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Philip Pusey

1799 - 1885 Hymnal Number: 444 Translator of "Lord of our life, and God of our salvation" in Hymns for the Living Age Pusey, Philip, eldest son of Mr. Philip Pusey, and brother of Dr. Pusey, was born June 25, 1799, and died July 9, 1855. His father, a son of the first Viscount Folkestone, had assumed the name of Pusey instead of that of Bouverie. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Henry Sloane Coffin

1877 - 1954 Person Name: Henry S. Coffin Hymnal Number: 111 Translator of "Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel" in Hymns for the Living Age

Ozora Stearns Davis

1866 - 1931 Person Name: Ozora S. Davis Hymnal Number: 365 Author of "At length there dawns the glorious day" in Hymns for the Living Age 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

Gioacchino A. Rossini

1792 - 1868 Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "MANOAH" in Hymns for the Living Age Gioacchino A. Rossini; b. 1792, Pesaro; d. 1868, Ruelle near Parise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Georg Joseph

1630 - 1668 Hymnal Number: 38 Composer of "ANGELUS" in Hymns for the Living Age Born: Probably circa 1630, Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland). Died: Circa 1668. A musician in the service of the Prince-Bishop of Breslau in last half of the 17th Century, Joseph collaborated published five hymn volumes with Johann Scheffler. Sources Erickson, p. 325 Stulken, p. 218 Music: ANGELUS --www.hymntime.com/tch

F. Venua

1788 - 1872 Person Name: Frederick M. A. Venua Hymnal Number: 13 Composer of "PARK STREET" in Hymns for the Living Age 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)

Spencer Lane

1843 - 1903 Hymnal Number: 235 Composer of "PENITENCE" in Hymns for the Living Age Spencer Lane USA 1843-1903. Born at Tilton, NH, he served in the 8th NH Infantry during the American Civil War. After the war, he studied at the New England Conservatory and taught vocal and instrumental music at Oneida and Utica, NY. He married Isabel F. (no information on children was found). He later moved to Woonsocket, RI, where he ran a music store and served as organist and directed the choir for the St. James Episcopal Church for 13 years. He moved to Monson, MA, then to Richmond, VA, and in 1896 to Baltimore, MD. In Baltimore he worked for the music firm of Sanders & Stayman and was music director at the All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church. While at Woonsocket, his pastor gave him the hymns for an evening service, one of whose tune he didn’t care for, so he composed another tune for it, ‘Penitence’. That is his only hymn contribution. He was an author and music composer: “My beloved, I’ll think of thee”, “A dream – grand march”, others. He died at Reedville, VA. John Perry

J. Albert Jeffery

1855 - 1929 Hymnal Number: 63 Composer of "ANCIENT OF DAYS" in Hymns for the Living Age Born: October 26, 1855, Plymouth, England. Died: June 4, 1929, Brookline, Massachusetts. Jeffery (sometimes misspelled as Jeffrey) began playing the organ at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Plymouth at age 14, taking over his father’s position. He emigrated to America in 1876 and settled in Albany, New York. He developed a chorus and directed the music at St. Agnes School, and played the organ at the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral. He left for Yonkers, New York, in 1893, and served at the First Presbyterian Church. Later, he taught music at the New England Conservatory. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Christopher Edwin Willing

1830 - 1904 Person Name: Christopher E. Willing Hymnal Number: 387 Composer of "ALSTONE" in Hymns for the Living Age Christopher Edwin Willing; Devon, England, 1830 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908