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Abby Hutchinson Patton

1829 - 1892 Person Name: Mrs. A. H. P. Hymnal Number: 123 Author of "Kind Words Can Never Die" in Christian Hymns

Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee

1786 - 1868 Person Name: Xavier Schnyder von Wartensee Hymnal Number: 109 Composer of "[Come, said Jesus' sacred voice]" in Christian Hymns

1828 - 1873 Hymnal Number: 67 Author of "Brightly Gleams Our Banner" in Christian Hymns Potter, Thomas Joseph, was born at Scarborough in 1827, and joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1847, and subsequently took Holy Orders. For many years he filled the Chair of Pulpit Eloquence and English Literature in the Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin. He published The Spoken Word; or, The Art of Extemporary Preaching; Sacred Eloquence, or, The Theory and Practice of Preaching; and The Pastor and his People; together with several tales. He translated the Vesper hymns in the Catholic Psalmist; contributed to the Holy Family Hymns, 1860; and published Legends, Lyrics, and Hymns, 1862. His most widely-known hymn is "Brightly gleams our banner" (q.v.). Several of his hymns and translations are in use in Roman Catholic hymnbooks for Missions and Schools. He died at Dublin in 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Potter, T. J., p. 901, ii., was b. June 9, 1828 (not in 1827), ordained 1857, and died Aug. 31, 1873. The hymn:— O! yet, once more, in Britain's isle [For the Conversion of England], in the Arundel Hymns, 1902, is stanzas 30, 31, 34, 35, 36 of a piece inhis Legends, Lyrics and Hymns, 1862. It is entitled "The Definition of the Immaculate Conception: or England and Rome," and marked as “Written several years ago .. to be spoken at the Feast of Languages, which is annually celebrated in the Propaganda College at Rome, on the Festival of the Epiphany, . . . now published for the first time." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Anna Louisa Walker

Person Name: Anna L. Walker Hymnal Number: 66 Author of "Work, for the Night Is Coming" in Christian Hymns See Coghill, Harry, Mrs., d. 1907

F. J. Hartley

Hymnal Number: 44 Author of "My Life Flows On" in Christian Hymns

A. Rhodes

Hymnal Number: 191 Arranger of "[Little drops of water]" in Christian Hymns

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 100 Author of "Anywhere With Jesus" in Christian Hymns See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

Sigismund Thalberg

1812 - 1871 Person Name: Sigismond Thalberg Hymnal Number: 92 Composer of "[Come unto Me, ye weary]" in Christian Hymns

John Howard Payne

1791 - 1852 Hymnal Number: 195 Composer of "['Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam]" in Christian Hymns Payne, John Howard. (New York, N.Y., April 1, 1791--April 1, 1852, Tunis). American actor, playwright, and diplomat. After a successful career in America, London, and Paris he was appointed American consul in Tunis in 1841. He adapted many plays, wrote a few original ones, and edited several short-lived magazines. There are several biographies. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

John M. Wigner

1844 - 1911 Hymnal Number: 88 Author of "Come to the Saviour Now" in Christian Hymns Wigner, John Murch, second son of J. T. Wigner, was born at Lynn, June 19, 1844. He was educated at the Grammar School of Lynn, and afterwards graduated B.A. and B.SC. in the London University. Mr. J. M. Wigner now resides near London, and has been for many years in the India Home Civil Service. He is connected with his father's church, and has done much to promote the spiritual welfare of the young. He is the author of several hymns, three of which are in the Baptist Psalms and Hymns for School and Home, 1882;— 1. "Come to the Saviour now!" Invitation. 2. "Lost one! wandering on in sadness." Return to God. 3. "Lo, a loving Friend is waiting." The Call of Jesus. The first of these is in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1880, and is dated 1871. [Rev. W.R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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