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Eugene H. Whitt

Hymnal Number: d15 Author of "Crossing over Jordan" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

1892 - 1954 Hymnal Number: d26 Author of "Whosoever, surely meaneth me" in Quartet Song Book No. 4 McConnell attended the Webb Preparatory School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri. He worked with his father (former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) in evangelism meetings for some time, playing the piano, singing, and directing the choir. In 1922 he began broadcasting his "Hymn Time" program on the radio, and was known as "Smilin’ Ed McConnell." © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

John Daniel (Publisher)

Person Name: John Daniel Publisher of "" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

L. E. Butrum

Hymnal Number: d87 Author of "The great homecoming" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

H. W. Elliott

1865 - 1930 Person Name: H. W. Elliot Hymnal Number: d94 Author of "That beautiful home" in Quartet Song Book No. 4 Hugh Wilson Elliott, associate founder of The Trio Company, Waco, Texas

Silas E. Clark

Hymnal Number: d81 Author of "You gotta live your religion every day" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

A. B. Sebren

1879 - 1963 Hymnal Number: d27 Author of "Rocking on the waves" in Quartet Song Book No. 4 Arthur B. Sebren, was born August 15, 1879 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the third of twelve children born to Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Roe Sebren. Arthur was a vocalist, teacher, and composer and was the brother of George Washington Sebren who himself was a well-known singer, composer and publisher. Beginning in 1925, Arthur was the baritone in the Vaughan Happy Two along with tenor Cullie G. Wilson. The popular duo traveled throughout the United States and recorded under both the Vaughan and Victor labels. Arthur wrote many songs but is best remembered for "I'll Be No Stranger There", written with J.H. Alcon and recorded by the Chuck Wagon Gang in 1941, and "Rockin' On The Waves", recorded by the Vaughan Quartet , the Speer Family, the Brown's Ferry Four, and still popular with quartet groups today. Arthur died on May 9, 1963 in Houston, Texas. He is buried in the Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston with his wife, Effie Hurley Sebren. Debbie Sebren Rice (great niece of A. B. Sebren)

Alphus LeFevre

Hymnal Number: d33 Author of "The old gospel ship" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

G. T. Rhodes

Hymnal Number: d6 Author of "I love my Jesus best of all" in Quartet Song Book No. 4

Miriam E. Oatman

1887 - 1987 Hymnal Number: d41 Author of "The Son hath made me free" in Quartet Song Book No. 4 Miriam Oatman was the daughter of Joseph Oatman, Jr. and married Frederick F. Blachly. She was a political scientist and served on the Brookings Institution from 1925 to 1933 and taught political science and economics at the American University Graduate School in the 1930’s, and 1940’s. She also wrote over three hundred hymns and composed the music to several of her father's hymns. "How the Fire Fell" is perhaps the most widely known.

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