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Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Author of "Jesus Will Return" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Catherine Booth-Clibborn

1858 - 1955 Author of "Have You Heard?" in Great Songs of the Church Catherine Booth-Clibborn (Katie Booth) (18 September 1858 – 9 May 1955) was the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth. She was also known as "la Maréchale". See also in: Wikipedia

Victoria Booth-Clibborn Demarest

1895 - 1981 Person Name: V. B-C. D. Arranger of "[Have you heard the glorious tidings]" in Great Songs of the Church [Mrs. Agnew Demarest] The Rev. Victoria Booth Demarest, an evangelist, writer and member of the founding family of the Salvation Army, died Sunday of heart failure at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was 93 years old and lived in St. Petersburg. She was the granddaughter of William Booth, who founded the mission group in England that became the Salvation Army, and the daughter of Catherine Booth-Clibborn, who organized groups in France and the Netherlands. Mrs. Demarest was born in Paris and graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Music. She came to the United States in 1918 and married Cornelius A. Demarest of Louisville, Ky., with whom she wrote hymns and sacred music. She also wrote such inspirational books as "The Shade of His Hand," and plays, including "King David and the Empty House." She traveled widely as an evangelist in the United States and abroad, preaching in four languages. In 1946 she founded the World Association of Mothers for Peace Inc. In 1949, Mrs. Demarest was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church, now the United Church of Christ, at the Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church at 58th Street. Mrs. Demarest, whose husband died in 1959, is survived by four children: Evangeline Demarest of St. Petersburg; Victoria Monro of Austin, Tex.; Arthur Demarest of Beechurst, Queens, and Cornelius Demarest of Lexington; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. --www.nytimes.com/1982/04/06/obituaries/