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D. Hanforth

Hymnal Number: 605 Composer of "[Our King and Saviour draweth nigh]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, 1851-1920 Hymnal Number: 516 Author of "Father, whose will is life and good" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Rawnsley, Hardwicke Drummond, M.A., son of the Rev. R. D. B. Rawnsley, M.A., sometime Prebendary of Lincoln, was born at Shiplake-on-Thames, Sept. 28,1850, and educated at Ball. Coll., Oxford, B.A. 1875, M.A. 1883; D. 1875, P. 1877; Curate of St. Barnabas, Bristol, 1875-77; Vicar of Low Wray, Lancashire, 1878-83, and Vicar of Crosthwaite since 1883. He became Rural Dean of Keswick 1883, Hon. Canon of Carlisle 1893, and Proctor in Convocation 1905. His publications include: Notes for the Nile, 1892; Literary Associations of the English Lakes, 1894; Memoir of Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle, 1896; Sermons on the Logia, 1897, and various books of Poems and Sonnets. The best-known of his hymns are:— 1. Hark! I hear the trumpet sounding. [Mission Hymn for Children.] In the Ch. Missionary Hymn Book, 1899. 2. Lord God, our praise we give. [In Praise of Nature]. Contributed to the 1904 ed. of Hymns Ancient & Modern. 3. Now trumpets cease your sound. [Peace.] In Hymns of the Kingdom . . . for the use of the Christian Democracy. Norwich, 1903. 4. Saviour, Who didst healing give. [St. Luke.] Written at Crosthwaite Vicarage, Dec. 1, 1905, and included in The English Hymnal 1906. 5. Lord Jesu, Who at Lazarus' tomb. [Memorial of the Dead.] Written at Crosthwaite Vicarage, Dec. 2, 1905, for The English Hymnal, 1906. 6. Lord, Who gavest streams and fountains. [For a Dual School.] Written in 1898 at Keswick for the Holiday Association of the Home Readers' Union, and included in the Keswick School Hymn Book. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Thomas Turton

1780 - 1864 Person Name: T. Turton Hymnal Number: 623 Composer of "[Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar

Robert Nelson Spencer, 1877-1961

Person Name: Robert Nelson Spencer Hymnal Number: 188 Author of "O heav'nly grace in holy rite descending" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

Anna J. Morse

Hymnal Number: 490 Composer of "KEMPER" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

Joseph S. Cook

1859 - 1933 Person Name: Joseph Simpson Cook Hymnal Number: 37 Author of "Gentle Mary laid her child" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Cook, Joseph Simpson. (Durham County, England, December 4, 1859--May 27, 1933, Toronto, Canada). Methodist. Wesleyan Theological College (Montreal) certificate, 1885; B.D., 1893; Illinois Wesleyan University, M.A., 1892; S.T.D., 1903. Pastorates in Ontario at Bayfield (1881-1882); Bluevale (1885-1887); Hensall (1888-1890); Ripley (1891-1893); Granton (1894-1896); Walkerville (1896-1898); Wallaceburg (1899-1902); Clinton (1903-1904); Ridgetown (1905-1908); Toronto (1909-1913, 1919-1925); Meaford (1914-1916); and Gravenhurst (1917-1918). He contributed articles and verse to many church-connected magazines. His best-known hymn, "Gentle Mary laid her child Lowly in a manger" won a 1919 contest of the Methodist weekly Christian Guardian. --Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives