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Maud Coot

1852 - 1935 Person Name: Maud Coote Author of "The son of Consolation!" in The Hymnal Coote, Maud, née Oswell. Mr. Ellerton's notes in Church Hymns, annotated ed., 1881, on this writer are:— 1. The strain of joy and gladness. (St. Andrew.) “By Miss Maude Oswell (now Mrs. Coote). Written for use in St. Andrew's Church, Frankton, Salop. Contributed to Church Hymns, 1871.” 2. The Son of Consolation. St. Barnabas. "Contributed to Church Hymns, 1871." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Samuel Greg

1804 - 1876 Author of "Around my path life's mysteries" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book Greg, Samuel, was born in Manchester, Sept. 6, 1804, and educated by Dr. Lant Carpenter, at Bristol, and at the Edinburgh University. He subsequently became a millowner at Bollington, near Macclesfield. He died, May 14, 1877. The addresses given by him at services which he conducted for his workmen at Bollington were published posthumously as A Layman's Legacy, 1877, with a prefatory note by Dean Stanley. He was also author of Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854, 2nd ed. 1869. Some of his short poems were appended to his Layman's Legacy. He is known to hymnody as the author of:— 1. My soul in death was sleeping. New Life in Christ. Appeared in his Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854, and included in the Baptist Hymnal, 1879, No. 400. 2. Slowly, slowly darkening. Old Age. Written in the midst of affliction, Sept. 1868, and published in his Layman's Legacy, 1877, in 11 st. of 4 lines, and entitled "Mystery of Life." In 1884 it was given in W. G. Horder's Congregational Hymns, No. 837. In Martineau's Hymns, 1873, it reads, "Now, slowly, slowly, darkening." It is a hymn of great merit, and is well suited for Private Devotion. 3. Stay, Master, stay upon this heavenly hill. [Transfiguration.] 1st published in his Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854, at the close of a chapter on the Transfiguration. It was reprinted in Macmillan's Magazine, 1870. pp. 543-6, together with Dean Stanley's hymn, "Master, it is good to be," on the same subject. It was included in W. G. Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, No. "4. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Frederic W. Root

1846 - 1916 Author of "O tender, loving Shepherd" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Frederic Woodman Root was the son of George F. Root and Mary Woodman, born 13 June 1846 in Boston, died 8 November 1916 in Chicago.

E. Norman Gunnison

1837 - 1880 Author of "House of Many Mansions" in Redemption Songs Born: May 15, 1837, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Gunnison’s poems appeared in Scribner’s Magazine, The Christian at Work, & the Daily Southern Cross. His works include: Our Stars for the Army of the Potomac (Ringwalt & Brown, 1863) One Summer’s Dream: An Idyll of the Vineyard and Other Poems (York, Pennsylvania: Hiram Young, 1875) Toni and Moidl: A Tale of the Border Tyrol Between Austria and Bavaria (San Francisco, California: A. J. Leary, 1884) Windsheim Bells and Other Poems (San Francisco, California: 1884) The Miracle of St. Kümmerniss (San Francisco, California: Commercial Publishing Company, 1887) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

José Joaquín de Mora

1783 - 1864 Person Name: Mora Author of "¿Por qué lamentamos si marcha el hermano" in Himnario provisional con los cánticos

J. Spinther James

1837 - 1914 Person Name: S. Author of "'R wy'n teithio drwy'r anialwch" in Mawl a chân = praise and song Also: Spinther

Federico J. Pagura

1923 - 2016 Person Name: F. J. Pagura Tr. cast. of "Por Ti, Oh Patria Amada" in Cántico Nuevo Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross

Anna Letitia Waring

1823 - 1910 Person Name: Anna L. Waring Author of "In heav'nly love abiding" in The Chapel Hymnal See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church ================ Waring, Anna Laetitia, daughter of Elijah Waring, and niece of Samuel Miller Waring, was born at Neath, Glamorganshire, in 1820. In 1850 she published her Hymns and Meditations, by A. L. W., a small book of 19 hymns. The 4th edition was published in 1854. The 10th edition, 1863, is enlarged to 38 hymns. She also published Additional Hymns, 1858, and contributed some pieces to the Sunday Magazine, 1871. Her most widely known hymns are: "Father, I know that all my life," "Go not far from me, O my Strength," and "My heart is resting, O my God." The rest in common use include:— 1. Dear Saviour of a dying world. Resurrection. (1854.) 2. In heavenly love abiding. Safety in God. (1850.) 3. Jesus, Lord of heaven above. Love to Jesus desired. (1854.) 4. Lord, a happy child of Thine. Evening. (1850.) 5. My Saviour, on the [Thy] words of truth. Hope in the Word of God. (1850.) Sometimes stanza iv., "It is not as Thou wilt with me," is given separately. 6. O this is blessing, this is rest. Rest in the Love of Jesus. (1854.) 7. O Thou Lord of heaven above. The Resurrection. 8. Source of my life's refreshing springs. Rest in God. (1850.) 9. Sunlight of the heavenly day. New Year (1854.) 10. Sweet is the solace of Thy love. Safety and Comfort in God. (1850.) 11. Tender mercies on my way. Praise of Divine Mercies. (1850.) 12. Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. New Year (1854). 13. Though some good things of lower worth. Love of God in Christ, (1860.) These hymns are marked by great simplicity, concentration of thought, and elegance of diction. They are popular, and deserve to be so. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Waring, Anna L., p. 1233, ii. Of her hymns we have found the following in Lovell Squire's Selection of Scriptural Poetry, 3rd ed., 1848: 1. Father, I know that all my life, p. 367, ii. 2. Sweet is the solace of Thy love, p. 1233, ii. 10. 3. Though some good things of, &c., p. 1233, ii. 13. The statement in J. Telford's The Methodist Hymn Book Illustrated, 1906, p. 271, that Miss Waring contributed to her uncle's (S. M. Waring's) Sacred Melodies, 182G, cannot be correct, as she was then only six years old. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)