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W. Warren Bentley

Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Composer of "[Christ the Lord cometh]"

1895 - 1968 Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Harmonizer of "VENITE ADOREMUS" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) was born in Grand Rapids and studied at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago (M.A. 1918). He served as regimental bandmaster with the 332nd Field Artillery Band in both England and France (1917-1919). He became the first fellow of the American Academy in Rome, where he studied for three years. He participated in the Salzburg Festival for Contemporary Music in 1923. From 1924 to 1963 he was on the faculty of the American Conservatory. He also was organist and choirmaster of St. James Church (1927-1963). Sowerby had an interest in folk music which he turned into wonderful compositions. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his Canticle of the Sun (1946). He died at Port Clinton, Ohio. --Presbyterian Hymnal Companion

James D. Vaughan

1864 - 1941 Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Composer of "[There are many paths through this world of sin]" in Timeless Truths Vaughan, James D(avid); b. Dec. 14, 1864, between Lawrence Co. and Giles Co., TN; d. Feb. 9, 1941, Lawrenceburg, TN; music publisher, composer and compiler of gospel songs in shape notation

M. F. Noble

Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Author of "O The Joy I Feel"

Clarence E. Hunter

Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Composer of "[Do you love the world in its pomp and show]" in Timeless Truths

Henry L. Lettermann

1932 - 1996 Person Name: Henry Lettermann, b. 1932 Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Author of "As Moses, Lost in Sinai's Wilderness" in Lutheran Worship The youngest of four children, Henry L. Lettermann was born February 28, 1932, to Henry Christopher Lettermann and Anna (née Gerstacker) Lettermann, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His primary level education took place at First Evangelical Lutheran School in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, where his father served as principal. It was in this setting where the riches of the church’s song would be imprinted on the young heart and mind of Henry Lettermann. After his education at First Lutheran, he attended Concordia High School, matriculating to Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University) in River Forest, Illinois, where he received the bachelor of science degree in 1954. It was at Concordia where Lettermann’s love for literature and poetry, especially the poetry of Americans Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost, began to be formed.In 1959 Lettermann received his master of arts degree from the University of Chicago, subsequently receiving his doctor of philosophy degree from Loyola University, Chicago, in 1974. Eventually Dr. Lettermann achieved the rank of full professor at Concordia. Lettermann’s talent for poetry and his genuine interest in education resulted in a number of fruitful unions. A number of his texts appeared in the Concordia Music Education Series, published in the 1960s by Concordia Publishing House, while numerous hymns and carols appeared in Lutheran Education—the official journal of the Lutheran Education Association. From 1979 to 1987 Lettermann served as a member and secretary of the Hymn Text and Music Committee of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Commission on Worship which prepared Lutheran Worship (1982). As a member of this committee he contributed both original texts and translations from the German. As a servant of the church at large, Lettermann wrote texts on commission from various congregations as well. Excerpted from "The Precious Gift: The Hymns and Carols and Translations of Henry L. Lettermann" by Scott M. Hyslop, used with permission

Frank White

Person Name: F. W. Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Author of "That Heavenly Home" in Sacred Songs of the Church Frank White lived in Lumber City, Georgia and wrote many gospel songs, one of the most known was "That Heavenly Home." email from Frank White's cousin (10-30-2018)