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E. Margaret Clarkson

1915 - 2008 Person Name: Margaret Clarkson Author of "Let Us Draw Near!" in The Worshiping Church

1934 - 2018 Composer of "CROSSROADS" in The Worshiping Church Kurt Kaiser was born December 17, 1934, in Chicago. He attended American Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. He moved to Waco, Texas in 1959 in order to join Word Music, where he later worked as vice president and director of music. He arranged and produced several albums. He composed more than 300 songs, and with Ralph Carmichael developed Christian youth musicals. He was a longtime member of the Seventh & James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. He later helped start Dayspring Baptist Church in Waco. He was an acclaimed pianist who accompanied George Beverly Shea at Billy Graham crusades. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and was elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He died November 12, 2018, in Waco. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary in "Baptist Standard" (https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/obituaries/obituary-kurt-kaiser/) and "Gospel Music Hall of Fame" (http://gospelmusichalloffame.org/kurt-kaiser/) accessed 2-8-2019

J. Howard Entwisle

1865 - 1901 Composer of "[Let us draw near to the Savior]" in Songs for Work and Worship J Howard Entwisle USA 1865-1901. Born in PA, he became a musician and songbook editor-compiler in Philadelphia, PA, in the 1890s. He collaberated with William J Kirkpatrick, also of Philadelphia, promoting gospel songs. He helped compile “Songs of love and praise #4”, then later “Songs of love and praise #5”. Other published works were: “Bright melodies” (1899), “Heavenly sunlight” (1900), “Exalted praise” (1901). He died in Philadelphia. John Perry

Christopher Webber

b. 1932 Person Name: Christopher L. Webber Versifier of "Let Us Draw Near the Throne of God" in Singing the New Testament

Henry K. Oliver

1800 - 1885 Composer of "FEDERAL STREET" in Singing the New Testament Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875). Bert Polman

David Fellingham

Author of "Let us draw near to God" in Complete Mission Praise

Jesse P. Tompkins

Author of "Let Us Draw Near" in Songs for Work and Worship

Richard E. VanDyke

1949 - 2011 Arranger of "A New and Living Way" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) Richard VanDyke was born on April 3, 1949 in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He was a faithful song leader at Donelson Church of Christ in Donelson, Tennessee (a suburb of Nashville). He was a music teacher at Goodpasture Christian School in Madison, Tennessee (a suburb of Nashville). He was an award winning high school band director who was beloved by his students. email to Hymnary