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Robert Dobbie

1901 - 2001 Author of "Eternal Father, Lord Of Space And Time" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Dobbie, Robert. (Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1901- ). Congregational/United Church. Glasgow University, B.A., 1924, B.D., 1927; University of London, external B.D.'s in Old Testament subjects, 1934, 1938; M.Th., 1940. Pastorates in Scotland at Dunfermline, 1927-1936; Cambusland, 1936-1941; Ardroffan, 1941-1946. Lecturer or professor in Old Testament at Glasgow University, 1946-1947; St. Andrew's University, 1947-1955; Emmanuel College, Toronto, 1955-1969; Carleton University, Ottawa, 1969-1974. In 1974, he semi-retired to Chatham, Ontario. Despite longstanding interest in hymns, he began only late in life to write them. --Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives

Ian Pitt-Watson

1921 - 1995 Versifier of "O God, Be Gracious to Me in Your Love" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Ian Pitt-Watson (b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1923; d. London, England, January 11, 1995) was educated at the University of Edinburgh and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1950, he served the Cathedral Church of St. Giles in Edinburgh, Scotland (the church where John Knox had been preacher). From 1952 to 1958 he was chaplain of the University of Aberdeen and later served congregations in Dundee and Glasgow. He returned to teach at Aberdeen in 1974 before moving in 1980 to become professor of preaching and practical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he remained until retirement. Pitt-Watson was a highly regarded scholar, expositor, and preacher in both Europe and North America. Among his published works are Preaching: a Kind of Folly (1976) and A Primer for Preachers (1986). Some of his psalm paraphrases were published in The Church Hymnary of 1973. Bert Polman

Timothy Tennent

Author of "O LORD, My God, in You I Refuge Take" in Psalms and Hymns to the Living God

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