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Johann Poliander

1487 - 1541 Author of "My soul, now praise thy Maker!" Poliander, Johann was the pen-name of Johann Graumann who was b. July 5, 1487, at Neustadt in the Bavarian Palatinate. He studied at Leipzig (M.A. 1516, B.D. 1520), and was, in 1520, appointed rector of the St. Thomas School at Leipzig. He attended the Disputation in 1519 between Dr. Eck, Luther, and Oarlstadt, as the amanuensis of Eck; with the ultimate result that he espoused the cause of the Reformation and left Leipzig in 1522. In 1523 he became Evangelical preacher at Wurzburg, but left on the outbreak of the Peasants' War in 1525, and went to Nürnberg, where, about Lent, he was appointed preacher to the nunnery of St. Clara. He then, at the recommendation of Luther, received from the Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg an invitation to assist in furthering the Reformation in Prussia, and began his work as pastor of the Altstadt Church in Königsberg, in Oct., 1525. Here he laboured with much zeal and success, interesting himself specially in organising the evangelical schools of the province, and in combating the errors of the Anabaptists and the followers of Schwenckfeldt. He died at Königsberg, April 29, 1541 (Koch, i. 355-59 : ii. 475; Bode, p. 78, &c). The only hymn of importance by him which has kept its place in Germany is :— Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren. Ps. ciii. Appeared as a broadsheet at Nürnberg, c. 1540, and in J. Kugelmann's News Gesang, Augsburg, 1540. Both of these are given by Wackernagel, iii. pp. 821-23, in 4 stanzas of 12 lines. This fine rendering has been repeated in most subsequent hymn-books, and is No. 238 in the Unverfälscher Liedersegen, 1851. A 5th stanza, "Sey Lob und Preis mit Ehren," appeared in a broadsheet reprint at Nürnberg, c. 1555, and is in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, and other books, added to the original stanzas. Lauxmann, in Koch, viii. 316-320, quotes Martin Chemnitz, 15V5, as stating that it was written in 1525 at the request of the Margrave Albrecht, as a version of his favourite Psalm, and as saying that himself (i.e. Chemnitz) heard the Margrave joyfully ringing it on his death-bed. Lauxmann adds that it was used by Gustavus Adolphus on April 24, 1632, at the first restored Protestant service at Augsburg. It was also sung by the inhabitants of Osnabruck, in Westphalia, as a thanksgiving at the close of the Thirty Years' War on Oct. 25, 1648, &c. It is translated as:— My soul, now praise thy Maker! A good and full translation by Miss Winkworth, as No. 7 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863. Other trs. are:—(1) "My soul! exalt the Lord thy God," by J. C. Jacobi, 1722, p. 86 (1732, p. 145). Included in the Moravian Hymn Book of 1754 (Nos. 127 and 315) and 1789. (2) “Now to the Lord sing praises," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 192). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

J. Poppus

1549 - 1610 Author of "Gud! dig min sak hemställer jag"

