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Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher

1796 - 1868 Person Name: Fr. Ad. Krummacher Hymnal Number: 216 Author of "Weg, Wahrheit, Leben" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)

John B. Sumner

1838 - 1913 Hymnal Number: 132 Composer of "[Mein Vater ist reich, hat Häuser und Land]" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)

F. Friedrich

Hymnal Number: 116 Translator of "Ich weiß, an welchen ich glaube" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)

C. C. Williams

1782 - 1882 Hymnal Number: 102 Composer of "[Hast du keinem Raum für Jesum]" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)

1835 - 1914 Person Name: W. M´K. Darwood Hymnal Number: 157 Author of "Golgatha" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) Rv William McKendree Darwood DD United Kingdom 1835-1914. Born at Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, he emigrated with his parents at age 13 to the U.S. and resided in IN, where he received education, often getting up at 4 a.m. to study. This resulted in him completing studies in about two years. Converted at 19, he eventually pastored at Methodist Episcopal churches in the Northwest IN Conference in 1869, From the Asbury Church, Terre Haute, IN, he moved to NY in 1880 to pastor St. Paul's Church, Peekskill, NY,, after which he went to Old Bedford St. Church, New York City and pastored there, He held other pastorates around the city, including the Washington Heights Church in Yonkers and the 18th Street Church. He received a DD degree from Baker University in1887. In 1904 he requested a transfer to Katonal, NY to pastor there. After several years he retired, having pastored for 21 years. During this time he held about 145 weeks of revival services, from which more than a 1000 souls were converted and added to the church. In his prime, he was in great demand to speak at camp meetings. He probably preached in more NYC churches than any other minister, having visited nearly all the Manhattan Island churches as well. He wrote several hymn lyrics. He died at Little River, CT. He left a wife and daughter, Antoinette. John Perry

C. C. Case

1843 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 264 Composer of "[Seele, da wir für dich fleh'n]" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) Charles Clinton Case USA 1843-1918. Born in Linesville, PA, his family moved to Gustavus, OH, when he was four. His father was an accomplished violinist, but a neighbor gave him a small violin when he was nine, and he mastered it before he could read music. At age 16 he went to singing school (without parental consent), borrowing the money from a neighbor. C. A. Bentley, a prominent conductor, was his first vocal music instructor, and William Bradbury's “Jubilee” was the school textbook. For three winters in a row, he attended Bentley's singing school, working his father's farm in the summer. He married Annie Williams. In 1866 he studied music in Boston with B. F. Baker. He also studied under George Root, Horatio Palmer, Philip Bliss, George Webb, and others, hymnwriters in their own right. Soon after, Case began teaching music, and when James McGranahan moved two miles from his home, they became friends. Case wrote and edited a number of Gospel song books in his life. 6 works. John Perry

Elihu S. Rice

Person Name: Elihu S. Rich Hymnal Number: 74 Composer of "[Seh'n wir uns an jenem Strande]" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)

Emma F. R. Campbell

1830 - 1919 Person Name: Emma Campbell Hymnal Number: 10 Author of "Jesus von Nazareth geht vorbei" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) Campbell, Emma F. R. (1830-1919). Her first name is sometimes given as "Etta." She was a school teacher in Morristown, New Jersey. She published a few novels and an anthology, The Hymn "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by" and Its History, and Other Verses (New York: M. E. Munson, 1909). Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives ========================== Campbell, Etta, sometime a teacher in Morristown, New Jersey, is the author of:— 1. Come, ye children, sweetly sing. Jesus the Children's Friend. Appeared in E. P. Hammond's Praises of Jesus, 1864; his New Praises of Jesus, 1869; and in other collections, including several in Great Britain. 2. What means this eager, anxious throng. Jesus passes by. Written during a religious revival in Newark, U.S., 1863, and published in Song Victories. It is found in several collections, and was rendered exceedingly popular in Great Britain by Mr. Sankey in his Evangelical tour with Mr. Moody, 1874-6. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Chetham

1665 - 1746 Person Name: J. Chetham Hymnal Number: 53 Composer of "[Komm, heil'ger Geist, und fache du]" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) Baptized: February 4, 1665, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England. Buried: 1746, Skipton, Yorkshire, England. After attending Deckerfield School, then taking orders, Chetham became Curate of Skipton, North Yorkshire. His collection A Book of Psalmody was first published in 1718, and had at least eleven editions, through 1787. Music: BARRAGH MARLOW WIRKSWORTH --www.hymntime.com/tch/

William Henry Bellamy

1800 - 1866 Person Name: W. H. Bellamy Hymnal Number: 146 Author of "Murre nicht" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) William Henry Bellamy United Kingdom 1800-1866 Considering his many works, there is little personal information about his life. He was referenced as the Secretary to the National Club, a private men's club for Christians of different backgrounds. Bellamy wrote popular music and ballads. He was a talented author, lyricist, and librettist. He wrote about a wide variety of life situations, often in narrative or humor form. His verses on the Book of Common Prayer numbered 88 pages. John Perry