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Oscar A. Miller

1868 - 1923 Hymnal Number: 166 Composer of "[When they crucified my Savior]" in The Gospel Hymn Book Oscar A. Miller was born 6 March 1868 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. While living in Montana, he read a book called "The Way to God" by Dwight Lyman Moody, and a year later moved to Chicago to become a student at the Moody Bible Institute (1896-1898). First a student in the music program there, under Dr. Daniel B. Towner, Miller was soon appointed as a permanent faculty member, teacher of music. (As evidenced by the faculty lists found in "The Institute Tie" starting with the first volume in 1900.) Miller wrote music to his own lyrics, lyrics by his first wife Elizabeth, and lyrics by others. Miller contributed to Dr. Towner's 1901 publication "Class and Chorus: a text book for chorus classes, singing schools, public schools and institutes," including five of his compositions. Four of these have words by Mrs. O. A. Miller, and the fifth has words by Philip Doddridge. Miller's wife Elizabeth had also been a Moody Bible Institute student. Together, they had two daughters, Elizabeth (1898) and Ruth (1902). After the death of Mrs. Miller in 1917, O.A. met Edna LaVergne Decker at a revival meeting, and married Miss Decker in 1920. Miller died on Jan. 25, 1923, in the midst of a revival meeting in Blackstone, Illinois. Myrna Layton (Oscar Miller researcher)

Laurene Highfield

1870 - 1970 Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "Go Forward!" in The Gospel Hymn Book Laurene Highfield was born in Quincy, Illinois. She wrote about three hundred hymns and sacred songs, the libretto of one orotorio and several cantatas among other works. NN

Martha A. W. Cook

1806 - 1874 Person Name: M. A. W. Cook Hymnal Number: 194 Author of "Draw Me to Thee" in The Gospel Hymn Book Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook USA 1806-1874. Born in Northcumberland County, PA, she married Rev. Parsons Cook, editor of a Boston paper called “The Puritan Recorder”. She contributed to, and for a time, was editor of the “Continental Monthly”. She translated “The life of Chopin”, by Franz Liszt, from the French in 1863. She also translated “Undivine comedy” by Zygmund Krasinski in 1875. She died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry

Emma Graves Dietrich

Person Name: Emma G. Dietrich Hymnal Number: 31 Author of "He Knows" in The Gospel Hymn Book

F. D. Huntington

1819 - 1904 Hymnal Number: 145 Author of "No Night in Heaven" in The Gospel Hymn Book Huntington, Frederic Dan, D.D., was born at Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1819, and graduated at Amherst College, 1839, and Cambridge Divinity School, 1842. From 1842 to 1855 he was an Unitarian Minister in Boston; and from 1855 Professor of Christian Morals, and University Preacher, at Harvard. In 1859 he received Episcopal Ordination. He was for some time a Rector in Boston; and in 1869 he was consecrated Bishop of Central New York. With Dr. F. D. Hedge he edited the Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston, 1853. This collection contains three of his hymns:— 1. 0 Love Divine, lay on me burdens if Thou wilt. Supplication. 2. 0 Thou, in Whose Eternal Name. Ordination. 3. 0 Thou that once on Horeb stood. God in Nature. The cento, "Father, Whose heavenly kingdom lies," in the Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, is from No. 2. Dr. Huntington has also edited, with Dr. Hedge, Elim: Hymns of Holy Refreshment, a collection of Sacred Poetry. From this work his hymn for Burial, "So heaven is gathering one by one," is taken. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Maggie E. Gregory

Hymnal Number: 169 Author of "I'll Never Let Go His Hand" in The Gospel Hymn Book Late 19th and early 20th centuries; wrote gospel hymns.

Benjamin Franklin Butts

1866 - 1935 Hymnal Number: 80 Composer of "[There's a haven of safety beyond the deep sea]" in The Gospel Hymn Book Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio. Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California. Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include: Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910) Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Lorenz Publishing Co.

Person Name: The Lorenz Publishing Company Publisher of "" in The Gospel Hymn Book

Ella Lauder

1864 - 1964 Hymnal Number: 4 Author of "You'll Reap Whatsoever You Sow" in The Gospel Hymn Book Ella Lauder was Editor of the Home Department of the Midland, a Chicago periodical where many of her writings appeared, both prose and poetry. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)