Alexander Pope

1688 - 1744 Author of "Vital spark of heavenly flame" in Popular Hymns for Youth Alexander Pope was born in London, in 1688. His parents were Roman Catholics. He had a feeble constitution, was deformed in person, and attained the age of only fifty-six. He early acquired the means of independence by his literary gifts, and purchased his celebrated villa at Twickenham, whither he went to reside at the age of thirty. Of his many published works, his translation of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" of Homer has given him the greatest reputation. As an English satirist, also, he stands very high. Nearly all his works, however, are imitations. He died at Tickenham, in 1744. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ======== Pope, Alexander, the poet, son of a wholesale linen merchant in Lombard Street, London, was born in Plough Court, Lombard Street, May 21, 1688. His father being a Roman Catholic, he was first placed under the charge of Father Taverner, who taught him the rudiments of Greek and Latin. Later he attended a school at Winchester, and then at Hyde Park Corner. When about twelve he retired with his parents to Binfield, in Windsor Forest, and from thenceforth his education was mainly in his own hands. His subsequent success as a writer and poet is a matter of history, and has been dealt with in detail by Dr. Johnson in his Lives of the Poets, and by others. He died May 30, 1744, and was buried in a vault in Twickenham Church. For distinct public use, so far as we are aware, Pope wrote no hymns. His "Messiah"; his "Universal Prayer"; and his "Vital Spark" (q.v.), have been made use of for congregational purposes, but as a Roman Catholic he had no object in writing a hymn in a language which, at that time, his Church would refuse to use. In modern hymn-books his name is identified with the following pieces:-- 1. Father of all, in every age. Universal Prayer. The Lord's Prayer. This Prayer was published in 1738, as a conclusion to his Essay on Man, in 13 st. of 4 1. Warburton in his Advertisement of the 1748 ed. of the Essay, says:— "Concerning the Universal Prayer which concludes the Essay, it may be proper to observe that some pas¬sages in the Essay having been unjustly suspected of a tendency towards Fate and Naturalism, the author composed that Prayer as the sum of all, to show that hi a system was founded in Freewill, and terminated in Piety: that the First Cause was as well the Lord and Governor as the Creator of the Universe; and that by submission to His will (the great principle enforced throughout the Essay) was not meant the suffering ourselves to be carried along with a blind determination; but a religious acquiescence, and confidence full of hope and immortality. To give all this the greater weight and reality, the Poet chose for his model The Lord's Prayer, which of all others best deserves the title prefixed to his Paraphrase." The title here referred to is "The Universal Prayer, Deo Opt. Max." The hymn is found in common use in the following forms:— (1.) Father of all in every age. This is an abbreviated form, and has been in use, especially in Unitarian hymnbooks, from an early date. (2.) Father of all, [and] Thou God of love. This cento was given in 6 st. of 4 1. in the 1815 edition of Cotterill's Selections, No. 2; again in the 1819 ed., 141; in Stowell's Psalms & Hymns, 1831, No. 179; and again in later collections. (3.) Not to this earth's contracted span. In Collyer's Collection 1812, No. 629, in 4 st. of 4 1., and others. (4.) Teach me to feel another's woe. Also in Collyer's Collection, 1812, No. 630, in 4 st. of 4 1., and others. (5.) Thou Great First Cause, least understood. Also in Collyer's Collection, 1812, No. 628, in 4 st. of 4 1., and later hymnals. (6.) When I am right Thy grace impart. Given in Kennedy, 1863, No. 1166. 2. Ye nymphs of Solyma! begin the song. The Messiah. In No. 378 of the Spectator for Wednesday, May 14, 1712, Addison gave this poem with the introduction :— "I will make no apology for entertaining the reader with the following poem, which is written by a great genius, a friend of mine, in the country, who is not ashamed to employ his wit in the praise of his Maker." Then follows the poem with the heading, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, composed of several passages of Isaiah the Prophet. Written in imitation of Virgil's Pollio." It consists of 107 lines. When republished by Pope this heading was expanded into a paragraph as an "Advertisement." As a poem it is unknown to the hymn-book; but from it the following centos have passed into common use:-- (1.) As the Good Shepherd tends his fleecy care. This was given in Collyer's Collection, 1812, No. 626, in 6 st. of 4 1., and has been repeated in later hymnals, but usually in an abridged form. (2.) From Jesse's root, behold a branch arise No. 624 in Collyer's Collection, 1812, in 5 st. of 4 1.; and again in later hymnals. (3.) Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers. No. 625 in Collyer's Collection, 1812, in 4 st. of 4 1.; in Bishop Heber's posthumous Hymns, &c, 1827, p. 106; and again in later collections. (4.) Rise crowned with light, imperial Salem rise. In the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, No. 687, in 3 st. of 8 1., and several later collections. (5.) The Saviour comes! by ancient seers foretold. In Mercer's Church Psalm & Hymn Book, 1864, and others. It may be noted that 1. 46 of The Messiah reads in the original "He wipes the tears for ever from our eyes." This was altered by Pope at the suggestion of Steele, made to Pope in a letter dated June 1, 1712, to "From every face He wipes off every tear." This latter is the poet's authorized reading, is given in his Works, and is found also in the book form reprints of the Spectator. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Viscountess Theodosia A. Powerscourt

1736 - 1836 Author (attributed to) of "Lord, let my heart still turn to thee"

Marcos Antônio da Fonseca Portugal

1762 - 1830 Person Name: Marcantoine Portogallo Composer of "PORTUGUESE HYMN" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

Ch. Aug. Pohlman

1777 - 1843 Author of "Peace be to Thy every dwelling" Pohlman, Charles Augustus, born at Herrnhut, Nov. 18, 1777, consecrated a Bishop of the Moravian Church, 1830; died at Oakbrook, near Derby, Nov. 17, 1843. His hymn "Peace be to thy every dwelling" (Church Festival), appeared in the English Moravian Hymn Book, 1826. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Sylvanus Billings Pond

1792 - 1871 Person Name: S. B. Pond Composer of "SIBERIA" in Popular Hymns, revised

August Pohlenz

1795 - 1843 Person Name: A. Pohlenz, 1795-1843 Composer of "[Meine Augen erheb' ich nach oben]" in Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine

Maria Popple

1796 - 1847 Author of "Over hoarse Atlantic's wave" Popple, Maria, 1796-1847. Daughter of Rev. Miles Popple, vicar of Welton, near Hull, who as Miriam contributed to Beard's Collection, 1837, and to Unitarian periodical literature. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Richard Thomas Pembroke Pope

1799 - 1859 Author of "In trouble and in grief, O God" Pope, Richard Thomas Pembroke , M.A., eldest son of Mr. Thomas Pope, of Cork, was born at Cork, March 13, 1799, educated at Hyde Abbey, Winchester, and at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A: 1822); took Holy Orders in 1822; and died at Kingstown, near Dublin, Feb. 7. 1859. His hymn "In trouble and in grief, O God [Lord]" (Peace in Affliction) was given anonymously in Carus Wilson's Friendly Visitor, June 1824, p. 72, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "A Hymn." This text is repeated in the Irish Church Hymnal , 1873, with st. ii. 1. 4, "Spread fragrance when they're bruised," altered to "Perfume the air when bruised;" and st. iv. 1. 2, "In other times," &c, altered to "At other times," &c. This hymn is in several collections in Great Britain and America. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Erhard C. Poppe

1804 - 1879 Person Name: E. C. Poppe Author of "Jesus, Our Savior, Grant Us Thy Peace"

Franz Graf von Pocci

1807 - 1876 Person Name: Franz Graf Pocci Author of "O heil'ges Kind wir grüßen dich"

Edgar Allan Poe

1809 - 1849 Author of "Silence"

Abram M. Poindexter

1809 - 1872 Person Name: A. M. Poindexter Author of "Blest Sabbath, day of holy rest" Poindexter, Abram Maer. (Bertie County, North Carolina, September 22, 1809--May 7, 1872, Orange County, Virginia). Baptist. Columbian College, honorary D.D., 1843. Various pastorates in Virginia. Agent for Columbian College, 1845-1848. Corresponding secretary for Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1848-1851. Agent for Richmond College, 1851-1854, 1866-1870. Assistant secretary for Foreign Missions Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1854-c.1861. Prominent advocate of missions and higher education. Editor, writer, and administrator. Assisted in publication of Manly and Manly's Baptist Psalmody, 1850, to which he contributed seven hymns. See: Wood, Rudolph Malcolm. (1964). An Investigation of the Life and Ministry of Abram M. Poindexter, with Particular Reference to His Contributions to Southern Baptist Missions and Eduction. (Unpublished Th.M. thesis). Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. --Paul A. Richardson, DNAH Archives

William Pollock

1812 - 1873 Author of "Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, Thou dost dwell within" Pollock, William, D.D. (April 22, 1812--October 11, 1873). Clergyman of the Church of England. Vicar of Bowden in Cheshire, 1856; archdeacon of Chester, 1867. --Robinson, Charles Seymour. (1893). Annotations upon Popular Hymns. New York: Hunt & Easton.

