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Freeman Lewis

1780 - 1859 Person Name: Freeman Lewis, 1780-1859 Hymnal Number: 277 Composer of "DAVIS" in Great Hymns of the Faith Freeman Lewis USA 1780-1859. Born at Basking Ridge, NJ, he became a surveyor, writer, and traveling school teacher who played the organ and wrote music on the side. His family moved to Fayette, PA, in 1796. In 1809 he married Rebecca A Craft, and they had 11 children: Runyan, David, George, James, John, William, Levi. Alpheus, Thomas, Margaret, and Mary Ann. Three died young (of flux and scarlet fever). He compiled and published a book of camp meeting hymns and other sacred music:”The beauties of harmony” (1813-16-18), which included some of his own compositions. An appendix to it contained explanations of musical terms amd rules and principles of composition. These were sometimes used in singing schools. He also served as county surveyor of Fayette County, PA (1823-36) and helped Jonathan Knight survey and find a route for the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. He served as organist for the Presbyterian Church in Uniontown, PA. His wife died in 1844, after which he moved to Knox. OH. His works include a 300 page family history, attesting to his being well-educated and having interest in many subjects. He died at Knox, OH. John Perry

A. B. Simpson

1843 - 1919 Person Name: Albert B. Simpson, 1843-1919 Hymnal Number: 111 Author of "What Will You Do with Jesus?" in Great Hymns of the Faith Albert B. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Dianne Shapiro

David George Ball

b. 1936 Person Name: David George Ball, 1936- Hymnal Number: 24 Author of "We Magnify Our Father God" in Great Hymns of the Faith

George Sweeting

b. 1924 Person Name: George Sweeting, 1924- Hymnal Number: 130 Author of "God Incarnate, Jesus Came" in Great Hymns of the Faith

John T. Grape

1835 - 1915 Person Name: John T. Grape, 1835-1915 Hymnal Number: 125 Composer of "[I hear the Savior say]" in Great Hymns of the Faith John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore. John Perry

James G. Small

1817 - 1888 Person Name: James G. Small, 1817-1888 Hymnal Number: 469 Author of "I've Found a Friend" in Great Hymns of the Faith Small, James Grindly, son of George Small, J.P. of Edinburgh, was born in that city in 1817. He was educated at the High School, and the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity under Dr. Chalmers, and in 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland. In 1847 he became the minister of the Free Church at Bervie, near Montrose. He died at Renfrew, Feb. 11, 1888. His poetical works were (1l) The Highlands and other Poems, 1843, 3rd ed. 1852; (2) Songs of the Vineyard in Days of Gloom and Sadness, 1846 ; (3) Hymns for Youthful Voices, 1859; (4) Psalms and Sacred Songs, 1866. His well-known hymn "I've found a Friend; oh such a Friend" (Jesus, the Friend), appeared in his Psalms & Sacred Songs, 1866. It is found in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Kate B. Wilkinson

1859 - 1928 Person Name: Kate B. Wilkinson, 1859-1928 Hymnal Number: 333 Author of "May the Mind of Christ, My Savior" in Great Hymns of the Faith Little is known about Kate Barclay Wilkinson’s (b. England, 1859; d. Kensington, England, 1928) life: a member of the Church of England, she was involved in a ministry to girls in London and a participant in the Keswick Convention Movement. She was married to Frederick Barclay Wilkinson. Bert Polman

George James Webb

1803 - 1887 Person Name: George J. Webb, 1803-1887 Hymnal Number: 378 Composer of "WEBB" in Great Hymns of the Faith George James Webb, b. 1803,England; d. 1887, Orange, N. J. Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Helen Howarth Lemmel

1864 - 1961 Person Name: Helen H. Lemmel, 1864-1961 Hymnal Number: 204 Author of "Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus" in Great Hymns of the Faith Born: November 14, 1863, Wardle, England. Died: November 1, 1961, at her home in Seattle, Washington. Buried: Lemmel was cremated, but her final resting place is unknown to us. Daughter of a Methodist minister, Helen emigrated from England with her family to America when she was 12 years old. They first settled in Mississippi, then relocated to Wisconsin. She moved to Seattle in 1904, and for three years was music critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. While interviewing German singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Helen was persuaded to go to Europe. A gifted singer, she studied music in Germany for four years. Upon her return to America, she began giving concerts and traveling on the Chautauqua circuit. Eventually, she became a vocal music teacher at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. After retirement, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she was a member of the Ballard Baptist Church. Among her works are a hymnal used by evangelist Billy Sunday for over a decade. Lemmel and a women’s choral group she directed were part of Sunday’s group at the peak of his career. Sources: Hustad, pp. 272-73 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1961 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Elsie Ahlwén

1905 - 1986 Person Name: Elsie Ahlwén, 1905- Hymnal Number: 513 Composer of "[Love divine, so great and wondrous]" in Great Hymns of the Faith