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C. V. Strickland

Editor of "" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise

John A. Goss

Hymnal Number: d147 Author of "Our mother in heaven" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise

1857 - 1915 Hymnal Number: d104 Author of "All the way my Savior leads" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise Stanton, Frederick S. (New Bedford, Massachusetts, December 20, 1857--October 1, 1915, New Bedford). Held a Bachelor of Music degree and was ordained to the Advent Christian ministry. He held pastorates at Hudson Falls, New York and Lawrence, Mass. Ill health and a final paralysis limited activity in his later years, although he supplied in various churches around New Bedford. He wrote words and music to a number of hymns, and composed the music for other Advent Christian hymn-writers. He was secretary of the Southern Massachusetts District Conference of his denomination. He contributed to the preparation of several of its hymnals, and was co-editor of The Golden Sheaf (1898), Carols of Hope (1906) and The Advent Christian Hymnal (1913). His obituary, by Willis G. Brown, is in The World's Crisis, 20 October 1915, p. 15. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

David Millard

1794 - 1873 Hymnal Number: d85 Author of "The evangelist's farewell" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise David H. Millard born in New York, died in Michigan. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

D. B. Watkins

Hymnal Number: d141 Author of "That old, old, story is true" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise

A. B. Woolverton

Hymnal Number: d39 Author of "Last grand review" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise

Kate Sumner Burr

1842 - 1902 Person Name: Kate Burr Hymnal Number: d106 Author of "Love is the key" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise Born: September 24, 1842, Woodbridge, Michigan. Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Williamson, New York. Wife of Dr. Henry Newton Burr, Kate lived in Walworth, New York. She contributed several poems to the Independent and other journals. Sources: Findagrave, accessed 18 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

William P. Breed

1816 - 1889 Hymnal Number: d145 Author of "Row for the shore" in The Evangelist's Songs of Praise Born: August 13, 16 or 23, 1816, Greenbush, New York. Died: April 14, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Breed served as first pastor of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1856 until his death. His works include: Presbyterians and the Revolution, 1876 Presbyterianism Three Hundred Years Ago --www.hymntime.com/tch/