Julius Anton Eugen Wilhelm von Poseck

1816 - 1896 Person Name: Julius Anton von Poseck Author of "Du gabst, o Herr, Dein teures Blut"

William S. W. Pond

1819 - 1919 Person Name: William Pond Author of "The Blood of Christ, Thy Spotless Lamb" in The Cyber Hymnal

Elbert S. Porter

1820 - 1888 Author of "Christians, Up! the Day is Breaking" Porter, Elbert Stothoff, D.D. (October 23, 1820--February 26, 1888). Reformed Church of America. Editor Christian Intelligencer for 14 years. The Church Hymnary, 1891, gives his birth date as 1819. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Thomas E. Powell

1823 - 1901 Person Name: Thomas Edward Powell Author of "Lord, when beside the grave we mourn" Powell, Thomas Edward, M.A., son of David Powell, of Loughton, Essex, was born at Hampstead, Middlesex, Aug. 22, 1823, and educated at Oriel College, Oxford (B.A. 1845). Ordained in 1846, he was Curate of Cookham-Dean, near Maidenhead; and then Vicar of Bisham, 1848. He published in 1868, The Holy Feast, and subsequently his Hymns, Anthems, &c, for Public Worship. To this collection he contributed the following hymns:— 1. Again upon the gladdened earth. Harvest. 2. Almighty Fount of love. (1864.) Confirmation. 3. Around Thy throne, 0 God. All Saints. 4. Bow down Thine ear, Almighty Lord. (1864.) Ember Weeks. 5. God of hope and consolation. Holy Scripture. 6. Hallelujah, hallelujah, Raise the hymn of thankful praise. Harvest. 7. Heavenly Father, King of kings. (1864.) Public Worship. 8. Jesus, from Thy heavenly dwelling. (1874.) Holy Matrimony. 9. Jesus, Whom heavenly hosts adore. (1874.) Holy Communion. 10. Let our hymns of prayer ascending. Ascension. 11. Lord, when beside the grave we mourn. (1862.) Burial. 12. Lord, with grief and sin oppressed. (1863.) Lent. 13. 0 God, eternal Fount of Light. (1880.) Holy Trinity. 14. O Lamb of God for sinners slain. (1880.) Holy Communion. 15. O Saviour, from Thy heavenly throne. (1872.) Missions. 16. Redeemer, ever blest. Holy Baptism. 17. Though bowed beneath Thy chastening rod. (1862.) Lent or Affliction. 18. To Thee, O holy King of saints. All Saints. 19. Until Thou comest, Saviour, in Thy might. (1874.) Holy Communion. Mr. Powell's Hymns, Anthems, &c., have been privately printed as an Appendix, Hymn Book for use in his parish of Bisham, Berks. The compilation was begun in 1855, and has gradually grown to 97 hymns, of which the above 19 are by the compiler. The dates given above are those of the composition of the respective hymns. Died Feb. 8, 1901. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas J. Potter

1828 - 1873 Author of "Brightly gleams our banner" in The Hymnal Potter, Thomas Joseph, was born at Scarborough in 1827, and joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1847, and subsequently took Holy Orders. For many years he filled the Chair of Pulpit Eloquence and English Literature in the Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin. He published The Spoken Word; or, The Art of Extemporary Preaching; Sacred Eloquence, or, The Theory and Practice of Preaching; and The Pastor and his People; together with several tales. He translated the Vesper hymns in the Catholic Psalmist; contributed to the Holy Family Hymns, 1860; and published Legends, Lyrics, and Hymns, 1862. His most widely-known hymn is "Brightly gleams our banner" (q.v.). Several of his hymns and translations are in use in Roman Catholic hymnbooks for Missions and Schools. He died at Dublin in 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Potter, T. J., p. 901, ii., was b. June 9, 1828 (not in 1827), ordained 1857, and died Aug. 31, 1873. The hymn:— O! yet, once more, in Britain's isle [For the Conversion of England], in the Arundel Hymns, 1902, is stanzas 30, 31, 34, 35, 36 of a piece inhis Legends, Lyrics and Hymns, 1862. It is entitled "The Definition of the Immaculate Conception: or England and Rome," and marked as “Written several years ago .. to be spoken at the Feast of Languages, which is annually celebrated in the Propaganda College at Rome, on the Festival of the Epiphany, . . . now published for the first time." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

C. W. Poole

1828 - 1924 Person Name: Clement W. Poole Author of "From many ways and wide apart" in The New Hymnal of Praise

