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Elizabeth A. B. Curteis

b. 1840 Person Name: Mrs. E. A. B. Curteis Hymnal Number: 155 Composer of "MORNING HYMN" in Songs of Worship Elizabeth Anna Ball Curteis, daughter of E. R. Ball of Monkstown, near Dublin; b. Oct. 29, 1840, married in Feb. 1863 to the Rev. G. H. Curteis, M.A., Canon of Lichfield Cathedral, and Principal of the Lichfield Theological College. Mrs. Curteis composed the music to 12 songs and 2 hymns for children. These were published in 1866 as The Children's Hour. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Charles John Dickinson

1822 - 1883 Person Name: C. J. Dickinson Hymnal Number: 47 Composer of "CHILDHOOD" in Songs of Worship Dickinson issued a collection of his own tunes in 1861, and contributed five tunes to The Irish Hymnal. The 1881 census lists him as Vicar of Bodmin, Cornwall. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Jonathan Whittemore

1802 - 1860 Person Name: J. Whittemore Hymnal Number: 145 Author of "Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd" in Songs of Worship

Mrs. Herrick Johnson

1835 - 1907 Hymnal Number: 202 Author of "Happy are we, God's own little flock" in Songs of Worship Johnson, Catherine, wife of the Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., a Presbyterian minister in Chicago, is the author of “An earthly temple here we build" (Laying Foundation Stone of a Place of Worship), which in Hatfield's Church Hymns, N. Y., 1872, is dated 1866. Another hymn by this author is given in an abridged form in Stryker's Church Song, N. Y., 1889, as "The whole wide world for Jesus." Sometimes dated May 9, 1872. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================= Johnson, Catherine, née Hardenbergh, p. 1575, i. Mrs. Johnson, daughter of John H. Hardenbergh, was b. at Auburn, N.Y., in 1835, and m. in 1860. Her hymn, "An earthly temple here we build," was written in Pittsburgh for the dedication of a church in 1866; and her "The whole wide world for Jesus," on May 9, 1872, for a meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Baltimore. Her children's hymn, "We are so happy, God's own little flock," is widely used in America. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Edward Seymour

Person Name: E. Seymour Hymnal Number: 165 Composer of "ST. RAPHAEL" in Songs of Worship

Harriet M. Chester

1834 - 1927 Person Name: H. M. C. Hymnal Number: 5 Author of "Come, let us all with one accord" in Songs of Worship Chester, Henrietta Mary, née Goff. Mrs. Mary Chester is the eldest daughter of Mr. George Goff, who died in 1830, at Lausanne, where he had long resided. Mr. Goff's ancestors settled in Ireland in the time of Cromwell, but the main branch of the family has been long established in Hampshire. Miss Goff was married, in 1856, to Mr. Harry Chester, who was well known as an Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Council of Education, and as one of the foremost of the promoters of the extension of popular education, in connection with the National Society, the London Diocesan Board, and other institutions. Mrs. Chester, who was left a widow in 1868, is the author of a small volume of Stories, called Meg's Primroses and of A History of Russia, both written for and published by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. Her translations of Latin and German Hymns made for The Hymnary are distinguished by the accurate reproduction of the original in language of simple poetic beauty, and have the genuine ring of an English Hymn. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907

Thomas Jervis

1748 - 1833 Person Name: T. Jervis Hymnal Number: 38 Author of "With joy we lift our eyes" in Songs of Worship Jervis, Thomas, son of a Presbyterian Minister of the same name, was born at Ipswich in 1748, and educated for the Ministry at Hoxton. In 1770 he was appointed classical and mathematical tutor at the Exeter Academy. From 1772 to 1783 he was tutor to the sons of the Earl of Shelburne, at Bowood, where Dr. Priestley was librarian. In the latter year Jervis succeeded Dr. A. Rees at St. Thomas's Southwark, moving in 1796, after the death of Dr. Kippis, to the Princes' St. Chapel, Westminster. From 1808 to 1818 he was minister at the Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds. After his retirement he lived in the neighbourhood of London, and died there in 1833. Jervis was one of the four editors of A Collection of Hymns & Psalms for Public & Private Worship, London, 1795. He contributed 17 hymns to the 1st ed., and 4 to its Supplement, 1807. Of these several are found in later Unitarian collections in Great Britain and America, including:— 1. God to correct a guilty world. Divine Providence. 2. Great God, Thine attributes divine. Confidence in God. 3. Lord of the world's majestic frame. Praise a Duty. 4. Shall I forsake that heavenly Friend? Constancy desired. 5. Sweet is the friendly voice which [that] speaks. Peace to the Penitent. 6. Thou, Lord, in mercy wilt regard. Penitence. 7. With sacred joy we lift our eyes. Divine Worship. This is given in Laudes Domini, N.Y., 1884, as: "With joy we lift our eyes." These hymns all date from 1795, and the most popular are Nos. 4 and 6. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William W. Gilchrist

1846 - 1916 Person Name: W. W. Gilchrist Hymnal Number: 182 Composer of "[I lay my sins on Jesus]" in Songs of Worship Born: January 8, 1846, Jersey City, New Jersey. Died: December 20, 1916, Easton, Pennsylvania. Buried: Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Gilchrist’s family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when William was nine years old. He attended school there until the outbreak of the American civil war, when his father’s business failed and William had to seek other work. Having a good voice, he sang in choirs and choruses, first as a soprano, and later a smooth, flexible baritone. He began singing some of the principal parts in the Handel and Haydn Society, where his first real musical life began. At age 19, Gilchrist began studying organ and voice with Professor H. A. Clarke, gradually concentrating on theory. At age 25, he spent a year in Cincinnati, Ohio, as organist and teacher, returning to Philadelphia to take post of choir master at St. Clement’s Protestant Episcopal Church. He later became conductor of the Mendelssohn Club, Tuesday Club of Wilmington, and Philadelphia Symphony Society. Gilchrist was best known as a composer. His first success was in 1878, winning two prizes from the Abt Society of Philadelphia for best choruses for male voices. In 1881, he won three similar prizes from the Mendelssohn Glee Club of New York. In 1884, he took a $1,000 prize from the Cincinnati Festival Association; the judges included Saint-Saëns, Reinecke, and Theodore Thomas. This work was an elaborate setting of the Forty-Sixth Psalm, and was enthusiastically received. Gilchrist afterwards modified it and brought it out at the Philadelphia Festival in 1885. Gilchrist also served as editor of the 1895 Presbyterian hymnal, as musical editor of The Magnificat in 1910, and wrote symphonies, chamber and choral music. His works include: An Easter Idyll Psalm 46 (New York: 1882) One Hundred and Third Psalm Ninetieth Psalm Fifth Psalm Prayer and Praise De Profundis The Rose (New York: 1887) Ode to the Sun A Christmas Idyll (Boston, Massachusetts: 1898) The Lamb of God (New York: 1909) www.hymntime.com/tch/

J. L. Hopkins

Hymnal Number: 103 Composer of "BONUM EST CONFITIERI" in Songs of Worship

William Henry Harper

1845 - 1933 Person Name: W. H. Harper Hymnal Number: 42 Composer of "COBHAM" in Songs of Worship Born: August 26, 1845, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. Died: February 4, 1933, Fulham, London, England.