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Calvin Seerveld

b. 1930 Author of "Praised Be the Father" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Calvin Seerveld (b. 1930) was professor of aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto from 1972 until he retired in 1995. Educated at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the University of Michigan; and the Free University of Amsterdam (Ph.D.), he also studied at Basel University in Switzerland, the University of Rome, and the University of Heidelberg. Seerveld began his career by teaching at Bellhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi (1958-1959), and at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois (1959-1972). A fine Christian scholar, fluent in various biblical and modern languages, he is published widely in aesthetics, biblical studies, and philosophy. His books include Take Hold of God and Pull (1966), The Greatest Song: In Critique of Solomon (1967), For God's Sake, Run with Joy (1972), Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task (1980), and On Being Human (1988). He credits the Dutch musician Ina Lohr for influencing his compositions of hymn tunes. Most of his Bible versifications and hymns were written for the Psalter Hymnal (1987), on whose revision committee he ably served. Bert Polman

Daniel Kane

Arranger of "JUDAS MACCABEUS" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II

W. Wrangham

Person Name: William Wrangham, 1784-1832 Author of "Praise The Lord—His Power Confess" in The Cyber Hymnal Wrangham, W., p. 930. ii., 223. From his New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1829, the following are in common use in America:— (1) "Eternal God, celestial King," Psalms Ivii; (2) "Praise the Lord, His power confess," Psalms cl.; (3) “To Thee, my righteous King and Lord," Psalms ciii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Friedrich Heinrich Ranke

1798 - 1876 Author of "Córko Syjońska" in Śpiewnik Ewangelicki German Protestant theologian. Author of a number of hymns, two of which are still in general use: *Tochter Zion, freue dich, sung to the tune MACCABAEUS *Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen, a translation of "Adeste fideles" He also pubished a translation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and a two-volume study on the Pentateuch.

Parley Parker Pratt

1807 - 1857 Person Name: P. P. Pratt Author of "Hark! Ye Mortals. Hist! be Still" in The Songs of Zion

Johann Joachim Eschenburg

1743 - 1820 Person Name: J. Eschenburg, 1743-1820 Author of "Tochter Zion, freue dich" in Fröhliche Weihnacht

Naomi Russell

b. 1921 Person Name: Naomi Russell, 1921-1997 Author of "God of Creation" in Community of Christ Sings

Anna Garlin Spencer

1851 - 1931 Author of "Hail Hero Workers" in A Hymnal for Friends Spencer, Anna Garlin (Attleboro, Massachusetts, April 17, 1851--February 12, 1931, New York). Married Rev. William H. Spencer. She was ordained as a Unitarian minister, and was a lecturer and author of books on social problems. In 1896 in her Orders of Service for Public Worship she included her song entitled "The Marching Song of Workers," beginning "Hail the hero workers of the mighty past" set to ST. GERTRUDE. In was included in Hymns of the United Church, 1924, in Songs of Work and Worship, and in Hymns of the Spirit, 1937. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Hezekiah Butterworth

1839 - 1905 Author of "By your Soul's best Interests Stand" in The Glorious Cause Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, Rhode Island, Dec. 22, 1839. He wrote The Story of the Hymns, American Tract Society, 1875. He is the author of "0 Church of Christ, our blest abode" (The Church) in Root's cantata, Under the Palms, and of "Jesus, I Thee believe" (Jesus All in All) in the cantata Faith Triumphant. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ========================= Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, R.I., Dec. 22, 1839, and died in 1905. His hymn, "Little ones of God are we" (Christ's Lambs), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and other collections, is dated 1870. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)