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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6 Composer of "[Come, O come, thou blessed Spirit]" in Sacred Songs No. 2 John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch

John J. Overholt

1918 - 2000 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:11 Arranger of "BENDA NEW" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship. An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal). A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns. Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986. During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania. Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church. Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song. --Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.

Richard Shephard

b. 1949 Person Name: Richard Shephard (b. 1949) Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6 Composer of "LET US LIGHT A CANDLE" in Ancient and Modern

John Core

1951 - 2017 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:12 Author of "I Can No Longer Celebrate Myself" in Scripture Song Database

Bob Somma

Person Name: Bob Somma, 20th c. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 Author of "I Come to the Cross" in Worship and Rejoice

Bill Batstone

b. 1951 Person Name: Bill Batstone, 20th c. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 Author of "I Come to the Cross" in Worship and Rejoice Bill Batstone was born in 1951 into a Christian home in Berwyn, Illinois. He started in Christian music in the 1970's. He has gone on to perform all over the world with various groups. He has also written many songs. He is currently a worship leader at Harvest Christian Fellowship, a church with campuses in California and Hawaii. He has participated with Harvest Crusades and Franklin Graham Crusades. Dianne Shapiro, from Harvest (harvest.org) and last.fm (https://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Batstone/+wiki) accessed 7-15-2018

Paul Gibson

b. 1932 Person Name: Paul Gibson (1932-) Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Paraphraser of "Light of the World, in Grace and Beauty" in Common Praise (1998)

Arthur Charles Lawson

b. 1941 Person Name: Arthur Charles Lawson (1941-) Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Author of "Be Our Light in the Darkness" in Common Praise (1998)

Peter Abelard

1079 - 1142 Person Name: Peter Abelard (1079-1142) Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Author of "Truly, He Comes to Us" in Common Praise (1998) Abelard, Peter, born at Pailais, in Brittany, 1079. Designed for the military profession, he followed those of philosophy and theology. His life was one of strange chances and changes, brought about mainly through his love for Heloise, the niece of one Fulbert, a Canon of the Cathedral of Paris, and by his rationalistic views. Although a priest, he married Heloise privately. He was condemned for heresy by the Council of Soissons, 1121, and again by that of Sens, 1140; died at St. Marcel, near Chalons-sur-Saône, April 21, 1142. For a long time, although his poetry had been referred to both by himself and by Heloise, little of any moment was known except the Advent hymn, Mittit ad Virginem, (q.v.). In 1838 Greith published in his Spicihgium Vaticanum, pp. 123-131, six poems which had been discovered in the Vatican. Later on, ninety-seven hymns were found in the Royal Library at Brussels, and pub. in the complete edition of Abelard's works, by Cousin, Petri Abelardi Opp., Paris, 1849. In that work is one of his best-known hymns, Tuba Domini, Paule, maxima (q.v.). Trench in his Sacra Latina Poetry, 1864, gives his Ornarunt terram germina (one of a series of poems on the successive days' work of the Creation), from Du Meril's Poesies Popul. Lat. du Moyen Age, 1847, p. 444. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)