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John Paarlberg

b. 1950 Person Name: John Paarlberg, b. 1950 Author of "Remembering with Love and Hope" in Sing! A New Creation

1817 - 1881 Author of "Komm, heilger Geist" Pabst, Julius, son of Karl Leopold Pabst, sometime Inspector of the Royal Normal School at Erfurt, was born at Wilhelmsrulie, near Eitorf on the Sieg (Rhenish Prussia), Oct. 18, 1817. From 1838 to 1842 he studied theology and philosophy at the Universities of Breslau and Halle; from 1842 to 1852 he acted as private tutor in Berlin, in the Neumark, and in Dresden; and from 1852 to the end of 1855, was engaged in literary pursuits at Berlin. After New Year's Day, 1856, he resided at Dresden as secretary and teacher of the dramatic art on the staff of the general direction of the Court Theatre and the Royal Orchestra, receiving, in 1860, the honorary title of Hofrath. He died Oct. 22, 1881 (F. Brümmer's Deutsche Dichter-lexicon, 1877, pt. ii. p. 123; MS. from his family, &c). His hymns appeared principally in his (1) Die Furcht des Herrn ist der Weisheit Anfang, Berlin, 1846, and his (2) Christliches Schatzkästlein, Hamburg, 1848. The only one in English common use is:— O Geist des Liohtes, komm hernieder. Whitsuntide. Schatzkästlein, p. 227, in 1 st. of 5 l., entitled "Festival Hymn." Translated as:— Spirit of light, come down, we pray. In full, by Dr. R. Maguire, in his Melodies of the Fatherland, 1883, p. 73, repeated in R. Gault's Hymn Book, 1886, No. 252, omitting st. v., vi. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Adger M. Pace

1882 - 1959 Author of "Beautiful home in the skies" Born: August 13, 1882, Pelzer, South Carolina. Died: February 12, 1959, Lawrence County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Dunn Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Pseudonyms: Millard A. Glenn; Charles H. Huff; Audalene Mayfield; Fay Wallington. Born August 13, 1882 near Pelzer, South Carolina, Adger M. Pace soon gained a love and appreciation for music that characterized the remainder of his life. He sang bass for seventeen years as a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, singing over WOAN--one of the South's first radio stations. He was also active in singing conventions, serving as one of the organizers and the first president of the National Singing Convention in 1937. Pace's most significant contribution was as a teacher of gospel music. He taught harmony, counterpoint and composition in the Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, educating the first generation of Southern gospel Music leaders. Beginning in 1920, he served for 37 years as Music Editor for all Vaughan publications. He was also a notable songwriter--composing more than a thousand songs in his career. Among his many popular contributions were "That Glad Reunion Day," "Jesus Is All I Need," "The Home-coming Week," "The Happy Jubilee," and "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem." www.sgma.org/inductee_bios

Charles H. Pace

Author of "He Said If I Be Lifted Up"

Gwendol Pace

Author of "Visions of Heaven"

Herbert E. Pace

Composer of "[When your load is hard to bear, and you're sinking in despair]" in Paradise Garden

Joe Pace

b. 1965 Person Name: Joseph Pace II Author of "I Worship Thee" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.)

John Pace

b. 1928 Author of "Soft as moonlight on the water" Pace, John. (Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 7, 1928-- ). Presbyterian. For several years after coming to Canada in 1946, he worked as a credit manager with a newspaper in Hamilton, Ontario, taking courses at McMaster University there and completing his B.A. in 1960, then a B.D. (Knox College, Toronto), in 1964. Pastorates in Preville, Quebec, 1964-1966; Hamilton, 1966-1967; Ingersoll, Ont., 1967-1971; Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1976-?. From 1971 to 1975 he worked with the Addiction Research Foundation. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives