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M. A. Johnson

1842 - 1905 Hymnal Number: d11 Author of "Come, join the gospel army" in Precious Songs Born: March 21, 1842, Cincinnati, Ohio. Died: March 16, 1905, Monterrey, Mexico. She and her husband James had been visiting their son Rankin, an engineer for the Mexican National Railway. While accompanying his wife’s body back to Connecticut, James fell ill and died in Washington, DC. Buried: Garden Street Cemetery, Farmington, Connecticut. Mary was the daughter of William and Ella Hope (Stevens) Rankin, and had a brother who was a professor at Princeton University. In 1870, she married James Gibson Johnson, who pastored several congregations, including the New England Congregational Church in Chicago, Illinois, where he met James McGranahan. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

J. A. Bell

1860 - 1960 Hymnal Number: d54 Author of "The Sabbath school that blessed place" in Precious Songs James A. Bell, singing evangelist and Baptist minister in Mississippi Dianne Shapiro from Wachdorfconnect.com and Baptist and Reflector," Feb. 16, 1905 (accessed 4/18/2021)

J. T. Reese

Hymnal Number: d31 Author of "Jesus, hear me while I pray" in Precious Songs

J. Idleman

Hymnal Number: d45 Author of "Precious Jesus, let me" in Precious Songs

Charles Garrett

1823 - 1900 Hymnal Number: d34 Author of "Lift up the temperance banner" in Precious Songs Garrett, Charles, was born at Shaftesbury, 1823, entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1849, President of the Conference in 1882, and died in 1900. His hymn, "There is a glorious work" (Temperance), is No. 959 in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)