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Emma Pitt
b. 1846 Hymnal Number: 33 Author of "We Shall Walk the Realms of Glory" in Joyful Sound Born: 1846, Maryland.
Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920.
--www.hymntime.com
Emma Pitt
Mrs. T. D. Crewdson
1808 - 1863 Person Name: Mrs. J. F. Crewdson Hymnal Number: 145 Author of "Jesus, My Joy" in Joyful Sound Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, daughter of George Fox, of Perraw, Cornwall, was born at Perraw, October, 1809; married to Thomas Crewdson, of Manchester, 1836; and died at Summerlands, near Manchester, Sept. 14, 1863. During a long illness Mrs. Crewdson composed her works published as:—
(1) Lays of the Reformation, 1860. (2) A Little While, and Other Poems (posthumous), 1864. (3) The Singer of Eisenach, n.d.; and (4) Aunt Jane's Verses for Children, 1851. 2nd ed. 1855, 3rd 1871.
From these works nearly a dozen of her hymns have come into common use. The best known are, "O for the peace which floweth as a river," and "There is no sorrow, Lord, too light." In addition to these and others which are annotated under their respective first lines, there are the following in various collections:
1. Give to the Lord thy heart. 1864. Offertory.
2. How tenderly Thy hand is laid . 1864. Resignation.
3. Looking unto Jesus. 1864. Jesus All in All.
4. Lord, we know that Thou art near us. 1864. Resignation.
5. 0 Saviour, I have naught to plead. 1864. During Sickness. These plaintive lines were written a short time before her death.
6. 0 Thou whose bounty fills my cup. 1860. Peace.
7. The followers of the Son of God. 1864. The Daily Cross.
8. Though gloom may veil our troubled skies. 1864. Resignation.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Crewdson, Jane, p. 268, ii. The following additional hymns by Mrs. Crewdson have recently come into common use through The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900:—
1. For the sunshine and the rain. Harvest.
2. O Fount of grace that runneth o'er. Public Worship.
3. There is an unsearchable joy. Joy in God.
4. When I come with troubled heart. Prayer.
These hymns are all from her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Crewdson, Jane, née Fox, p. 269, i. From her A Little While, and Other Poems, 1864, are:—
1. I've found a joy in sorrow. Power of Faith.
2. One touch from Thee, the Healer of diseases. Christ the Healer.
3. Tis not the Cross I have to bear. Faith desired .
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Mrs. T. D. Crewdson
Lizzie Edwards
Hymnal Number: 37 Author of "Enter Now" in Joyful Sound Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915
Lizzie Edwards
John J. Hood
b. 1847 Hymnal Number: 61 Composer of "[Oh, how blessed is the service]" in Joyful Sound Born: 1847, Scotland.
Died: After 1929 (he was in the 1930 census).
Hood ran a Gospel music publishing business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from as early as 1875 to at least 1913.
--www.hymntime.com/tch
John J. Hood
John Parker
1825 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. John Parker Hymnal Number: 110 Author of "I Love Thy Will" in Joyful Sound John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6)
John Parker
Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth
Hymnal Number: 57 Author of "More Like Jesus" in Joyful Sound Late 19th Century
Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth
Mrs. Vokes
Hymnal Number: 175 Author of "Soon may the last glad song" in Joyful Sound Pseudonym. See also
Mrs. Vokes
Martha J. Lankton
1820 - 1915 Hymnal Number: 229 Author of "Nearer to Thee" in Joyful Sound Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915
Martha J. Lankton
Mrs. R. N. Turner
1857 - 1957 Hymnal Number: 31 Author of "Haste to the Field of Labor" in Joyful Sound Fronie Bell Turner, married to Rev. R. N. Turner, pastor in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mrs. R. N. Turner
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