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W. Stillman Martin

1862 - 1935 Person Name: W. S. Martin Hymnal Number: 263 Composer of "[Be not dismayed whate'er betide]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Born: March 8, 1862, Rowley, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1935, Atlanta, Georgia. Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. Husband of hymnist Civilla Martin, Stillman attended Harvard University and was ordained a Baptist minister, though he later switched to the Disciples of Christ denomination. In 1916, he became a professor of Bible studies at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina. Three years later, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. It was from there he went all over America to run Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings. Sources: Hustad, p. 282 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/t/martin_ws.htm

John E. Gould

1821 - 1875 Person Name: J. E. Gould Hymnal Number: 187 Composer of "[Jesus, Saviour, pilot me]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

T. M. Eastwood

Person Name: Rev. T. M. Eastwood Hymnal Number: 211 Author of "Begin in Me" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Early 20th Century We have little data on Eastwood, except that he was a minister in the Reformed Episcopal Church of England. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

John S. Brown

Hymnal Number: 185 Author of "Hidden Peace" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) John S Brown USA. Thus far, John has evaded biographers. He may be Rev. John Stillman Brown of Kansas, but this is not verified. John Perry

Stephen Collins Foster

1826 - 1864 Person Name: S. C. Foster Hymnal Number: 201 Composer of "[Gone from my heart the world and all its charms]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Hymnal Number: 194 Composer of "[I do not ask to choose my path]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry

Eliza H. Hamilton

Hymnal Number: 298 Author of "Take Me as I Am" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)

W. S. Weeden

1847 - 1908 Hymnal Number: 284 Composer of "[All to Jesus, I surrender]" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Winfield S. Weeden was born in 1847 in Middleport, OH. In his early life he was active in teaching singing schools throughout that area in Ohio. As singer and associate to Judson VandeVenter in his evangelistic campaigns, Weeden assisted in meetings at East Palestine and Sebring. He compiled several collections of hymns among them The Peacemaker, Songs of the Peacemaker, and Songs of Sovereign Grace. Weeden died in 1908. (see 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985) Mary Louise VanDyke

Jennie Evelyn Hussey

1874 - 1958 Hymnal Number: 138 Author of "No Condemnation, No Separation" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Minnie A. Greiner-Edington

1859 - 1942 Person Name: Minnie A. Greiner Hymnal Number: 186 Author of "A Little While" in New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined)