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Himmels-Harfe für Sonntag-Schulen, Jugendvereine und Evangelisations-Versammlungen

Publication Date: 1907 Publisher: Light & Hope Pub. Co. Publication Place: Birmingham, Oh. Editors: John A. Sprunger; H. J. Dyck; Light & Hope Pub. Co.

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Weihnachtsjubel

Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Welchen Jubel, welche Freude Refrain First Line: Ehre' sei Gott, se lasst erschallen

Die Ewigkeit eilt rasch herbei

Author: Wilhelm Appel; Horatius Bonar Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Fleht, Brueder, fleht, Die Zeit enteilet

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Alles fuer Jesum

Author: H. J. Dyck; Mary D. James Hymnal: HHSS1907 #d1 (1907) First Line: Alles geb' ich hin fuer Jesum Languages: German

Ich komme jetzt; zu Dir, o Herr, tritt Dr mir nah

Hymnal: HHSS1907 #d2 (1907) First Line: Auf deinen Ruf, o Herr Languages: German

Die aufgehobenen H'nde

Author: T. Kuebler Hymnal: HHSS1907 #d3 (1907) First Line: Auf zu dem Herrn heb' die H'nde Refrain First Line: Drum auf zu dem Herrn Languages: German

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Francis H. Rowley

1854 - 1952 Person Name: Francis H. Rowley, 1854-1952 Hymnal Number: d126 Author of "Ja, ich will es laut verkuenden" in Himmels-Harfe für Sonntag-Schulen, Jugendvereine und Evangelisations-Versammlungen Rv Francis Harold Rowley DD USA 1854-1952. Born at Hilton, NH, the son of a doctor, he graduated from Rochester University in 1875 and Rochester Theological Seminary of NY in 1878. He married Ida Amelia Babcock in 1878, and they had four children: John, Alice, Charles, and Esmond. He became a Baptist minister, animal welfare campaigner, and hymn writer. He pastored for over 30 years at Titusville, PA, North Adams, MA (1884-1892), Oak Park, IL, Fall River, MA, and the First Baptist Church at Boston, MA, until 1910. He preached at Appleton Chapel, Harvard University. He was also a trustee of the University of Chicago Divinity School (1894-1896). While at North Adams, MA, Peter Bilhorn, a fine musician and his assistant minister, asked him to write a hymn for Bilhorn to set to music. He wrote the hymn text overnight. The hymn was presented to Ira Sankey and he altered the text some before publishing it. Visiting in London, he once heard a Salvation Army band playing his hymn. They had no idea he was nearby. Rowley became aware of dismemberment of animals in slaughter houses across the country and lobbied for the animals to be rendered unconscious before being cut open. From 1892-1900 he was Secretary of the American Humane Association. In 1915, through his influence, a building was made to house the MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was president of that organization and of the American Humane Education Society from 1908-1945, and the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital. He was also Chairman of the Animal Protection Committee for the MA Committee on Public Safety and VP of the American Society for the Humane Regulation of Vivisection. In 1947 the Rowley School of Human Understanding was established in his honor. In 1948 the MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals named the Rowley Memorial Hospital in Springfield, MA, for him. A humanitarian, he also worked with hospitals: Robert Brigham Hospital (for incurables) and N E Baptist Hospital of Boston. He was a member of the advisory council at Yenching University, China; a member of the alumni committee, University of Rochester, NY; member Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Rochester University gave him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. He died at Boston, MA. Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, named the Rowley School of Humanities after him. John Perry

Sanford Fillmore Bennett

1836 - 1898 Person Name: Sanford F. Bennett Hymnal Number: d22 Author of "Bald, ja bald, o wie schoen" in Himmels-Harfe für Sonntag-Schulen, Jugendvereine und Evangelisations-Versammlungen Sanford Fillmore Bennett was born in Eden, New York, 21 June 1836. He and his parents moved to Plainfield, Illinois when he was two years old. He worked on the farm and attended district school during the winter. He was a voracious reader. At sixteen he entered Waukegon Academy. Two years later he began teaching at Wauconda. In 1858 he entered the University of Michigan, Afterward he had charge of the schools in Richmond, Illinois. Two years later he resigned and became Associate Editor of the Independent at Elkhorn, Wisconsin. In 1864 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteers and served as Second Lieutenant. After the war he returned to Elkhorn and opened a drug store and began the study of medicine. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1874. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

J. B. Mackay

1861 - 1940 Person Name: James Bruce Mackay Hymnal Number: d87 Author of "Er allein, er allein, Es ist der treue Heiland" in Himmels-Harfe für Sonntag-Schulen, Jugendvereine und Evangelisations-Versammlungen James Bruce Mackay
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