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Carrie M. Wilson

Hymnal Number: d348 Author of "Sing on, O blissful music" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal Pseudonym of Fanny Crosby. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Lula Klingman Zahn

1876 - 1948 Hymnal Number: d416 Author (v. 3) of "There is a sea which day by day " in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

1832 - 1902 Hymnal Number: d472 Author of "When day's shadows lengthen" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal Lee, Frederick George, D.D., born in 1832, educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (S. C. L. 1854), and Vicar of All Saints, Lambeth, since 1867. Author of a large number of works (see Crockford, 1891). His hymns "Laud the grace of God victorious" (St. Alban), and "When day's shadows lengthen" (Old Age), appeared in the People's Hymnal, 1867. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =========== Born: January 6, 1832, Thame, Oxfordshire, England. Died: January 2, 1902, Lambeth, London, England. Lee attended Cuddesdon Theological College in Oxfordshire, and was ordained an Anglican minister in 1856. He served at St. John’s Church in Aberdeen. In 1867, he moved to All Saints’ Church in Lambeth, where he ministered to the poor for 32 years. He wrote a number of works in history, archaeology, theology, and poetry, and edited journals and newspapers. Retiring from All Saints’ in 1899, he converted to Roman Catholicism two years later. --www.hymntime.com/tch

William A. Spencer

1840 - 1901 Hymnal Number: d475 Author of "I shall be like him" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

J. F. Warner

Hymnal Number: d344 Author of "Silent night, hallowed night, land and deep silent sleep" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

Mrs. F. A. F. Wood White

Person Name: F. A. F. Wood-White Hymnal Number: d144 Author of "That beautiful land" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

William F. Nichols

Hymnal Number: d417 Author of "There is a spot to me more dear" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

Gilbert Young Tickle

1819 - 1888 Person Name: G. Y. Tickle Hymnal Number: d22 Author of "Another week with all its cares hath flown" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal Tickle, Gilbert Young. (1819--1888). Disciples of Christ. Author, poet, editor for the Churches of Christ in England. --Jean E. Garriott, DNAH Archives

Hattie M. Bolman

Hymnal Number: d179 Author of "In the house of ancient story" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal

Ambrose N. Blatchford

1842 - 1924 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "In Him rejoice with heart and voice" in The New Alphabetical Hymnal Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, B.A., born at Plymouth, 1842, and educated for the Unitarian Ministry at Manchester New College, London. He also graduated at the London University as B.A. In 1866, he became junior colleague to the late Rev. William James, Minister of Lewin's Mead Meeting, Bristol, and on the death of Mr. James, in 1876, the sole pastor. Mr. Blatchford's hymns were written for the Sunday School anniversary services at Lewin's Mead Meeting, on the dates given below, and were adapted to existing melodies. They were first printed as fly-leaves and include:— 1. A gladsome hymn of praise we sing. Praise. 1876. 2. Awake to the duty, prepare for the strife. Duty. 1878. 3. Lord, without Thy constant blessing. Divine Help. 1875. 4. Night clouds around us silently are stealing. Evening. 1878. 5. O Lord of Life, for all Thy care. Praise. 1875. 6. O'er the wide and restless ocean. Life & Hope. 1878. 7. Once more the shadows fall. Evening. 1880. 8. Softly the silent night. Evening. 1875. Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 were first published in W. B. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880, and Nos. 3, 7. and 8 in the Sunday School Hymn Book of the Sunday School Association, Lond., 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, p. 145, i. Since 1866 Minister of Lewin's Mead, Bristol. His Songs of Praise for School and Church, a collection of 56 hymns, was published in 1897. Additional hymns by him are:— 1. On weary hearts descending. Close of School Anniversary. 2. Silent and soft, the first faint gleam of day. Christmas. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)