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Ada Powell

Hymnal Number: d30 Author of "Have you been to the trust of the Savior" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love

1870 - 1970 Hymnal Number: d169 Author of "When we gather up there" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love 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

Fred P. Morris

1872 - 1950 Hymnal Number: d171 Author of "There's nothing so great as God's love" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Born in Ballarat, Australia; died in Parkville, Australia

J. Henry Showalter

1864 - 1947 Hymnal Number: d99 Author of "The child's hope in Christ" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Person Name: George W. Lyon Hymnal Number: d35 Author of "Look and live" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)

William Hurn

1754 - 1829 Hymnal Number: d4 Author of "Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Hurn, William, born at Breccles Hall, Norfolk, Dec. 21, 1754. His education was superior, enabling him, in 1777 to take the post of classical tutor in the Free Grammar School, Dedham, Essex. In 1779 he entered the army, but resigning his commission in 1780, he was ordained by Bishop Young of Norwich, in 1781. After holding various curacies, including Beighton Broome, Stowmarket, &c, he was presented in 1790 to the Vicarage of Debenham, Suffolk. In October, 1822, he resigned his Vicarage, and in April, 1823, undertook the pastorate of the Congregational chapel at Woodbridge, in the same county. This he retained to his death, Oct. 9, 1829. His poetical works included:— (1) Health Hill, a descriptive poem, 1777; (2) Blessings of Peace, a Lyric Poem, 1784; (3) Laughter in Death, appended to Preparation for Death (a Sermon), 1792; and (4) Psalms & Hymns, the greater part original; and the selected compositions altered with a view to purity of Doctrine and General Usefulness. By W. Hurn, Vicar of Debenham. Ipswich, J. Raw, 1813. This contained 417 hymns, and a doxology. Of these 264 were by Hurn. After seceding from the Church of England this collection was enlarged and published as Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with Metrical Versions from the Psalms: designed to teach the Christian Doctrine according to the Analogy of Scripture, by combining Knowledge and Practice, or the Duties with the Principles of the Gospel. Woodbridge, 1824. This contained 420 of his hymns. From the first edition of Hurn's collection the following hymns are in common use:— 1. Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung. Christmas. 2. Rise, gracious God, and shine. Missions. Altered in the Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857, to "Arise, O Lord, aud shine." 3. The God of truth His Church has blest. God's love of the Church. A biographical notice of Hurn was given in the Evangelical Magazine, 1829, and his Brief Memorials were published in 1831. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Katharyn Bacon

1884 - 1944 Hymnal Number: d89 Author of "O be loyal to the banner" in Trinity Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Katharyn Bacon was born in 1884 and lived in the hills of Tennessee. She liked books, flowers, garden and being close to nature. She was most likely married to George W. Bacon since a lot of her hymns appear in hymnals he edited. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)