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Geoffrey T. Shaw

1879 - 1943 Person Name: Geoffrey Turton Shaw Composer of "GRESHAM" in The Hymnal

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes, 1823-1876 Composer of "ALFORD" in Christian Worship As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

James G. Gilkey

1889 - 1964 Person Name: James Gordon Gilkey, 1899- Author of "O God, in Whose Great Purpose" in Christian Worship Born: September 28, 1889, Watertown, Massachusetts. Died: July 1964, Weekapaug, Rhode Island. Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Gilkey graduated from Harvard College (1912) and Union Theological Seminary. He was a teacher and chaplain at Amherst College, then, starting in 1917, pastored at the South Congregational Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, until retiring in 1954. In 1926, he was the commencement speaker at the University of Connecticut. Gilkey’s works include: A Faith for the New Generation, 1926 The Certainty of God, 1928 Secrets of Effective Living (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927) Solving Life’s Everyday Problems, 1930 Meeting the Challenge of Modern Doubt (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931) Managing One’s Self, 1932 What Can We Believe?, 1933 You Can Master Life, 1934 Getting Help from Religion, 1936 The Problem of Following Jesus, 1938 A Faith to Affirm, 1940 How to Be Your Best God Will Help You, 1943 When Life Gets Hard, 1945 Gaining the Faith You Need, 1948 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

H. J. Storer

1860 - 1935 Person Name: Henry J. Storer Composer of "PATMOS" in At Worship b. Cambridge, Mass., 1860; d. Belmont, Mass., 1935; composer and teacher

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