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S. L. Harkey

1827 - 1901 Person Name: S. L. H. Author (chorus) of "Glory, Glory to the new born King!" in Songs of Beulah Born: April 3, 1827, Iredell County, North Carolina. Died: September 23, 1901, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Son of John and Sarah Harkey, Sydney grew up on a farm. While he was still small boy, his family moved to Illinois. He attended the Hillsboro Academy, and (1844-47) Pennsylvania College. He studied theology under his brother, Dr. Simeon W. Harkey. Sydney received his preaching license at , Maryland in 1848. During his ministry, he served many congregations and parishes: Cumberland, Maryland (1848); Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1849-52); Peoria and Pekin, Illinois (1852-54); Mendon, Illinois (1854-59); Decatur, Illinois (1859); Shelbyville (1860-62); Nokomis and Audubon (1862-65); Vandalia (1865-68); Chicago, Illinois (1870-71); Dayton, Ohio (1871-72); Indianapolis, Indiana (1872-73); Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania (1873-83); Toledo, Ohio (1883-87); Melrose, Florida (1887-88); North Lima, Ohio (1888-91); and Kutztown, Pennsylvania (1891-1901). Harkey also served as an agent of Illinois University (1857); army chaplain (1862); professor at Augustana College and Theological Seminary (1868-70); secretary of the Lutheran Illinois Synod (1853-54); president of the Illinois Synod (1856-57 & 1858-60); president of the Synod of Illinois and Adjacent Lakes (1867-69); secretary of the General Council (1885-87); and president of the Reading Conference (1897-1900). On May 16, 1848, Harkey married Mary Jane Jenkins, daughter of of Moses Jenkins of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; she died around 1868. They had one son who died young, and four daughters who lived to adulthood and married. Around 1872, Harkey married again, to Susie Freeman, daughter of Dr. John Freeman of Cincinnati, Ohio; she and their daughter, Daisy Beatrice, outlived him. Harkey’s works include: Beulah Hymns and Music for Sunday School Art in the Church Little Hilda --www.hymntime.com/tch

William Jackson

1815 - 1866 Person Name: W. Jackson Composer of "BYZANTIUM" in The Congregational Mission Hymnal

Elizabeth Howard Cuthbert

1800 - 1857 Person Name: Mrs. Cuthbert Composer of "HOWARD" in The Church Hymnal Howard was a native of Dublin, Ireland. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Thomas Phillips

1735 - 1807 Person Name: Thomas Phillips, 1735-1807 Composer of "LYDIA" in E. A. C. C. Hymnal

Harold Hart Todd

Arranger of "[O for a thousand tongues to sing]" in The Cokesbury Hymnal

Richard Unfreid

Harmonizer of "AZMON" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

George Thomas Thalben-Ball

1896 - 1987 Person Name: George Thalben-Ball, 1896-1987 Composer of "ARDEN" in The New English Hymnal London, England; organist

Eunae Chung

Translator (into Korean) of "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" in Lift Up Your Hearts Eunae Chung lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with her husband, Moses, and their two children. Lift Up Your Hearts, 2013

Abraham Maxim

1773 - 1829 Composer of "TURNER" in The New Jubilee Harp Abraham Maxim was from Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He settled in the 1790's in Turner, Maine where he taught singing schools and converted to Universalism. Maxim’s works include: The Oriental Harmony, 1802, The Northern Harmony, 1805, and The Gospel Hymn Book, 1818. Dianne Shapiro from introductory essay by Stephen Marini in "The Norumbega Harmony," The University of Mississippi Press, 2004