Rebecca S. Pollard

1831 - 1917 Author of "The Coming of the King" Pseudonyms: Kate Harrington Born: September 20, 1831, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Died: May 29, 1917, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Buried: Farmington, Iowa. A teacher, writer and poet, Pollard spent her most productive years in Iowa. Her father, Professor N. R. Smith, was a playwright and authority on Shakespeare. She was married to New York poet and editor Oliver I. Taylor. She was the anonymous author of Emma Bartlett, or Prejudice and Fanaticism, a fictional reply to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, intended to expose the hypocrisy of Know-Nothingism. Pollard’s family moved to Ohio, then Kentucky, where she worked as a teacher. Later, she taught in Chicago, Illinois. Pollard lived in various Iowa cities, including Farmington, Keosauqua, Burlington, Ft. Madison and Keokuk. She began her writing career with the Louisville Journal, whose editor opposed secession and was an important influence in keeping Kentucky in the Union. In her Letters from a Prairie Cottage, Pollard included a children’s corner with tales about taming and raising animals and of a cat who adopted orphan chicks. Pollard also wrote other children’s books, including a primer and a speller. Pollard’s work in the field of reading represented a pioneer effort to create a sequential reading program of intensive synthetic phonics, complete with a separate teacher’s manual and spelling and reading books, and moving into a broad based graded series of literature readers. Her series is important for its high correlation of spelling and reading instruction, for its concern for the interests of children, for its incorporation of music into the process of learning to read, and as the forerunner for other phonics systems. Her readers were used in every state in America and were used in Keokuk, Iowa, as late as 1937. Few women have single-handedly contributed so much to the field of reading. In 1869, Pollard published a book of poems titled Maymie, as a tribute to her ten year old daughter who died that year. She followed up the next year with In Memoriam, Maymie, April 6th, 1869, a meditation on death and suffering Emma Bartlett received mixed reviews when it was published in 1856. The Ohio Statesman gave a very good review, but the Cincinnati Times said, "We have read this book. We pronounce the plot an excellent one and the style charming, but she has failed to fulfill the intended mission of the book." It accused her of also showing prejudice and fanaticism typical of the politicians she tried to defend. In 1876, she published Centennial, and Other Poems to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, and the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first official World’s Fair held in the United States. The volume included many poems about Iowa, selected poems of Pollard’s father, and illustrations of the Centennial grounds in Philadelphia. Pollard was 79 years old when she produced the poem, "Althea" or "Morning Glory", which relates to Iowa. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Francis Pott

1832 - 1909 Translator of "The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Francis Pott studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1854, and M.A. in 1857. He was ordained Deacon in 1856, and Priest in 1857. He was Curate of Bishopsworth, Bristol, 1856; of Ardingley, Sussex, 1858; was appointed to Ticehurst in 1861; and is now incumbent of Northill, Bedfordshire. Mr. Pott has made many acceptable translations, and has edited "Hymns Fitted to the Order of Common Prayer, etc.;" a compilation of real merit. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ============ Pott, Francis, M.A., was born Dec. 29, 1832, and educated at Brasenose, College, Oxford, B.A. 1854; M.A. 1857. Taking Holy Orders in 1856 he was curate of Bishopsworth, Gloucestershire, 1856-8; Ardingly, Berks, 1858-61; Ticehurst, Sussex, 1861-66; and Rector of Norhill, Ely, 1866. His Hymns fitted to the Order of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, To which are added Hymns for Certain Local Festivals, was published in 1861, and reprinted from time to time with a few additions. Mr. Pott contributed translations from the Latin and Syriac, and original hymns, including “Angel voices ever singing" (p. 68, ii.), and "Lift up your heads, eternal gates" (Ascension). These original hymns, together with his translations, have been received with much favour and are widely used. In several.…works, several translations from the Latin, and other hymnological work, are attributed to Archdeacon Alfred Pott. We are authorized to state that this ascription of authorship is an error. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Josephine Pollard

1834 - 1892 Person Name: Josepine Pollard Author of "Joybells, joybells, never, never cease" in Popular Hymns No. 3 Josephine Pollard USA 1834-1892. Born at NYC, NY, one of seven children and daughter of an architect, she attended an exclusive girls school, Spingler Institute, and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a founding member of the professional women’s club, Sorosis. She never married. She became an author, poet, and hymnist, writing many children’s books and for children’s magazines, including Harper’s, Scribner’s, and the New York Ledger. She wrote 44 books, mostly religious, for children, but also about history, birds, sports and games, and adventure stories. She also wrote 100+ hymn lyrics as well. She worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited a magazine for African Americans. Her children’s books include: “History of the U.S.” (1884); “The life of George Washington” ; “The life of Christ for young people”; “History of the New Testament in words of one syllable” (1899); “History of the Old Testament in words of one syllable” (1899); “Bible stories for children” (1899). She was in poor health in her latter years. She died at NYC, NY. John Perry =============== Pollard, Josephine, born in New York, circa 1840, is the author of (1) "I stood outside the gate" (Lent), (2) "Joy-bells ringing, Children singing" (Joy) in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Thomas Benson Pollock

1836 - 1896 Person Name: T. B. Pollock Author of "Great Creator, Lord of All" in Gloria Deo Pollock, Thomas Benson, M.A., was born in 1836, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1863, where he also gained the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for English Verse in 1855. Taking Holy Orders in 1861, he was Curate of St. Luke's, Leek, Staffordshire; St. Thomas's, Stamford Hill, London; and St. Alban's, Birmingham. Mr. Pollock is a most successful writer of metrical Litanies. His Metrical Litanies for Special Services and General Use, Mowbray, Oxford, 1870, and other compositions of the same kind contributed subsequently to various collections, have greatly enriched modern hymnbooks. To the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, Mr. Pollock contributed two hymns, “We are soldiers of Christ, Who is mighty to save" (Soldiers of Christ), and "We have not known Thee as we ought" (Seeking God), but they are by no means equal to his Litanies in beauty and finish. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Pollock, T. B. , 900, i. We note:— 1. God of mercy, loving all. Litany for Quinquagesima. In the Gospeller, 1872. 2. Great Creator, Lord of all. Holy Trinity. In the Gospeller, 1876. 3. Holy Saviour, hear me; on Thy Name I call. Litany of the Contrite. In the Gospeller, 1870. From it "Faithful Shepherd, feed me in the pastures green," is taken. 4. Jesu, in Thy dying woes, p. 678, ii. 36. Given in Thring's Collection, 1882, in 7 parts, was written for the Gos¬peller. 5. My Lord, my Master, at Thy feet adoring. Passiontide. Translation of "Est-ce vous quo je vois, 6 mon Maître adorable!" (text in Moorsom's Historical Comp. to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1889, p. 266), by Jacques Bridaine, b. 1701, d. 1767. Moorsom says he was born. at Chuselay, near Uzes, in Languedoc, and was a Priest in the French Church. The translation made in 1887 was included in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. 6. We are soldiers of Christ, p. 900, i. In the Gospeller, 1875. 7. Weep not for Him Who onward bears. Passiontide. No. 495 in the 1889 Suppl. Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern is part of a hymn in the Gospeller, 1870. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Louis Porret-Bolens

1836 - 1914 Person Name: Louis Porret-Bolens, 1836-1914 Author of "Quel Bonheur De Te Connaître" in The Cyber Hymnal

George E. Post

1838 - 1909 Person Name: جورج بوست Translator of "في حب ربي راسخ" George E. Post, an American Botanist who worked at the Syrian Protestant College, later renamed as the American University of Beirut

Henry James Poole

1843 - 1897 Person Name: H. J. Poole Composer of "ST. LUCY" in The Church Hymnary

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[Poor, weary pilgrim on your way]" in Crowning Day, No. 6 Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

Stacy G. Potts

b. 1858 Person Name: S. G. Potts Composer of "[The sun is sinking fast]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

C. H. von Poseck

1859 - 1953 Author of "Hallelujah, Christ has conquered" Christina Helena von Poseck

William H. Pontius

1860 - 1937 Person Name: Will H. Pontius Composer of "WAITING AND WATCHING" in The Church Hymnal

