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D. B. Watkins

Hymnal Number: 335 Author of "That Old, Old Story Is True" in Songs of Victory

James L. Black

Hymnal Number: 467 Author of "Revive the Hearts of All" in Songs of Victory Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Mrs. S. Z. Kaufman

Hymnal Number: 89 Author of "Just the Same To-Day" in Songs of Victory

Frederick William Fry

1860 - 1939 Person Name: F. W. F. Hymnal Number: 214 Author of "I Can, I Do Believe in Thee" in Songs of Victory

Jean H. Watson

Person Name: J. H. Watson Hymnal Number: 294 Author of "Oh, for a life to please my God" in Songs of Victory

1788 - 1871 Hymnal Number: 486 Author of "Enthroned Is Jesus Now" in Songs of Victory Judkin, Thomas James, M.A., son of a London tradesman, was born at London, July 25, 1788, and was educated at Caius College, Cambridge (B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818), mainly at the expense of Sir William Curtis, an alderman of the City of London. After taking Holy Orders in 1816, he held various curacies, until 1828, when he was preferred as minister of Somers Chapel, St. Pancras, London. He died Sept. 11, 1871. He published Twelve Signs of the Times; Popish Aggression; and other works, including a volume of sonnets as Bygone Moods. His hymns were published mainly for the use of his own congregation and appeared as:— (1) Church and Home Psalmody; being a Collection of Psalms from the Old and New Versions, and Original Hymns, for Congregational and Domestic Purposes, 1831. In 1834 this was enlarged and issued as (2) Church and Home Melodies, being a New Version of the more devotional parts of the Psalms, together with a Version of the Collects, and Original Hymns; for Congregational and Domestic purposes. This was divided into (1) "Spirit of the Psalms." (2) "Collects in Verse." (3) "Hymns on the Gospels," and (4) "Original Hymns." (3) The 3rd ed. was published in 1837. At the end of the volume two title-pages were supplied, that the book, if so desired, might be divided into two, one as The Spirit of the Psalter; The Collects in Verse; together with Hymns suggested by the Gospels for the day throughout the Year; and the other, Sacred Melodies; or Original Hymns for Congregational and Domestic Use, From the 1st ed. of his Collection the following hymns are in common use:— 1. Enthroned is Jesus now. Ascension. 2. Holy Spirit, Fount of blessing. Whitsuntide. 3. How shall I pray, 0 Lord, to Thee. Prayer. 4. We are journeying to a place. Heavenward. 5. When in the dark and cloudy day. Jesus, all in all. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

P. H. Roblin

Person Name: Roblin Hymnal Number: 84 Author of "Drinking at the Living Fountain" in Songs of Victory Pseudonym of Peter P. Bilhorn. See also Bilhorn, P. P., 1865-1936

Mary Hamlin Maxwell

1814 - 1853 Person Name: Mrs. Maxwell Hymnal Number: 250 Author of "Channels Only!" in Songs of Victory Maxwell, Mary Hamlin, born in 1814, and died in 1853, published in 1849 a volume of Original Hymns, N. Y., in which 107 pieces were included. Her hymn in the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878, "God hath said, 'For ever blessed'" (Early Piety), is from this work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907), p. 1579

John M. Evans

Person Name: J. M. Evans Hymnal Number: 362 Composer of "[O Holy Ghost! arise]" in Songs of Victory Evans, John M. (Hilltown, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1825--?). Baptist. Appointed superintendent of the Sunday School at Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia, in 1854. Under his direction, the Sunday School became the first in that city to make music a prominent feature of its activities. In 1872, he was elected President of the Baptist Sunday School Association of Philadelphia. Author of several hymns and tunes. Included in Devotional Hymn Book (Philadelphia, 1864) is the text "Amid the joyous scenes of earth" which is interesting in that the refrain is the same as the one for the Doddridge text "Oh, happy day, that fixed my choice." --Deborah Carlton Loftis, DNAH Archives