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Julia S. Haskell

Hymnal Number: 142 Author of "Over the Ocean Wave" in Gates of Praise [Julia W. Sampson] Sampson, J. W. Miss Sampson is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878, as the author of "Weary of wandering long" (Divine Guidance Desired). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Sampson, J. W., p. 1588, ii. Her hymn "Weary of wandering long" appeared in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864, p. 65 as by "Miss J. W. Sampson, Utica, N.Y." Other hymns with the same signature include "Sweetly sing, sweetly sing," in Bradbury's Golden Chain, 1861, p. 70, and "O, the Sabbath morning, beautiful and bright," in Happy Voice, 1865, No. 101. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ==================== 19th Century Died: After 1901. She was listed as living in her husband’s obituary in the Utica Sunday Journal, July 20, 1902. Haskell’s maiden name appears in an 1857 teacher’s directory of Utica, New York. She married Charles Freeman Haskell of Utica in 1866. An article in the July 6, 1876, issue of the Utica Daily Observer mentioned a poetry reading by her. Lyrics Heavenly Home Over the Ocean Wave Pilgrim Halting, Staff in Hand Sweetly Sing, Sweetly Sing This Life Is a Battle with Satan and Sin Weary of Wandering Long --www.hymntime.com/tch

W. M. Weakley

Person Name: W. M. W. Hymnal Number: 151 Author of "Gathered Home" in Gates of Praise

F. L. C.

Hymnal Number: 116 Author of "The Lord May Come Today" in Gates of Praise

I. G. S.

Hymnal Number: 166 Composer of "[Hark the angelic song from the regions afar!]" in Gates of Praise

Ella Dudley Cheek

Hymnal Number: 148 Author of "The Angel's Welcome" in Gates of Praise

E. J. Carr

Hymnal Number: 84 Author of "Knocking at the Door" in Gates of Praise

Fountain E. Pitts

Person Name: F. E. Pitts Hymnal Number: 128 Author of "O Beautiful Fountain!" in Gates of Praise

D. E. Lorenz

1862 - 1941 Person Name: Daniel E. Lorenz Hymnal Number: 48 Composer of "[God's word is full of promises]" in Gates of Praise Lorenz, Daniel Edward. (Canal Fulton, Ohio, 1862--February 27, 1941, New York City). Younger brother of Edmund Simon Lorenz. He was a Presbyterian minister in New York City. He took many tours abroad and wrote several travel books. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives