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Wilbur Held

1914 - 2015 Hymnal Number: 35 Composer of "IN BETHLEHEM" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Janie Alford

1887 - 1986 Hymnal Number: 129 Author of "Come, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

1926 - 2002 Hymnal Number: 86 Author of "When We Are Tempted to Deny Your Son" in The Presbyterian Hymnal David W. Romig was born in 1926 in New York City and educated at Princeton University (B.A. in History and Humanities, 1948). He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1955. Romig served the Riverdale Presbyterian Church in the Lower East Side of New York City until 1958, when he was called to the Lower East Side to begin a ministry at The Sea & Land Presbyterian Church in Henry Street In 1968 he became pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York where he was instrumental in merging First (St. Luke's) and Central churches to become the Downtown Presbyterian Church which met in the original Brick Church building on Fitzhugh Street. He honorably retired from the Downtown Presbyterian Church. Romig served as chair of the Joint Committee on Worship, which prepared The Worshipbook (1970, 1972) from 1962 to 1967. He has written the libretto for the musicals Joseph the Carpenter and Cricket on the Hearth. He continued to write poetry for modern organ music. Romig died in 2002. Diana R. Mellin (daughter) The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Roberto Escamilla

b. 1931 Person Name: Roberto Excamilla Hymnal Number: 400 Translator (st. 2-4) of "When We Are Living" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Genzō Miwa

1871 - 1946 Hymnal Number: 52 Author of "Sheep Fast Asleep" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Tokuo Yamaguchi

1900 - 1995 Hymnal Number: 465 Author of "Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Tokuo Yamaguchi (b. Tomie-cho, Fukue Island, Nagasaki-Pref., Japan, 1900; d. Aichi-Pref., Japan, 1995) was a Methodist pastor in Sawara, Tanimura, Fujieda, and Asahikawa, following his graduation with a theology degree from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1924. His longest term of service was as pastor of the United Church of Christ in Toyohashi in the Aichi Prefecture (1937-1979). He translated The Journal of John Wesley into Japanese in 1961 and was honored by the Christian Literature Society of Japan in 1983 for his translation work. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: Vincente Mendoza Hymnal Number: 157 Author of "Our King and Our Sovereign, Lord Jesus" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)