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Thomas Olivers

1725 - 1799 Person Name: Oliver Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Author of "Lo! he comes, with clouds descending" in The Voice of Praise Thomas Olivers was born in Tregonan, Montgomeryshire, in 1725. His youth was one of profligacy, but under the ministry of Whitefield, he was led to a change of life. He was for a time apprenticed to a shoemaker, and followed his trade in several places. In 1763, John Wesley engaged him as an assistant; and for twenty-five years he performed the duties of an itinerant ministry. During the latter portion of his life he was dependent on a pension granted him by the Wesleyan Conference. He died in 1799. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================== Olivers, Thomas, was born at Tregynon, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in 1725. His father's death, when the son was only four years of age, followed by that of the mother shortly afterwards, caused him to be passed on to the care of one relative after another, by whom he was brought up in a somewhat careless manner, and with little education. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker. His youth was one of great ungodliness, through which at the age of 18 he was compelled to leave his native place. He journeyed to Shrewsbury, Wrexham, and Bristol, miserably poor and very wretched. At Bristol he heard G. Whitefield preach from the text "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" That sermon turned the whole current of his life, and he became a decided Christian. His intention at the first was to join the followers of Whitefield, but being discouraged from doing so by one of Whitefield's preachers, he subsequently joined the Methodist Society at Bradford-on-Avon. At that town, where he purposed carrying on his business of shoemaking, he met John Wesley, who, recognising in him both ability and zeal, engaged him as one of his preachers. Olivers joined Wesley at once, and proceeded as an evangelist to Cornwall. This was on Oct. 1, 1753. He continued his work till his death, which took place suddenly in London, in March 1799. He was buried in Wesley's tomb in the City Road Chapel burying ground, London. Olivers was for some time co-editor with J. Wesley of the Arminian Magazine, but his lack of education unfitted him for the work. As the author of the tune Helmsley, and of the hymn “The God of Abraham praise," he is widely known. He also wrote “Come Immortal King of glory;" and "O Thou God of my salvation," whilst residing at Chester; and an Elegy on the death of John Wesley. His hymns and the Elegy were reprinted (with a Memoir by the Rev. J. Kirk) by D. Sedgwick, in 1868. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Knapp

1698 - 1768 Person Name: William Knapp, 1698-1768 Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Composer of "WAREHAM" in Worship and Rejoice Born: 1698, Wareham, Dorsetshire, England. Died: September 26, 1768, Poole, Dorsetshire, England. Buried: Poole, Dorsetshire, England.

E. S. Clark

Scripture: Matthew 25:40 Author of "O God of Mercy! Hearken Now" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite

Henry Baker

1835 - 1910 Scripture: Matthew 25:40 Composer of "HESPERUS" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Henry Baker, Mus. Bac., son of the Rev. James Baker, Chancellor of the diocese of Durham; born at Nuneham, Oxfordshire; educated at Winchester School; graduated Bachelor in Music at the University of Oxford in 1867. He also worked as a civil engineer. Scottish Church Music, its composers and sources by James Love; William Blackwwod and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1891

David Iliff

? - 2024 Person Name: David Iliff (b. 1939) Scripture: Matthew 25:31 Arranger of "LORD OF THE YEARS" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

E. Margaret Clarkson

1915 - 2008 Person Name: Margaret Clarkson, 1915- Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 Author of "So Send I You" in Worship and Rejoice

Graham Kendrick

b. 1950 Scripture: Matthew 25:31-34 Author of "The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing" in Lift Up Your Hearts Graham Kendrick (b. England, August 2, 1950), the son of a Baptist minister in Northamptonshire, is one of the most prolific Christian singer-songwriters in the United Kingdom. He’s written music for over thirty years, and to date has released thirty-eight albums. He is best known for his songs “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “Knowing You,” and “The Servant King.” Kendrick has received honorary doctorates in divinity from Brunel University and Wycliffe College. In 1987 he helped co-found the March for Jesus, which today is a global phenomenon in which Christians take their faith to the streets in a celebration of Christ. In 1995 Kendrick received a Dove Award for his international work, and he remains an active advocate for Compassion International, which is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world, and also is a contributor to CompassionArt, an organization with the aim of generating income from works of art to assist in the relief of suffering around the planet. Laura de Jong

Jeeva Sam

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Composer of "COME NOW, YOU BLESSED " in Lift Up Your Hearts Jeeva Sam (b. 1957) is an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, currently serving two congregations at Morgan’s Point and Forks Road East United Churches in the Niagara region of Ontario. Sam received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Divinity from Queen’s Theological College. He is also a professional proofreader and editor, and a columnist for two local papers. Laura de Jong

Daniel Bechtel

b. 1932 Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Author of "Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us" in Glory to God Daniel Rodney Bechtel (b. 1932) was ordained to the ministry of the United Church of Christ in 1958. Beginning in 1964, he taught religion at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.firstcongmadison.org/hymn-notes