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Harriet E. Jones

1823 - 1915 Author of "Be Loyal, Pilgrims" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: Ap­ril 18, 1823, Pom­pey Hol­low, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Died: 1915, Bing­ham­ton, New York. Buried: Oran Com­mun­i­ty Church Cem­e­te­ry, Pom­pey, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Daughter of El­e­a­zer Rice, Jones lived in Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Her girl­hood was spent on a farm, re­ceiv­ing what ed­u­ca­tion the count­ry schools and one term at high school could pro­vide. She was al­ways fond of read­ing, and was a great sing­er, with a clear ring­ing voice. On Ju­ly 7, 1844, she mar­ried a son of Rev. Ze­nas Jones; her hus­band died in 1879. Her song writ­ing ca­reer b­egan when her po­e­try came to the at­ten­tion of Dr. M. J. Mun­ger, who asked if she could write some Sun­day school hymns for him. She went on to write for Daniel Town­er, J. C. Ew­ing, the Fill­more bro­thers, and others. --hymntime.com/tch

George B. Holsinger

1857 - 1908 Person Name: Geo. B. Holsinger Composer of "[As the days are going by, do you raise God’s banner high]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Town­ship, Bed­ford Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: No­vem­ber 22, 1908, As­tor­ia, Il­li­nois. Holsinger was mu­sic di­rect­or of Bridge­wa­ter Coll­ege, Vir­ginia (1882-98), and mu­sic ed­it­or for the Church of the Breth­ren (1898-1908). His works in­clude: Song Prais­es (Elgin, Il­li­nois: Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart To­day in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the King­dom of Hea­ven Our Coun­try’s Needs Are Plead­ing Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS --hymntime.com/tch

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