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Howard A. Redmond

b. 1925 Hymnal Number: 9 Author of "O Sacred Book that Speaks of God" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Redmond, Howard A. Professor of religion and philosophy at Whitworth College (Spokane, Washington); minister in the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. and held pastorates in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and Sanger, California. Native of Los Angeles, Calif., and received his B.A. at the University of California at Los Angeles; theological work at Princeton Theological Seminary and received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1953. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

Georgia Elma Harkness

1891 - 1974 Person Name: Georgia Harkness Hymnal Number: 4 Author of "Tell It Out with Gladness" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns

William Watkins Reid

1890 - 1983 Hymnal Number: 10 Author of ""Go!" Says the Master: and Earth's Paths" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Reid, William Watkins, Sr. (Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, October 15, 1890--February 18, 1983, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania). Methodist. Parents were William Reid, a native of Moneymore, near Belfast, and Sarah Watkins of Londonderry. Came to the United States in 1900. Attended New York University (bachelor's degree, 1915; master's degree in journalism, 1917). Served The Hymn Society as President, Executive Director, and Editor of The Hymn from 1966 to 1976. Authored the Hymn Society's 40th anniversary history, Sing with Spirit and Understanding. Also edited The Pastor's Journal for the Methodist church and worked as its director of the News Service of the Board of Missions. Also: Caulfield, Benjamin. --From DNAH Archives ============================== William Watkins Reid, of Whitestone, Long Island, was president of the Hymn Society of America from 1942 to 1945, and is now a member of its Executive Committee. Used the title of "My God is There, Controlling," the Society has published 65 of his hymns, and several others were published in the Society's "searches", for new hymns. He is the author of the Society's history of its first forty years, and also of the added period of ten years (1962-1972). --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

Frank von Christierson

1900 - 1996 Hymnal Number: 13 Author of ""Give Men My Word!"" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) was born near Helsinki, Finland. He attended San Jose (California) High School, Stanford University (BA, Psychology, 1923), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (BD 1929). In 1983 he was awarded the citation of distinguished alumnus, and became a Fellow of The Hymn Society. He has served as youth director at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, and pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Citrus Heights, California. He has published a hymnal collection entitled Make a Joyful Noise (1987) and is represented in many hymnals. Three of his hymn texts have been included in the new Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). http://www.hopepublishing.com/html ========================= After serving for thirty-seven years as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, North Hollywood and Sacramento, California, Rev. Frank con Christierson has retired to serve as "Interim minister" in the Central Area of the Synod of California. He has been moderator of San Francisco Presbytery and of Los Angeles Presbytery, and has just completed three years as chairman of radio and television for the Sacramento Area Council of Churches. Born in Finland, he was brought to America as a boy of four. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of San Francisco Theological Seminary. He has written five hymns published by the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Edward Krusen Ziegler

1903 - 2003 Hymnal Number: 15 Author of "Rejoice, All Peoples of the Earth" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Ziegler, Edward Krusen. Held many pastorates as well as posts in the Church of the Brethren; missionary in India, 1931-1939; Director of Evangelism, 1951-1955; Moderator, 1959-1960. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ========================= Edward Krusen Ziegler is pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Oakton, Virginia. This is the sixth pastorate which he has held in his denomination. In addition to his service in the pastorate, he has held important and varied posts in the Church of the Brethren: Missionary in India 1931-1939; Director of Evangelism 1951-1955; Moderator 1959-1960. He is the author of several books and the 250th Anniversary Hymn of his denomination. He is also the author of one of the Hymn Society's Stewardship Hymns. He is editor of Brethren Life and Thought. On December 1, 1966, Mr. Ziegler will become pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Bakersfield, California. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1961. Used by permission.

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Anastasia Van Burkalow

Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "High Time It Is to Seek the Lord" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Van Burkalow, Anastasia. Daughter and granddaughter of Methodist ministers, served as organist in a number of churches. Professor of Geology and Geography at Hunter College, New York City. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ========================= Anastasia Van Burkalow is professor of Geology and Geography at Hunter College, New York City, and chairman of this department. As the daughter and granddaughter of Methodist ministers she has long had an interest in hymns and church music and has served as organist in a number of churches. She is a member of America's oldest Methodist Society, the John Street Methodist Church in New York City. She is chairman of the Hymn Origins Committee of the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Cecil Smith

Person Name: Cecil Daniel Smith Hymnal Number: 11 Author of "The World Still Waits to Hear the Word" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Smith, Cecil Daniel. Graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, 1915; degrees in theology and religious education at Boston University. Professor of Bible and Religion at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

Henry Lyle Lambdin

b. 1892 Hymnal Number: 5 Author of "Thy Faithfulness to Men of Old" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Lambdin, Henry Lyle. Professor of homiletics at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. A native of Tennessee, all of his ministerial experience was in New Jersey. A member of the Northern New Jersey Methodist Conference, he served as pastor of the First Methodist Church of Summit, as District Superintendent, and a pastorate at Morristown Methodist Church. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ============================== [Lambdin' has been a member of three General Conferences and four Jurisdictional Conferences of The Methodist Church, and is author of the Newark Conference Centennial Hymn. ----16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

Margaret Aamodt

1910 - 1995 Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "Send Forth the Word" in Fifteen New Bible Hymns Aamodt, Margaret D. (Mrs. H. Oscar Aamodt). (Cuyuna Iron Range, northern Minnesota, December 14, 1910-- ). Lutheran. Daughter of Roy and Effie Cunningham. Lake Mills, Iowa High School, 1929. Editor of Graphic, a printing journal, in Lake Mills and news correspondent and staff writer for several local papers. Author of a book of poems, Through Country Lanes (1963), of many poems published in newspapers and magazines, and a number of hymns, one of which, "Send forth the word," was published by The Hymn Society in 1966 in Fifteen New Bible Hymns. Poetry has been a lifelong interest, and her work in this field brought her several awards from the Iowa Press Women's Association and membership in several state, national, and international poetry groups. Was for many years a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Joice, Iowa. --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives