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H. C. von Schwenitz

Hymnal Number: d1248 Author of "Will that not joyful be" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

Nicholls

Hymnal Number: d805 Author of "O thou best gift of heaven Thou who Thyself hast given" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon

1633 - 1685 Person Name: Wentworth Dillon Hymnal Number: d1004 Author of "The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

Theophilus

Hymnal Number: d46 Author of "Angels, assist to sing" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

1817 - 1869 Person Name: Mary Ida Torrey Hymnal Number: d1204 Author of "When silent steal across my soul" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Torrey, Mary, née Ide, daughter of Jacob Ide, D.D., of Medway, Massachusetts, was born June 29, 1817, married to the Rev. Charles Turner Torrey, March 29, 1837, and died in 1869. She published Christian Rule in Dress, 1838, and City and Country Life, 1856. Her hymn, "When silent steal across my soul," was contributed to Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857 --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Benjamin Cleveland

1733 - 1811 Person Name: B. Cleveland Hymnal Number: d727 Author of "O could I find from day to day" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Cleveland, Benjamin. Probably a Baptist, but known only by his Hymns on Different Spiritual Subjects, in Two Parts, whereof the 4th ed. appeared in Norwich, Connecticut, 1792. He is the author of:— 0 could I find from day to day. [Longing for Christ.] This was preserved from oblivion by the Hartford Selection 1799, and is now in general use as altered and abridged to 4 stanzas by Nettleton, in his Village Hymns, 1824, No. 145. What is supposed to be the original text of the first four stanzas is found in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, No. 876. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================ Cleveland, Benjamin. (Windham, Connecticut, August 30, 1733--March 9, 1811, Horton [now Wolfville], Nova Scotia). Baptist. Son of Benjamin Cleveland. The name is sometimes spelled "Cleavland" or "Cleaveland" in family records. He was a layman and a Baptist deacon; little else is known of his life except that of his twelve children, one, Nathan Cleveland, became a Baptist minister. He published in 1792 his Hymns on Different Subjects. In Two Parts in Norwich, Connecticut. His hymn, "O could I find from day to day," was widely reprinted through most of the nineteenth century. In his 1792 collection, it had six stanzas. Joshua Smith reprinted it in 1797, and it was altered for the Hartford Selection of 1799. Asahel Nettleton abridged it to four stanzas and altered it for his Village Hymns in 1824. It was in this form that it was widely sung; it was reprinted in the same for in Edwin Francis Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872. the original first four stanzas treat the desire to "find from day to day a nearness to my God" throughout the course of life, ending in stanza 4 "Thus, till my last expiring breath, Thy goodness I'll adore . . ." --Thomas W. Hunt, DNAH Archives

J. Young

1800 - 1900 Hymnal Number: d738 Author of "O for a shout of joy" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Young, J. Under this signature two hymns are given in the American Baptist Psalmist, 1843: (1) "O for a shout of joy" (God's Eternal Love), No. 157, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines; and (2) "O Holy Lord, our God" (On behalf of Ministers), No. 952, in 4 stanzas of 7 lines. Both are still in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)