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John P. Hillis

Hymnal Number: 81 Composer of "[Shall I empty-handed be]" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3

Fred H. Byshe

Hymnal Number: 116 Composer of "[One thing I of the Lord desire]" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3

Person Name: Rev. H. A. Merrill Hymnal Number: 360 Author of "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3 Rv Henry A Merrill USA 1816-1883. Born in Utica, NY, the son of an influential printer, he was an evangelical industrialist who contributed to the development of AR & GA. He began working at the Oneida textile factory in Whitesboro, NY, at age 14. He participated in the religious movement of ‘The Second Great Awakening’, and he attended the abolitionist Oneida Institute in Whitesboro. In 1839 he left NY to work in Roswell, GA, managing the Roswell Mfg. Co., owned by the city founder, Roswell King. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Pye Magill, daughter of a wealthy GA planter family, whose brother, Charles A Magill, later became his business partner in AR. They had no children. While in Roswell, GA, Merrell became close to the Smith family, whose son, William,would later work for Merrell in Pike County, AR. The Smith’s were Merrell’s friends and heirs, and Merrell’s writings were later found in their historic Roswell home. Merrell wrote that he had a calling to fulfill.. promote manufacturing in the South to help reconcile southern and northern interests to neutralize political differences of both sides. In 1845 he left Roswell Mfg. Co. and became the builder and operator of the Curtright Mfg. Co., Long Shoals Factory, on the Oconee River in GA. He also began a steam-powered plant in Greensboro, GA, but its financial difficulties convinced him to move once more. Using an 1847 map of the U.S., and drawing data from the 1850 Census, Merrell decided he would move to AR. He relocated to AR in 1856 and chose a site on the Little Missouri River north of Murfreesboro. He bought a site and named it Royston, after meeting General Grandison D Royston while traveling. To power his new textile mill, Merrell began building a dam on the Little Missouri River, completed it later that year. Built with local labor and materials, it held back 10-12 feet of water, and his company was chartered in 1857. In 1863 he sold the Royston mill and was soon commissioned a Major in the Confederate army. He was sent to build a blockade on the Arkansas River to protect Little Rock from attack by Federal ships. After finishing this task later that year he moved to Camden, AR. The Confederacy again sought his help to begin a manufacturing establishment in Mound {Prairie, TX, and eventually sent Merrell to England, where he traveled around before returning to the U.S. During the remainder of his life in Camden, he was a powerful elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was also a trustee of Presbyterian-affiliated Arkansas College (Lyon College today).. He entered the mercantile business in Camden with his brother-in-law, Charles Magill, in 1867. By 1872 he had contracted tuberculosis, after which he died there the following year. He was buried in a Confederate cemetery. He was considered an industrial missionary to the South. He wrote an autobiography in AR. He had authored several works. He wrote about a geological survey done in WI, IA, and MN and pioneering life in WI. He also wrote (in another volume) about textile industry endeavors in the South (primarily AR and GA) and about the American Civil War in AR. He is credited with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. He authored the books: “Alexander Gifford” or “Vi’let’s Boy”. And “To climb a shadow”. John Perry

H. A. Prothero

Hymnal Number: 106 Composer of "VESPERS" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3

Mary L. Stocks

Person Name: M. L. Stocks Hymnal Number: 150 Composer of "[Jesus is standing in Pilate’s hall]" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3

J. Stuart Holden

1874 - 1934 Person Name: Rev. J. Stuart Holden Hymnal Number: 85 Author of "Somebody’s Here with an Aching Heart" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3 Holden, John Stuart, M.A., born in Liverpool in 1870, and educated at Liverpool College, and Corpus Christi College, Camb.; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1902. Ordained to the curacy of Walcot in 1899, he became in 1901 a Mission Preacher in connection with the Parochial Miss. Soc, and in 1905 Vicar of St. Paul's, Portman Square, London. He is prominently identified with the Keswick Convention, and visited China as a deputation in 1904. He is the author of several hymns, including "Lord, we come before Thee, In our Saviour's name" (On behalf of the Jews) in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1902. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Mrs. T. D. Crewdson

1808 - 1863 Person Name: Mrs. Jane Crewdson Hymnal Number: 135 Author of "A Little While" in Northfield Hymnal No. 3 Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, daughter of George Fox, of Perraw, Cornwall, was born at Perraw, October, 1809; married to Thomas Crewdson, of Manchester, 1836; and died at Summerlands, near Manchester, Sept. 14, 1863. During a long illness Mrs. Crewdson composed her works published as:— (1) Lays of the Reformation, 1860. (2) A Little While, and Other Poems (posthumous), 1864. (3) The Singer of Eisenach, n.d.; and (4) Aunt Jane's Verses for Children, 1851. 2nd ed. 1855, 3rd 1871. From these works nearly a dozen of her hymns have come into common use. The best known are, "O for the peace which floweth as a river," and "There is no sorrow, Lord, too light." In addition to these and others which are annotated under their respective first lines, there are the following in various collections: 1. Give to the Lord thy heart. 1864. Offertory. 2. How tenderly Thy hand is laid . 1864. Resignation. 3. Looking unto Jesus. 1864. Jesus All in All. 4. Lord, we know that Thou art near us. 1864. Resignation. 5. 0 Saviour, I have naught to plead. 1864. During Sickness. These plaintive lines were written a short time before her death. 6. 0 Thou whose bounty fills my cup. 1860. Peace. 7. The followers of the Son of God. 1864. The Daily Cross. 8. Though gloom may veil our troubled skies. 1864. Resignation. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Crewdson, Jane, p. 268, ii. The following additional hymns by Mrs. Crewdson have recently come into common use through The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900:— 1. For the sunshine and the rain. Harvest. 2. O Fount of grace that runneth o'er. Public Worship. 3. There is an unsearchable joy. Joy in God. 4. When I come with troubled heart. Prayer. These hymns are all from her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) =================== Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, p. 269, i. From her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864, are:— 1. I've found a joy in sorrow. Power of Faith. 2. One touch from Thee, the Healer of diseases. Christ the Healer. 3. Tis not the Cross I have to bear. Faith desired . --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)