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George Bennard
1873 - 1958 Author of "The Old Rugged Cross" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 George Bennard (1873-1958) was born in Youngstown, OH. When he was a child the family moved to Albia, Iowa. He served with the Salvation Army in Iowa for several years before he was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His hymn "Speak, my Lord" appears in Triumphant Service Songs (Chicago: Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co., 1934). He wrote words and tune for his best known hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" in 1913.
Mary Louise VanDyke
George Bennard
Anonymous
Person Name: Ismeretlen Translator of "A Régi Kereszt" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Vicente P. Mendoza
1875 - 1955 Person Name: V. Mendoza Author of "La Cruz Del Calvario" in Himnos Selectos Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist).
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Vicente P. Mendoza
Speros Demetrios Athans
1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans, 1883-1969 Translator of "The Old Rugged Cross (En el monte Calvario)" in Santo, Santo, Santo Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949.
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Speros Demetrios Athans
Hualalai
1852 - 1938 Person Name: "Hualalai", 1852-1938 Translator of "KE KE'A KAHIKO PA'A" in Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii "Hualalai" was the pen name of Ellen (or Ella) Hudson Paris, 1852-1938, daughter of John Davis Paris, a missionary in Hawai'i. (more information can be found on John Davis Paris and Hualalai on John Davis Paris's Wikipedia page).
Hualalai
Edwin H. Forkel
Arranger of "[On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross]" in Sixteen Gospel Male Quartets
Edwin H. Forkel
Simon Zachariah
b. 1951 Translator of "കഷ്ടമായ് നിന്ദയായ്, ദൂരെയാ കുന്നിന്മേൽ" in The Cyber Hymnal
Simon Zachariah
Finis Alma Rhine Morgan
Translator of "Rude Cruz" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão
Finis Alma Rhine Morgan
John Barathi
Person Name: S. John Barathi Translator of "தூர ஓர் குன்றின் மேல் நின்றதோர் சிலுவை" in The Cyber Hymnal
John Barathi
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