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Wilhelm Horkel

Translator (German) of "The God of Abraham praise" in Cantate Domino

Henri Rossier

1835 - 1928 Person Name: Henri Rossier, 1835-1928 Author of "Ô Sauveur, Ô Vrai Dieu" in The Cyber Hymnal Henri Louis Rossier

Author of "In the Beginning, Lord" in 16 New Hymns On The Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] Woodward, Judith. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Educated at Kansas State College and St. Paul School of Theology. Served for three years as a missionary in Japan. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ====================== Judith Woodward (Mrs. Tony Woodward), of Butler, Missouri, and her husband are both church and community workers under the United Methodist Board of Missions. Her assignment is with the Interchurch Coordinating Council, Clinton, Missouri, where she works with task forces on ecology, hunger, and lake ministry. ----16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

Roger Barilier

1914 - 2005 Rev. of "Louons le Seigneur Dieu" in Les Chants du Pèlerin

Haroldo Castellanos Álvarez

b. 1943 Person Name: Haroldo Castellanos Álvarez (1943- ) Vers. esp. of "Alaba al Dios de Abraham" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día

Robert Corbett Singleton

1810 - 1881 Person Name: Rev. Robert Corbet Singleton Author of "With gladsome feet we press" in Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes Singleton, Robert C., M.A., was born Oct. 9, 1810, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1833. He was for some time Warden of St. Columba College, near Dublin; and subsequently First Warden of St. Peter's College, Radley, from 1847 to 1851. In 1851 he retired to Monkstown, near Dublin; and then to York, where he died in 1881. In 1868 he published in conjunction with Dr. E. G. Monk, the Anglican Hymn Book (2nd ed. 1871). To that collection he contributed a large number of translations from the Latin, a few from the German, and the following original hymns:— 1. As James the Great, with glowing zeal. St. James. 2. Beneath the fig-tree's grateful shade. St. Bartholomew. 3. From out the deep, 0 Lord, on Thee. For those at sea. 4. Good Lord! who hast the weighty woes. Sexagisima. 5. Hail! highly favoured, blessed Maid. Annunciation. 6. How blest the union, gracious Lord. SS. Simon and Jude. In 1871 it reads, "How blest the unity, good Lord”. 7. In weakness great, and strong in hidden might. St. Peter. 8. Jesu, Child of mortal throes. A Litany. 9. Lord, ever shew Thy blessed face. Evening 10. Lord, give us of that fervent love. St. Thomas. 11. Lord, see how swelling crowds arise. Ps. iii. 12. Lo, sea and land their gifts outpour. St. Matthew. 13. O all ye people, clap your hands. Ps. xlvii. 14. O is it nought to you who tread? Tuesday before Easter. 15. O Lord, how excellent Thy name. Ps. viii. 16. The Cross upraised on Calvary's height. Good Friday. 17. The Father shew us, gracious Lord. SS. Philip and James. 18. The Lord hath quelled the rebel powers. Easter. 19. The Lord, He gave the word. Septuagesima. 20. The morning light hath shed its beams. Morning. 21. Thy dear disciple on the sea. St. John the Evangelist. 22. When fairest Eve in Eden rose. Holy Matrimony. 23. Who comes from Edom, with His robes. Monday before Easter. 24. Why storm the heathen? Wherefore do they ring? Ps. ii. 25. Why, weary mourner, shed the ceaseless tear? Resignation. 26. With gladsome feet we press. Processional. 27. Within a chamber, calm and still. St. Matthias. 28. With me is Luke, alone of all. St. Luke. These hymns were all contributed to the first edition of the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868, and very few of them are found elsewhere. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Singleton, R. C., p. 1060, i. From Burke's Landed Gentry we find Singleton was the second son of Francis Corbet, of Aclare, co. Meath, who in 1820 took the name of Singleton only, and gave to his son the name of Corbet as a Christian name. The same authority says that R. C. Singleton was b. Oct. 9, 1810. He d. Feb. 7, 1881. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Alan Luff

Author of "They Did Not Build in Vain" in The New Century Hymnal

John Beaumont

1762 - 1822 Author (attributed to) of "My Shepherd Is the Lamb" in The Cyber Hymnal John Beaumont was born in 1762, probably near Holmfirth, West Riding, England. He composed over 60 hymn tunes, including ST. IGNATUIS. He died at Macclesfield, November 8, 1822. Dianne Shapiro, from "A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland" (accessed from dmbi.online 5-27-2019)