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H. J. Grasett

Editor of "" in Gems of Sacred Song for Sunday Schools

Mrs. Edgar M. Levy

Person Name: E. M. Levy Hymnal Number: d59 Author of "Welcome, welcome, singing welcome" in Gems of Sacred Song for Sunday Schools

M. E. Thalheimer

Person Name: M. Elsie Thalheimer Hymnal Number: d94 Author of "My Shepherd" in Gems of Sacred Song for Sunday Schools

T. A. T. Hanna

Hymnal Number: d73 Author of "Behold the Lamb" in Gems of Sacred Song for Sunday Schools

John Atkinson

1835 - 1897 Hymnal Number: d98 Author of "By and by" in Gems of Sacred Song for Sunday Schools Atkinson, John, D.D., born at Deerfield, New Jersey, Sept. 6, 1835, and educated for the Ministry, which he now exercises in the American Methodist Episcopal Church. His very popular hymn, "We shall meet beyond the river," was written in Jan., 1867. It appeared in Bright Jewels (to music composed for it in Feb. 1867 by Hubert P. Main), in 1869, No. 43, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. From thence both words and music passed into I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 109. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Atkinson, John. (Deerfield, New Jersey, December 6, 1835--December 8, 1897, Haverstraw, New York). Methodist. Clergyman, with pastorates in Newark and Jersey City, N.J.; Chicago, Illinois; Bay City, Michigan; and Haverstraw, N.Y. A fervent and fiery preacher. Author of several books of sermons, of histories of early American Methodism, and of the widely used hymn "We shall meet beyond the river." --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives

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