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Robert Murray
1832 - 1910 Author of "From Ocean Unto Ocean" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Murray, Robert, Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, born Dec. 25, 1832, is the author of "From ocean unto ocean" (National Hymn), and "Lord, Thou lov'st the cheerful giver" (Almsgiving), in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898. [Rev. James Bonar M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Murray, Robert. (Earltown, Nova Scotia, December 25, 1832--December 12, 1910, Halifax, N.S.). Presbyterian. Study at Halifax's Free Church College yielded him a licence to preach, but instead of seeking ordination he edited (1855-1910) his denomination's principal periodical in the Maritimes, Presbyterian Witness. In its pages, and from pulpits, he strongly supported controversial causes like temperance, Sunday observance, and the Confederation of 1867 (which in Halifax was greeting with a day of public mourning). These interests are reflected in his four hymns included in Canadian Presbyterians' first Hymnal (1880)--though, as the sole native-born contributor, he attached to them only the initial "M." to avoid giving the impression of claiming equality with poets of the homeland.
--Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives
Robert Murray
Fred Pratt Green
1903 - 2000 Person Name: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Translator of "Blest Be the King" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies.
Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more."
--Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.
Fred Pratt Green
Federico J. Pagura
1923 - 2016 Person Name: Frederico J. Pagura (1923-2016) Author of "Blest Be the King" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns.
Leland Bryant Ross
Federico J. Pagura
William Watkins Reid
1923 - 2007 Person Name: William W. Reid, Jr. Author of "The City Is Alive, O God" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations.
Mary Louise VanDyke
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William W. Reid, Jr. is pastor of the Methodist Church Circuit at Carverton, Pennsylvania. He previously served in a similar capacity at Camptown in the same State. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Oberlin College. He served during World War II in the Medical Corps and was held prisoner by the Germans for eight months. He is the author of several hymns including those in "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" and "Twelve New World Order Hymns" published by the Hymn Society.
----Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission.
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William Watkins Reid, Jr., is currently pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Wyoming Annual Conference and has been active on its Social Concerns, Town and Country, and Evangelism boards, and on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches.
----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission.
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[Reid] is an executive committee member of the Hymn Society of America, and is the author of a number of hymns that have been published in hymnals in the United States, Canada, England, and in South Africa. As a council man he is concern with the ecology of Wyoming Valley (Penn. and N.Y.) and with the rebuilding of Wilkes-Barre after the disastrous flood of 1972.
--16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.
William Watkins Reid
Eric H. Thiman
1900 - 1975 Person Name: Eric Harding Thiman Composer of "STOKESAY CASTLE" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada b. 9-12-1900, Ashford, Kent, d. 2-13-75, London; music educator, organist, and composer
Eric H. Thiman
Isobel Beaston
Person Name: Isobel H. Beaston Versifier of "Surrounded By So Great a Cloud of Witnesses" in Singing the New Testament Isobel H. Beaston graduated from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania in 1954. She is a poet and has won several awards. She lives in Media, Pennsylvania.
Dianne Shapiro
Isobel Beaston
