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D. & J. Sadlier

Person Name: D & J Sadlier Editor of "" in Laudis Corona

A. H. Rosewig

Hymnal Number: 232 Composer of "[Night folds her starry curtains round]" in Laudis Corona

A. Cull

Person Name: Cull Hymnal Number: 105 Composer of "[Glorious Mother! from high heaven]" in Laudis Corona

J. R. Shachner

Hymnal Number: 56 Composer of "[Christ, the Lord is ris'n today]" in Laudis Corona

J. Richardson

Hymnal Number: 98 Composer of "[Hail, bright Star of Ocean!]" in Laudis Corona

1820 - 1887 Person Name: Archer Gurney Hymnal Number: 230 Author of "Come, ye lofty! Come, ye lowly!" in Laudis Corona Gurney, Archer Thompson, was born in 1820, and educated for the legal profession. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, but in 1849 he entered Holy Orders. He held several appointments, including the Curacy of Buckingham, 1854-58; the Chaplaincy of the Court Church, Paris, 1858-71, and other charges. He died at Bath, March 21, 1887. His published works include:— Spring, 1853; Songs of the Present, 1854; The Ode of Peace, 1855; Songs of Early Summer, 1856; and A Book of Praise, 1862. To the Book of Praise he contributed 147 hymns. Very few of these are known beyond his own collection. He is widely known through his Easter hymn “Christ is risen, Christ is risen." His "Memory of the blest departed" (SS. Philip and James) is in the People's Hymnal, 1867. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology