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John W. Peterson

1921 - 2006 Hymnal Number: d2 Author of "In the morning there'll be no clouds" in Singspiration Ten
John W. Peterson

Alfred B. Smith

1916 - 2001 Editor of "" in Singspiration Ten Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago. --Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)
Alfred B. Smith

Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Person Name: Lelia N. Morris Hymnal Number: d3 Author of "I know God's promise is true" in Singspiration Ten Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke
Mrs. C. H. Morris

Harriett H. Pierson

Hymnal Number: d13 Author of "My Father planned it all" in Singspiration Ten
Harriett H. Pierson

E. C. Heidelberg

Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "Because I'm His there's nothing I need fear" in Singspiration Ten Possibly Earl C. Heidelberg
E. C. Heidelberg

M. Sander

Hymnal Number: d4 Author of "God has blotted them out" in Singspiration Ten
M. Sander

Eva Bakken

Hymnal Number: d8 Author of "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know" in Singspiration Ten
Eva Bakken

C. M. Kelly

Hymnal Number: d6 Author of "The happy Christian song" in Singspiration Ten
C. M. Kelly

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