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Thomas Benton

Hymnal Number: d48 Author of "Say a word for Jesus where you go" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2

John W. Wayland

Hymnal Number: d103 Author of "In the shadow of the cross" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2

Stephen Jesse Oslin

1856 - 1928 Person Name: S. J. Oslin Hymnal Number: d65 Author of "I am walking with my Savior" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2

1875 - 1972 Person Name: Newton W. Allphin Hymnal Number: d25 Author of "You shall reap what you sow" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Newton Washington Allphin wrote religious music, piano solos, and band marches. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He compiled and published twelve song books. - Monty Lynn from Our Garden of Song, edited by Gene C. Finley (West Monroe, LA: Howard, 1980).

Charles W. L. Christien

1839 - 1926 Person Name: C. W. L. Christien Hymnal Number: d93 Author of "Lord, I make a full surrender, All I have I yield to thee" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Charles W. L. Christien was born in 1839, a native of London, England. His father was John Christien a School teacher, the family originating from France. Charles William Liquorice Christien was educated in Devonshire and was religiously educated in the Church of England. He became a Wesleyan minister in 1859, his first church being at Holsworth, Devon. He was married to Adela Ann Rayner in 1873 at Doncaster, where he was serving the church and the community. His literary work for religious journals both in the United Kingdom and America were closely read. A number of these survive in the British Library and the Oxford Bodleian Library. Some of the books he wrote, such as David Watson; or The Good Pays, published in 1902, are still available. The Rev C. W. L Christien traveled the circuits of England serving the church for 67 years. He finally retired at the age of 84 and passed away in 1926 aged 88 years at Northwood, London. His internment was at the Holy Trinity churchyard in the grave with his who wife predeceased him in 1913. Charles had three sons, Arnold, Reginald Rayner, Alfred and daughters, Jessie, Madeline, Marianne, and Frances. Paul R. Christien

Richard H. Robinson

1842 - 1892 Person Name: R. H. Robinson Hymnal Number: d53 Author of "Holy Father, cheer our way" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Mr. Robinson was born in London, became incumbent of the Octagon Chapel, Bath, and in 1884 of St. German's, Blackheath. He wrote Sermons on Faith and Duty, The Creed and the Age. The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated ======================== Robinson, Richard Hayes, was born in 1842, and educated at King's College, London. Taking Holy Orders in 1866, he became curate of St. Paul's, Penge. He subsequently held various charges, including the Octagon Chapel, Bath. He became Incumbent of St. Germans, Blackheath, in 1884. His prose works include Sermons on Faith and Duty, 2nd ed., 1873, and The Creed and the Age, 1884. His hymn "Holy Father, cheer our way " (Evening), was contributed to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871. It was written in 1869 for the congregation of St. Paul's, Upper Norwood, and was designed to be sung after the 3rd Collect at Evening Prayer. It has passed into several collections (sometimes in an altered form), including Hymns Ancient & Modern., 1875, and Thring's Collection, 1882. See the latter for the authorized text. He died Nov. 5, 1892. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Nathan Strong

1748 - 1816 Hymnal Number: d154 Author of "Swell the anthem, raise the song" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Strong, Nathan, D.D., a leading Congregational divine of his day, was born at Coventry, Connecticut, Oct. 16, 1748, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1769. He first studied law, but soon turned his attention to the ministry. In January 1774 he became the Pastor of the First Congregational Church at Hartford, and remained there to his death in 1816. In 1796 he won much repute through his essay on The Doctrine of Eternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God. He founded The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, in 1800, and also took a prominent part in establishing the Connecticut Home Mission Society in 1801. His degree of D.D. was conferred by the University of Princeton. His services to American hymnology, as the principal editor of the Hartford Selection, 1799, have been very great. As in that Selection the author's names were not given, most of his numerous contributions thereto cannot be identified. Six of these hymns, however, are reproduced in Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, with his name attached thereto. These are:— 1. Alas, alas, how blind I've been . The Sinner awakened. 2. Blest Lord, behold the guilty scorn . Prayer for opposers to Revivals. 3. Long have I walked this dreary road . The Sinner's Complaint. 4. Sinner, behold, I've heard thy groans . The Pardoning God. 5. Smote by the law, I'm justly slain . The Law, and the Gospel. 6. The summer harvest spreads the fields . The Great Harvest. In addition to these the following are from the Hartford Selection, 1799 (but not in the Village Hymns.) They are the best known and most widely used of Strong's hymns:— 7. Almighty Sovereign of the skies . National Thanksgiving. 8. Swell the anthem, raise the song . National Thanksgiving. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas J. Laney

1878 - 1953 Hymnal Number: d181 Author of "I'll live on, yes, I'll live on" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Thomas Jesse Laney Born: May 17, 1878, Carroll County, Georgia. Died: January 5, 1953, Jefferson County, Alabama. Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. --www.hymntime.com/tch

E. Greer Floyd

1849 - 1934 Hymnal Number: d102 Author of "Follow on" in From the Cross to the Crown No. 2 Eugenia Greer Floyd - Born in Union Co., SC, the daughter of Spencer Greer and Adeline Jefferies. She married John W. Floyd (1847-1901)