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Asahel Abbott

1805 - 1899 Person Name: Asahel Abbot Hymnal Number: 205 Composer of "PRAYER" in Truth and Hope

1828 - 1875 Person Name: A. B. Everett Hymnal Number: 61 Composer of "ASHVILLE" in Truth and Hope Asa Brooks Everett MusDoc USA 1828-1875. Born in VA, he planned to be a doctor, but decided to study music instead. He studied in Boston for four years and also in Leipzig, Germany for four years.. He composed many gospel tunes and edited “The Sceptre” a New York publication. His brothers, Benjamin and Leonard, were also composers. He and Leonard organized a musical instruction system in Richmond, VA, in the 1850s. By 1861, 50 teachers and singing schools were representing them and using their publications. He died in Nashville, TN. John Perry

George Thomas Speer

1891 - 1966 Person Name: G. T. Speer Hymnal Number: 35 Composer of "[When I am far from friends and home]" in Truth and Hope

William Miller

Hymnal Number: 83 Composer of "[O land of rest, for thee I sigh]" in Truth and Hope

James Wells

Hymnal Number: 41 Author of "Carry It To Jesus" in Truth and Hope

Laurene Highfield

1870 - 1970 Hymnal Number: 33 Author of "In the Home Above" in Truth and Hope Laurene Highfield was born in Quincy, Illinois. She wrote about three hundred hymns and sacred songs, the libretto of one orotorio and several cantatas among other works. NN