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Cleland Boyd McAfee
1866 - 1944 Author of "Near to the Heart of God" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Cleland Boyd McAfee (September 25, 1866 – February 4, 1944) was an American theologian, Presbyterian minister and hymn writer, best known for penning the gospel hymn, "Near to the Heart of God," and its tune called "McAfee". He wrote the song after the concurrent deaths of two of his young nieces, caused by diphtheria.
McAfee was born in Ashley Missouri, in 1866, as one of five children. His father, John A. McAfee, was the founder of Park College in Parkville, Missouri. The younger McAfee graduated from Park College in 1884, and later graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York. McAfee went on to serve as a professor of philosophy, choir director, pastor and dean of Park College until 1901, when he left to minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. McAfee moved from First Presbyterian in 1904, to pastor the Lafayette Avenue Church of Brooklyn, in Brooklyn, New York. McAfee also taught systematic theology at McCormick Theological Seminary, from 1912 to 1930.
In 1912, McAfee authored the treatise, "The Greatest English Classic: A Study Of The King James Version Of The Bible." He was moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in the United States, and led the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions from 1930 to 1936. He died in 1944.
On August 10, 1892, McAfee married Harriet "Hattie" Lawson Brown; they had three children, Ruth Myrtle, Katharine Agnes, and Mildred Helen. Mildred Helen McAfee Horton went on to become the first director of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy.
--en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleland_Boyd_McAfee
Cleland Boyd McAfee
Mae McAlister
Author of "My Glory and the Lifter of my Head" in Scripture Song Database
Mae McAlister
R. W. McAll
1821 - 1893 Person Name: Robert Whitaker McAll, 1821-1893 Author of "Ô Merveilleuse Histoire" in The Cyber Hymnal
R. W. McAll
Reginald L. McAll
b. 1878 Person Name: R. L. McAll Composer of "WESTMINSTER" in Junior Church School Hymnal
Reginald L. McAll
Robert S. McAll
1792 - 1838 Author of "Hark! how the choral song of heaven" in The Church Praise Book McAll, Robert Stephens, LL.D., son of the Rev. Robert McAll, was born at Plymouth, Aug. 4, 1792, and educated at Axminster, Devon; Hoxton, London; and Edinburgh University. He graduated M.A. at Edinburgh in 1813, and gave himself for a time to the study of medicine. He was for some time Chaplain of the Macclesfield School, and from 1814 to 1826 minister of St. George's Chapel in the same town. In 1827 he became minister of Mosley Street Chapel, Manchester, and held the same to his death on July 27, 1838. In 1812 he contributed to Dr. Collyer's Collection 8 hymns, which appeared as by "K. S. M." Through one of these, "Hark! how the choral song of heaven" (The Song of Heaven), he is somewhat widely known to hymnody. His Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, Macclesfield, J. Swinnerton, n. d. [circa 1823], was published without Preface, or names of authors. Not one of the 8 hymns contributed by him to Collyer's Collection is therein, and there is nothing to show which are his original compositions. [F. J. Faulding, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Robert S. McAll
W. R. McAllaster
Composer of "[The Lord is in his holy temple]" in A First Book in Hymns and Worship
W. R. McAllaster
Neal A. McAulay
b. 1854 Author of "The Messenger" McAulay, Neal A. (Nova Scotia, March, 1854--?). Born of Scottish parents "in the English town of Nova Scotia." At age 21 he moved to Boston and from there to Portland, Maine, in 1876. Converted in 1877; went to Chicago in 1882, and entered McCormick Theological Seminary in 1883 (B.D., 1886). Pastorates in Presbyterian churches in Wilton, Iowa (1886-1907) and Lyons, Louisiana (1907-?). In 1889 began writing gospel hymns.
--Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.
Neal A. McAulay
James Phillip McAuley
1917 - 1976 Author of "By your kingly power, O risen Lord"
James Phillip McAuley
N. L. McBrayer
1875 - 1954 Author of "You will reap what you sow" Newton Lafayette McBrayer
N. L. McBrayer
Gerald L. McBride
Composer of "[O, what is love? A soft fragile thing]" in Hymns for Worship
Gerald L. McBride
Samuel McBurney
1847 - 1909 Person Name: S. McBurney Composer of "["Venid a mí", mandó Jesús]" in Himnos de la Iglesia
Samuel McBurney
C. C. McCabe
1836 - 1906 Author of "Sin No More" Charles Cardwell McCabe’s story begins during the Civil War when at age 25 he was appointed chaplain of the 122nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He read in The Atlantic Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” fit to the popular marching tune “John Brown’s body” and immediately taught it to his regiment. As they moved out to Virginia and became part of a larger Union regiment they took The Battle Hymn with them. Captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, he led the prisoners on the long 150 mile march in singing The Battle Hymn to raise their spirits and maintain morale. Under terrible prison conditions they sang; people remembered standing outside the prison to listen. At the news of Lee’s defeat McCabe again led all the prisoners in singing “national airs”. He contracted typhoid, and when prisoners were exchanged at Fortress Monroe, VA he weighed less than 100 pounds. After prison he worked as a fund raiser for the U.S. Christian Commission in Washington. He often officiated at four or five church services around Washington camps and hospitals, sometimes walking ten miles. He told of refusing an invitation to a white folks’ church so he could preach to a congregation of former slaves where he gave to the choir copies of the Battle Hymn. On Feb. 2, 1864 he attended a meeting of the House of Representatives for a celebration of the second anniversary of the Christian Commission which Lincoln attended. When McCabe led the singing of the Battle Hymn Lincoln was so moved that he asked for it to be sung again. McCabe attended Lincoln’s funeral in Springfield, IL and was asked to sing the Battle Hymn there. After the war McCabe was appointed to Spencer Chapel in Portsmouth, OH and became a major fundraiser for his alma mater [Ohio] Wesleyan University’s endowment fund. For forty years he lectured throughout the country as Secretary of the Church Extension Society. In 1896 he was elected to the Methodist episcopacy, unofficially named “The Singing Bishop”. He died after suffering a stroke Dec. 19, 1906.
M.L. VanDyke (with material from Wm. E. Ross: “The Singing Chaplain: Bishop McCabe” in Methodist History, Oct. 1989
C. C. McCabe
John McCaffrey
1806 - 1881 Person Name: J. McCaffrey Author of "Hail to the mistress of the skies" The Rev. Dr. John McCaffrey (1806-1880) was President of Mount St. Mary College (now University) in Emmitsburg, Maryland from 1838 to 1872.
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John McCaffrey
Katherine McCaffrey
1911 - 1992 Person Name: Katherine McCaffrey, RSCJ, 1911-1992 Author (v. 1) of "God Created Earth and Heaven" in Catholic Book of Worship III
Katherine McCaffrey
John Moody McCaleb
1861 - 1953 Person Name: J. M. McCaleb Author of "Of One the Lord Has Made the Race" in Great Songs of the Church J. M. McCaleb was a Churches of Christ missionary to Japan from 1892 to 1941. He was influential in spurring global missions in his church fellowship. After returning to the U.S., he taught for Pepperdine University.
Source: McCaleb, John Moody (1861-1953): Pioneer missionary for Churches of Christ, History of Missiology, School of Theology, Boston University
John Moody McCaleb
W. L. McCalla
1788 - 1859 Person Name: W. L. M'Calla Editor of "" in A Few Specimens of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Presbyterian clergyman, controversialist; of Penn., Missouri, and Louisiana; b. 11/25/1788; d. 10/12/1859
W. L. McCalla
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