooster, where he took classical courses. Upon return to Ossian, Victor joined his father Hiram in his mercantile business, Hatfield & Son. Victor eventually took over the business, and branched out into selling musical instruments, including pianos and organs. Victor married Estella E. King in 1880 in Wells County, Indiana; they had three children. In 1901, in Blackford County, Indiana, he married Susie Elva Craven, with whom he had two children. Hatfield served an elder in the Presbyterian church, and in 1898, the Fort Wayne Presbytery made him a delegate to the General Assembly. Hatfield’s works include: The Old Home Town and Other Poems (Park Publishing Company, 1931) --www.hymntime.com/tch