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M. J. Harris

1865 - 1919 Person Name: Margaret J. Harris Author of "I Will Praise Him" in The Celebration Hymnal Margaret Jenkins Harris USA 1865-1919. Born in Rushville, IL, she married evangelist, John Harris, and they were active in holiness meetings as musicians and song evangelists. She played the organ for accompaniment to their duets. She was also known as an effective preacher with strong messages. She was a member of the Iowa Holiness Association. She and her husband served as music directors for the 1901 General Holiness Convention in Chicago, IL. She also edited the “Glorious Gospel In Song” hymnbook for the Christian Witness Publishing Company of Chicago. She died in Miami, FL. John Perry

L. L. Pickett

1859 - 1928 Person Name: L. L. P. Author (5th verse) of "I Will Praise Him" in Tears and Triumphs No. 3 Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry

H. C. Ball

1896 - 1989 Person Name: Henry Ball Translator of "Dad al Padre toda gloria" in Himnos de la Iglesia

Milhim Dhahabiyyeh

Person Name: ملحم ذهبية Transaltor of "كل شكري للمسيح" in ترانيم الإيمان ملحم ذهبية

Alton H. Howard

1925 - 2006 Person Name: Alton Howard Composer (optional ending) of "I WILL PRAISE HIM" in Songs of Faith and Praise

M. W. Biggs

1875 - 1941 Author of "主,我寶貴祢的行徑 (Lord, we treasure with affection)" in Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) Malcolm W. Biggs from Enfield, UK was a minister in the Exclusive Brethren Church, an offshoot of the Plymouth Brethren. He wrote four hymns that appeared in the 1973 hymnal Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Little Flock Dianne Shapiro, from My Brethren website (mybrethren.org) (accessed 10/2/2022)

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