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William S. Bambridge

1842 - 1923 Hymnal Number: 4 Composer of "ST. ASAPH" in Hymns for the Living Age

John B. Wilkes

1785 - 1869 Hymnal Number: 95 Composer of "MONKLAND" in Hymns for the Living Age John Bernard Wilkes (1785-1869). Not to be confused with John Wilkes (?-1882).

1868 - 1940 Hymnal Number: 401 Author of "Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's commands" in Hymns for the Living Age Born: August 29, 1868, Marion, Virginia. Died: December 18, 1940, Marion, Virginia. Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Virginia. Copenhaver was a professor of English Literature at Marion College, which her father John Jacob founded and where her sister May was dean of women. She wrote a number of hymns and magazine articles, and served as chairman of the education committee of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Jeremiah Clarke

1669 - 1707 Person Name: Jeremiah Clark Hymnal Number: 62 Composer of "BROMLEY" in Hymns for the Living Age

Francis Albert Rollo Russell

1849 - 1914 Person Name: F. A. Rollo Russell Hymnal Number: 330 Author of "Christian, rise, and act thy creed" in Hymns for the Living Age Russell, Francis Albert Rollo, third son of John, first Earl Russell, was born July 10, 1849, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1873, M.A. 1878. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. His hymns appeared in his Break of Day, London, 1893, from which three passed into Horder's Hymns Supplem., 1894, viz.:— 1. Christian! rise, and act thy creed. Christian Service. 2. Come, Holy Spirit, kind to all. Whitsuntide. 3. O God, Whose voice the angels hear. The Eternal. These are 1893, pp. 127,128,125. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ada Cambridge

1844 - 1926 Person Name: Ada C. Cross Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "The dawn of God's dear Sabbath" in Hymns for the Living Age Cross, Ada, née Cambridge, daughter of Henry Cambridge, born at St. Germaine, Norfolk, Nov. 21, 1844, and married, in 1869, to George Frederick Cross, who, in 1870, took Holy Orders as a curate in England, and subsequently, after holding various curacies in Australia, became, in 1877, Incumbent of Coleraine, in the diocese of Ballarat. Her works include Hymns on the Holy Communion, 1866; Hymns on the Litany, 1865, &c.; and she has also contributed to Lays of the Pious Minstrels, 1862; English Lyrics, &c.; and published a prose story, "The Two Surplices,” 1865, and tales in various magazines. Her hymns have attained to some popularity, and are characterized by great sweetness and purity of rhythm, combined with naturalness and simplicity. The best known are:— 1. Humbly now with deep contrition. 1865. Lent. 2. Jesus, Great Redeemer. 1866. Holy Communion. 3. Light of the world, O shine on us. 1865. Domestic Worship. 4. Saviour, by [to] Thy sweet compassion. Lent. 5. The dawn of God's dear Sabbath, 1866. Sunday Morning. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. E. Sweetser

1817 - 1873 Person Name: Joseph E. Sweetser Hymnal Number: 26 Composer of "GREENWOOD" in Hymns for the Living Age

Jonathan C. Woodman

1813 - 1894 Hymnal Number: 447 Composer of "STATE STREET" in Hymns for the Living Age

John Robinson

1682 - 1762 Hymnal Number: 504 Composer of "JUBILATE DEO" in Hymns for the Living Age

Hugh R. Haweis

1838 - 1901 Hymnal Number: 483 Author of "The homeland! O the homeland!" in Hymns for the Living Age Born: April 3, 1838, Egham, Surrey, England. Died: January 29, 1901, St. Marylebone, London, England. Haweis’ father was John Oliver Willyams Haweis, Canon of Chichester. Hugh attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and after graduation served under Garibaldi in the Italian war of independence. He was ordained in 1861 and was curate at Bethnal Green, Westminster and Stepney. In 1866, he became perpetual curate at St. James, Marylebone. His works include: Music and Morals, 1871 My Musical Life, 1884 Travel and Talk, 1897 Old Violins, 1898 --www.hymntime.com/tch

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