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John Cole

1774 - 1855 Hymnal Number: 36 Composer of "GENEVA" in The Presbyterian Hymnal John Cole, author of "Geneva," was born in Tewksbury, Eng., 1774, and came to the United States in his boyhood (1785). Baltimore, Md. became his American home, and he was educated there. Early in life he became a musician and music publisher. At least twleve of his principle song collections from 1800 to 1832 are mentioned by Mr. Hubert P. Main, most of them sacred and containing many of his own tunes. He continued to compose music till his death, Aug. 17, 1855. Mr. Cole was leader of the regimental band known as "The Independent Blues," which played in the War of 1812, and was present at the "North Point" fight, and other battles. The story of hymns and tunes; by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth, New York: The American Track Society, 1906

Ozora Stearns Davis

1866 - 1931 Person Name: Ozora S. Davis Hymnal Number: 335 Author of "At length there dawns the glorious day" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Born: July 30, 1866, Wheelock, Vermont. Died: March 15, 1931, Chicago, Illinois. Davis grew up in White River Junction, Vermont, and by age 15 was an expert telegraph operator. He attended St. Johnsbury Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1889. With the aid of a fellowship from Hartford Theological Seminary, he earned a PhD in Leipzig, Germany. He pastored in Springfield, Vermont; Newtonville, Massachusetts, and New Britain, Connecticut. From 1909-29, he was president of Chicago Theological Seminary. In 1927 he became Moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches. His works include: John Robinson–The Pilgrim Pastor, 1903 Elihu Burritt (New Britain: 1907) The Pilgrim Faith, 1913 Using the Bible in Public Address, 1916 Meeting the Master, 1917 International Aspects of Christianity, 1919 Comrades in the Great Cause The Gospel in the Light of the Great War, 1919 Evangelistic Preaching, 1921 Preaching and the Social Gospel, 1922 Davis died near Kansas City, Missouri, while traveling with Grace, his wife, from Los Angeles to Chicago. --www.hymntime.com/tch/b

Lady Lucy Whitmore

1792 - 1840 Person Name: Lucy E. G. Whitmore Hymnal Number: 447 Author of "Father, again in Jesus' name we meet" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Whitmore, Lady Lucy Elizabeth Georgina

Mrs. T. D. Crewdson

1808 - 1863 Person Name: Jane Crewdson Hymnal Number: 77 Author of "O Thou, whose bounty fills my cup" in The Presbyterian Hymnal 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)

Anne Houlditch Shepherd

1809 - 1857 Person Name: Anne H. Shepherd Hymnal Number: 326 Author of "Around the throne of God in heav'n" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Shepherd, Anne, née Houlditch, daughter of the Rev. E. H. Houlditch, sometime Rector of Speen, Berkshire, was born at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Sept. 11, 1809; married to Mr. S. Saville Shepherd in 1843; and died at Blackheath, Kent, Jan. 7, 1857. Her Hymns adapted to the Comprehension of Young Minds were published (3rd ed. 1847 5th ed. 1855), and contained 64 hymns. Of these the following have come into common use:— 1. Around the throne of God in heaven. 2. Glory to Jesus, glory. Praise. 3. Here's a message of love. Invitation. 4. I have read of the Saviour's love. The Love of Christ. 5. See where the gentle Jesus reigns. Jesus, the Children's Friend. Of these hymns the first has by far the widest acceptance, and is found in a large number of children's hymn-books. Her religious novels, Ellen Seymour, 1848; and Reality, 1852, attracted some attention. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Samuel Smith

1821 - 1917 Hymnal Number: 249 Composer of "RUTH" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Thomas J. Potter

1828 - 1873 Person Name: Rev. Thomas J. Potter Hymnal Number: 306 Author of "Brightly gleams our banner" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Potter, Thomas Joseph, was born at Scarborough in 1827, and joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1847, and subsequently took Holy Orders. For many years he filled the Chair of Pulpit Eloquence and English Literature in the Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin. He published The Spoken Word; or, The Art of Extemporary Preaching; Sacred Eloquence, or, The Theory and Practice of Preaching; and The Pastor and his People; together with several tales. He translated the Vesper hymns in the Catholic Psalmist; contributed to the Holy Family Hymns, 1860; and published Legends, Lyrics, and Hymns, 1862. His most widely-known hymn is "Brightly gleams our banner" (q.v.). Several of his hymns and translations are in use in Roman Catholic hymnbooks for Missions and Schools. He died at Dublin in 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Potter, T. J., p. 901, ii., was b. June 9, 1828 (not in 1827), ordained 1857, and died Aug. 31, 1873. The hymn:— O! yet, once more, in Britain's isle [For the Conversion of England], in the Arundel Hymns, 1902, is stanzas 30, 31, 34, 35, 36 of a piece inhis Legends, Lyrics and Hymns, 1862. It is entitled "The Definition of the Immaculate Conception: or England and Rome," and marked as “Written several years ago .. to be spoken at the Feast of Languages, which is annually celebrated in the Propaganda College at Rome, on the Festival of the Epiphany, . . . now published for the first time." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Hayward

Hymnal Number: 442 Author of "Welcome, delightful morn" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Hayward. Under this name the hymn "Welcome, delightful morn" [Sunday Morning), was given in Dobell's New Selection, 1806, No. 548, in 3 stanzas of 6 lines, and has been repeated in a few American hymnals, including Hymns of the Faith, N.Y., 1887, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

F. Venua

1788 - 1872 Person Name: Frederic M. A. Venua Hymnal Number: 17 Composer of "PARK STREET" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Frederic Marc Antoine Venua; English composer Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 Born to an Italian family in France, Venua attended the Paris Conservatory, and studied composition in London. He directed and composed for the ballet orchestra at the King’s Theater, and belonged the British Royal Society of Musicians. He retired to Exeter in 1858. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/v/e/n/u/venua_fma.htm">Frederick Marc Antoine Venua)

Edmund S. Carter

1845 - 1923 Hymnal Number: 24 Composer of "CARTER" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Born: February 3, 1845, New Malton, Yorkshire, England. Died: May 23, 1923, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Carter attended Worcester College, Oxford (BA & MA 1871). He was ordained deacon in 1871, and priest in 1872. He served as Curate of Christ Church, Ealing, Middlesex (1871-75); Vicar choral of York Minster (1875); Rector of St. Martin, Micklegate, York (1877-82); and Vicar of St. Michael Belfry, York (1882). Music: DAY BY DAY WREFORD --www.hymntime.com/tch/

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