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Marie J. Post

1919 - 1990 Versifier of "Hallelujah, Praise the LORD" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Marie (Tuinstra) Post (b. Jenison, MI, 1919; d. Grand Rapids, MI, 1990) While attending Dutch church services as a child, Post was first introduced to the Genevan psalms, which influenced her later writings. She attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she studied with Henry Zylstra. From 1940 to 1942 she taught at the Muskegon Christian Junior High School. For over thirty years Post wrote poetry for the Grand Rapids Press and various church periodicals. She gave many readings of her poetry in churches and schools and has been published in a number of journals and poetry anthologies. Two important collections of her poems are I Never Visited an Artist Before (1977) and the posthumous Sandals, Sails, and Saints (1993). A member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee, Post was a significant contributor to its array of original texts and paraphrases. Bert Polman

Derek Holman

b. 1931 Person Name: Derek Holman (1931-) Harmonizer of "ORIENTIS PARTIBUS" in Common Praise (1998)

H. C. G. Moule

1841 - 1920 Person Name: Handley C. G. Moule (1841-1920) Author of "Lord and Saviour, true and kind" in The Hymnal for Youth Moule, Handley Carr Glyn, M.A., son of the Rev. H. Moule, was born at Fordington, Dec. 23, 1841, and educated at home and at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. in first class Classical and Theological honours, 1864-65. He was Carus Prizeman, 1862; Browne's Medallist, 1863; and gained the Seatonian Prize, 1869-73 and 1876. Taking Holy Orders in 1867, he was curate of Fordington, Dorset, 1867-73, and 1877-80; Dean, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1874-77; and Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1880. He was Fellow of his College, 1865; Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1880-81, 87; and Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool, 1880. His works include:— (1) The Seatonian Prize Poems as above; (2) Poems on the Acts of the Apostles, 1869; (3) Sermons on the Litany, 1870; Dorchester Poems, 1878; (4) Commentaries on the Epistles to the Romans, Ephesians, and Philippians, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools, 1880-89; (5) Christianus and Other Poems 1883; (6) Thoughts on Christian Sanctity, 1885 (with hymns appended); (7) On Union with Christ, 1885 (with hymns appended); On Spiritual Life, 1887 (with hymns appended) ; and others. Mr. Moule was also a contributor to Smith's Dictionary of Christian Biography. Of Mr. Moule's hymns the following appeared in the Appendix to the Fordington Hymn Book, 1878:— 1. Chief Shepherd of Thy people. Missions. 2. Jesus, such His love and power. A present Saviour. 3. Lift heart and voice above. Christmas. In the same Appendix there is a paraphrase of the Benedicite in metre, "Bless the Lord of glory," by H. M. Moule, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, his brother. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Moule, Handley C. G., p. 771, ii. In 1899 Dr. Moule resigned his post at Ridley Hall, and became.Norrisian Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. In 1901 he was consecrated as Bishop of Durham. The following additional hymns by Bp. Moule have come into common use:— 1. Come in, O come! the door stands open now. [Seeking after Holiness.] Appeared in the 2nd ed. of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890; and in the author's Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896. 2. Dear is Thy Presence with Thy friends. [Communion of Saints.] Included in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890. 3. Lord and Saviour, true and kind. [Jesus the Guide of Youth.] Appeared in The Council School Hymn Book, Novello, 1905. 4. Lord, is it I that enter here. [Victory over sin.] First published in the author's Christian's Victory over Sin, 1888. 5. My glorious Victor, Prince Divine. [Consecration of Self to God.] Appeared in the 2nd edition of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890; and again in the author's Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896. 6. Raise the song, ye loyal voices. [King's Coronation.] Written for Novello's Ten National Hymns and Tunes for children's use on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII., 1902. 7. They watched Him up the silent skies. [Ascension.] Written for Dodderidge's Hymns for Church & Home, 1904. Additional publications by Bp. Moule which include hymns are Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896; The Christian's Victory over Sin, 1888. Poems on the Acts of the Apostles, &c, 1869; Christianus and other Poems, 1883; At the Holy Communion, 1892; Thoughts on Union with Christ, 1886. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Francis Albert Rollo Russell

1849 - 1914 Person Name: Rev. Francis A. R. Russell Author of "Christian, rise, and act thy creed" in Christian Song Russell, Francis Albert Rollo, third son of John, first Earl Russell, was born July 10, 1849, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1873, M.A. 1878. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. His hymns appeared in his Break of Day, London, 1893, from which three passed into Horder's Hymns Supplem., 1894, viz.:— 1. Christian! rise, and act thy creed. Christian Service. 2. Come, Holy Spirit, kind to all. Whitsuntide. 3. O God, Whose voice the angels hear. The Eternal. These are 1893, pp. 127,128,125. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Allen Ferguson

b. 1941 Person Name: John Ferguson Arranger of "ORIENTIS PARTIBUS" in Songs for Life John Ferguson’s name is immediately associated with hymnody and the words “hymn festival.” Every year he is invited to design and lead such events, both in local congregations and at gatherings of organists, choral conductors, and church musicians. In 1995 he designed and led a hymn festival in the Washington National Cathedral for the American Choral Directors Association national convention and in 1998 did the same at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Denver. He has presented such events abroad as well as in Asia (July, 1996 in Seoul, Korea) and Europe (August, 1997) in the National Cathedral of Norway, Nidaros Dom, Trondheim, as a part of the celebration of the millennium of the birth of St. Olaf. Although he is a Lutheran, his festivals are ecumenical experiences drawing upon the greatest treasures of Christian song from many centuries, traditions, and styles. Ferguson is the Elliot and Klara Stockdal Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music and Cantor to the Student Congregation at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. St. Olaf’s great choral tradition began with F. Meluis Christiansen and has influenced many generations of fine church musicians. Christiansen’s lifelong interest in hymns is evidenced by the many hymns included in his choral compositions as well as his contributions to hymnals of his day. Ferguson’s creative hymn arrangements continue this tradition with a renewed emphasis upon congregational participation. A native of Cleveland, Ferguson’s degrees are from Oberlin College, Kent State University and the Eastman School of Music. He is respected as a fine teacher and performer and his unique skill as improviser and leader of congregational song has won national acclaim. When someone attends one of his festivals, the experience is never dull. With Ferguson at the organ and the creative use of instrumental and choral sound, the assembly is enveloped and whisked away into an experience of song that will never again happen in just that way. --www.morningstarmusic.com/