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A. B. Simpson

1843 - 1919 Person Name: Albert B. Simpson Author of "Yesterday, Today, Forever" in The Celebration Hymnal Albert B. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Dianne Shapiro

Anonymous

Person Name: Unknown Author of "Yesterday, today, for ever" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

James H. Burke

1858 - 1901 Person Name: J. H. Burke Composer of "NYACK" in Hymns for the Family of God James H Burke, 1855-1901, Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1873. In Chicago, he attended the Moody Church and became a member. He taught Sunday school and started singing groups at the YMCA. He engaged in evangelistic work with D. L. Moody, Daniel Whittle, and others, going to Scotland and Britain for crusade work there for a year and a half. He was also music minister at the New York Gospel Tacernacle for a year in 1891. He traveled with Scottish evangelist, John McNeill for or year or so as well. John Perry