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J. Edwin McConnell

1892 - 1954 Hymnal Number: d40 Author of "Whosoever, surely meaneth me" in Hallelujah Songs McConnell attended the Webb Preparatory School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri. He worked with his father (former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) in evangelism meetings for some time, playing the piano, singing, and directing the choir. In 1922 he began broadcasting his "Hymn Time" program on the radio, and was known as "Smilin’ Ed McConnell." © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Herbert J. Lacey

Hymnal Number: d179 Author of "I was there when it happened" in Hallelujah Songs 20th Century Lacey’s works include: The Tribute of Song, with William Kirkpatrick et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack Company, 1904) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/a/c/lacey_hj.htm

George H. Carr

Hymnal Number: d155 Author of "Jesus is real to me" in Hallelujah Songs 20th Century

William Ellsworth Witter

1854 - 1954 Person Name: Will E. Witter Hymnal Number: d177 Author of "While Jesus whispers to you" in Hallelujah Songs Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:— While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Ernest G. Wellesley-Wesley

Person Name: Ernest G. W. Wesley Hymnal Number: d127 Author of "Why not decide tonight" in Hallelujah Songs Ernest G. W. Wesley was born and educated in England. At the age of seventeen he started writing for local newspapers. When he was twenty-two he worked as special correspondent for The New York Times in Buenos Aries. While he was in Buenos Aries he became licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to the United States in the early 1870's and continued writing and contributing to religious and secular papers. He wrote between five and six hundred hymns and nearly two thousand articles on religious and theological topics. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

S. Y. Harmer

1809 - 1884 Person Name: Samuel Young Harmer Hymnal Number: d75 Author of "There is rest for the weary" in Hallelujah Songs Harmer, Samuel Young, son of Samuel Harmer, a member of the Society of Friends, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1809. In 1827 he joined the American Methodist Episcopalian Church, and was engaged for several years as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. In 1842 he became a local preacher of that body, and, in 1847, was admitted into the ministry. He has held appointments in Philadelphia and Iowa. His well-known hymn "In the Christian's home in glory" (Heaven) was written in 1856 for a camp-meeting collection which the Rev. John Gladding was then compiling. It has been slightly altered, and set to music by the Rev. W. McDonald of Boston, Massachusetts. (For these details we are indebted to Dr. Hatfield's Poets of the Church N. Y., 1884.) -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907

G. T. Byrd

1871 - 1950 Hymnal Number: d159 Author of "I'm saved" in Hallelujah Songs George Thomas Byrd was born on April 16, 1871 in Haralson County, Georgia. He was a Methodist minister, and later a bishop in the Methodist Holston Conference, living in Dayton, Tennessee. He died on October 13, 1950. His works include: Living Songs of Faith and Hope (Dayton, Tennessee: G. T. Byrd, 1940) See more at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/y/r/byrd_gt.htm

J. E. French

Hymnal Number: d162 Author of "This is like heaven to me" in Hallelujah Songs Early 20th Century

J. L. Moore

Person Name: John Lewis Moore Hymnal Number: d41 Author of "Sweeping through the gates" in Hallelujah Songs Judson L. Moore from Bethlehem, Georgia Dianne Shapiro, from email and Union Harp and History of Songs by James S. James (Douglasville, Ga, 1909)