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M. S. S.

Hymnal Number: CH326 Author of "Behold, what Love" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal

Winifred Iverson

Person Name: Miss Winifred Iverson Hymnal Number: 3 Author of "Never a Day Nears its Sunset" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal

Edward Minshall

1845 - 1945 Person Name: E. Minshall Hymnal Number: 3 Composer of "[Never a day nears its sunset]" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal

A. A. Wright

Hymnal Number: CH360 Composer of "[I am thine own, O Christ]" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal

1833 - 1902 Hymnal Number: CH175 Author of "My soul complete in Jesus stands" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal Hinsdale, Grace Webster, née Haddock, a Congregationalism daughter married to Theodore Hinsdale, a lawyer of New York, in 1850. Mrs. Hinsdale is a contributor to the periodical press, and has published Coming to the King, a Book of Daily Devotion for Children, 1865; republished in England as Daily Devotions for Children, 1867. Her hymns include :— i. From Coming to the King, 1865. 1. A light streams downward from the sky. Heaven. 2. My soul complete in Jesus stands (1855). Safety in Jesus. ii. From Schaff’s Christ in Song, N.Y., 1869. 3. Are there no wounds for me? Passiontide. Written April, 1868. 4. Jesus, the rays divine. Jesus ever present. Written July, 1868. 5. There was no angel 'midst the throng. Jesus, the Deliverer; or, Redemption. Written April, 1868. The hymn, "Jesus, Thou art my Lord, my God,” in the 1874 Supplement to the New Congregational Hymn Book, is composed of st. viii.-x., xv.-xvii., slightly altered, of this hymn. 6. Thou stand'st between the earth and heave. Virgin and Child. This poem was "written after viewing Raphael's Madonna di San Sisto, in the Royal Gallery of Dresden, Aug., 1867." (Christ in Song.) It is not suited for congregational use. Her pen name is "Farin." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Alexander Balfour

1767 - 1829 Hymnal Number: CH238 Author of "Go messenger of peace and love" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal Balfour, Alexander, was born of poor parents at Monikie, Forfarshire, 1767. For some time he was engaged in business pursuits, but through lack of success therein he entered the publishing house of Messrs. Blackwood, of Edinburgh, as a clerk, in 1818. He died in 1829. He published several works in prose and verse. His hymn, "Go, messenger of peace and love," is noted on p. 430, ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Una Locke

1820 - 1882 Person Name: Mrs. Urania L. Bailey Hymnal Number: CH338 Author of "The Mistakes of My Life" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal Urania Locke Bailey [Una Locke] was born on November 20, 1820 in Gill, Massachusetts and died on March 25, 1882. Bailey’s works include: I Want to Be an Angel (Boston, Massachusetts: Horace Partridge, 1857) Clara, the Motherless Young Housekeeper, or, The Life of Faith (Carlton & Porter, Sunday School Union, 1860) Una’s Papa, and Other Stories (Carlton & Porter, 1867) Red Letter Days in Old England and New England (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1871) Star Flowers (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/a/i/bailey_uls.htm

D. Z. Canady

Person Name: D. Z. C. Hymnal Number: 21 Author of "Tell it in Song" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal Early 20th Century Copyright records indicate Canady was living in Marquez, Texas, in 1911. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

G. H. Sandison

Person Name: G. H. S. Hymnal Number: 13 Author of "Get Right with God" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal

Ada Cambridge

1844 - 1926 Person Name: Ada C. Cross Hymnal Number: CH5 Author of "The dawn of God's new Sabbath" in Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal Cross, Ada, née Cambridge, daughter of Henry Cambridge, born at St. Germaine, Norfolk, Nov. 21, 1844, and married, in 1869, to George Frederick Cross, who, in 1870, took Holy Orders as a curate in England, and subsequently, after holding various curacies in Australia, became, in 1877, Incumbent of Coleraine, in the diocese of Ballarat. Her works include Hymns on the Holy Communion, 1866; Hymns on the Litany, 1865, &c.; and she has also contributed to Lays of the Pious Minstrels, 1862; English Lyrics, &c.; and published a prose story, "The Two Surplices,” 1865, and tales in various magazines. Her hymns have attained to some popularity, and are characterized by great sweetness and purity of rhythm, combined with naturalness and simplicity. The best known are:— 1. Humbly now with deep contrition. 1865. Lent. 2. Jesus, Great Redeemer. 1866. Holy Communion. 3. Light of the world, O shine on us. 1865. Domestic Worship. 4. Saviour, by [to] Thy sweet compassion. Lent. 5. The dawn of God's dear Sabbath, 1866. Sunday Morning. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)