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James J. Bell

Hymnal Number: d38 Author of "I will sing the sweetest story" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos

1850 - 1932 Person Name: Mamie P. Ferguson Hymnal Number: d24 Author of "Praise the Lord, he who liveth" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos Manie Payne Ferguson United Kingdom 1850-1932. Born in Carlow, Ireland, in 1883 she married Theodore Pollock Ferguson, a past Presbyterian minister from Ohio, who had become an itinerant evangelical preacher. They moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 1885. He became a pioneer leader in the American Holiness Movement, a Christian evangelist, and social worker, founding, along with her husband, the non-denominational Peniel Mission in 1886. In 1894 they received a significant financial donation from George Studd allowing them to expand the mission. They constructed a 900-seat auditorium and ministry centre there in Los Angeles. They partnered with Studd and Phineas Bresee, each acting as a superintendent of the mission organization. In 1894 Dr. Joseph Widney, President of USC, led the dedication Praise service, and Bresee preached the later service. Widney and Bresee separated from the mission in 1895 to form the Church of the Nazarene, and Manie Fergusion provided primary leadership of the Peniel Mission. The mission provided ministry especially for single women, who lived in rented rooms near the auditorium, where evangelical services were held. The Fergusions managed to live on income from three small houses they owned, and mission rents and donations covered mission expenses. Street-corner meetings were held in the afternoon, evangelical services at night, and a meal was served afterward. Converts were asked to join a local church of their choice. Manie continued the mission work after her husband's death until her own death. In 1947 the mission became part of the World Gospel Mission enterprise. Manie wrote many poems and also authored hymn lyrics. She died in Los Angeles. John Perry

C. Harold Lowden

1883 - 1963 Hymnal Number: d39 Author of "Somewhere, though eye cannot see" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos

George Keith

1638 - 1716 Hymnal Number: d27 Author of "How firm a foundation, ye [you] saints of the Lord" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos George Keith, according to D. Sedgwick, was the author of "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord." Little is known about Keith, save that he was a publisher, a son-in-law of Dr. Gill, and the composer of several hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.

Mary Bernstecher

Hymnal Number: d13 Author of "Every moment he is dearer" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos

Ernest Lee Thompson

1868 - 1920 Hymnal Number: d54 Author of "We shall know as we are known" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos Methodist Episcopal minister

A. M. Spring

Hymnal Number: d32 Author of "The meadow song" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos

Scott Lawrence

Hymnal Number: d23 Author of "Have you told anyone about Jesus, Have you told of his wonderful love" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos Early 20th Century

Robert Morris

1818 - 1888 Hymnal Number: d64 Author of "Lord, at evening time we come" in Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos Morris, Robert, LL.D., born Aug. 31, 1818, is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an extensive writer on Freemasonry. In 1868 he visited the Holy Land on behalf of the Freemasons of America, the outcome of which was his work, Freemasonry in the Holy Land. He is the author of some 300 poetical pieces. One of these, "Each gentle dove and sighing bough" (Evening), is in H. R. Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, &c.. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)