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H. P. Danks

1834 - 1903 Composer of "[I'm weary of straying; Oh! fain would I rest]" in Imperial Songs
H. P. Danks

William T. Moore

1832 - 1926 Person Name: W. T. Moore Author of "I am weary of straying; oh fain would I rest" in The Standard Church Hymnal Moore, William Thomas. (Henry County, Kentucky, August 27, 1832--September 7, 1926, Orland, Florida) Disciple. A "cosmopolitan," he gained denominational fame for his liberal attitude toward the validity of non-immersionist forms of baptism during his tenure at minister of an independent congregation in London. Member of the five-man committee that produced the 1865 Christian Hymn Book (also appointed to a similar committee chosen to make the 1882 Christian Hymnal, Revised, but, being in London, was unable to serve); both books include his "Let every heart and tongue," "Listen to the gospel, telling," "Love of God, all love excelling," "O that I had wings like a dove," and "Thy kingdom, gracious Lord." He was the author of Comprehensive History of the Disciples of Christ (1909). --George Brandon, DNAH Archives
William T. Moore

Sarah Emily York

1819 - 1851 Person Name: York Author of "I am weary of straying; Oh! fain would I rest" in The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was published by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Psalms & Hymns, 1847. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Sarah Emily York

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