Jessie Brown Pounds

1861 - 1921 Author of "Po Pote Na Yesu" Jessie Brown Pounds was born in Hiram, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on 31 August 1861. She was not in good health when she was a child so she was taught at home. She began to write verses for the Cleveland newspapers and religious weeklies when she was fifteen. After an editor of a collection of her verses noted that some of them would be well suited for church or Sunday School hymns, J. H. Fillmore wrote to her asking her to write some hymns for a book he was publishing. She then regularly wrote hymns for Fillmore Brothers. She worked as an editor with Standard Publishing Company in Cincinnati from 1885 to 1896, when she married Rev. John E. Pounds, who at that time was a pastor of the Central Christian Church in Indianapolis. A memorable phrase would come to her, she would write it down in her notebook. Maybe a couple months later she would write out the entire hymn. She is the author of nine books, about fifty librettos for cantatas and operettas and of nearly four hundred hymns. Her hymn "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was sung at President McKinley's funeral. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Herman A. Polack

1862 - 1930 Person Name: H. A. Polack, 1862-1930 Composer of "CLAIRVAUX" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary

Adelaide A. Pollard

1862 - 1934 Author of "Have thine own way, Lord" in Popular Revival Hymns Not to be confused with Adelaide A. Procter

R. Martin Pope

1865 - 1944 Translator of "Hymn at Cock-Crow" in Hymns of Prudentius Pope, Robert Martin, M.A., s. of Rev. H. J. Pope, D.D. (ex-President of the Wesleyan Conference), was born in London, Jan. 4, 1865, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Victoria Univ., Manchester, and St. John's Coll., Cambridge (B.A. 1887, M.A. 1896). He entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1888 and is now (1906) stationed at Oxford. He was joint author of The Hymns of Prudentius, translated by R. Martin Pope and R. F. Davis, 1905, being a verse translation of the Cathemerinon of Prudentius with notes. Two of Mr. Pope's versions are in The English Hymnal, 1906, Nos. 54, 55. He also contributed articles on Latin Hymnody, with some original translations, to the London Quarterly Review, July 1905 and Jan. 1906, with a supplemental note in July 1906 containing two translations into Latin verse. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

C. E. Pollock

b. 1868 Person Name: Charles Edward Pollock Composer of "[It lies beyond earth’s vision]" in The Cyber Hymnal

Charles E. Pollock

1871 - 1924 Person Name: Charles Edward Pollock Author of "Above the Bright Blue" Pollock, Charles Edward. (Illinois, 1872--February 21, 1924, El Paso County, Texas). Charles E. Pollock was born on a farm in Lincoln, Illinois. He later worked at rounding up cattle in New Mexico before working with the railroad as brakeman, engineer and conductor. Later he became chief of police in El Paso, Texas. He wrote the hymn "Above the Bright Blue." Not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock, (1853-1954). Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave memorial (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144813961/charles-edward-pollock) accessed 9/25/2020

Emmanuel Poppen

1874 - 1974 Composer of "POPPEN" in American Lutheran Hymnal Rev. Emanuel Poppen; b. 1874, Dundee, Perth col, Ontario. Luth. pastor, Ohio Synod, Sydney, Ohio Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

William C. Poole

1875 - 1949 Author of "He lived for self through all his years" William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

John Porter

b. 1877 Person Name: John Porter, 1877- Composer of "[O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness]" in Christian Worship

Paul R. Pope

1877 - 1950 Translator of "Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming"

R. Hudson Pope

1879 - 1967 Author of "Make the Book Live to Me" Richard Hudson Pope

Mary Power

1881 - 1957 Author of "Hail, O Queen of earth and heaven" Power, Mary. (Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 24, 1881--January 16, 1957, Halifax). Roman Catholic. Daughter of Lawrence Power, Speaker of the Canadian Senate; granddaughter of leaders in Nova Scotia's politics and overseas trade. University of London, B.A.; Dalhousie University (Halifax), M.A.; Notre Dame, Ph.D.; also studied at Mount St. Vincent University (Halifax) and the Catholic University of America. In 1905 she joined the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, taking the name of Sister Maura. After teaching in the schools run by her Order in Halifax and in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, she returned in 1925 to Mount St. Vincent as professor of English, and taught there until her death. She did much to encourage other local writers, and helped to found the Halifax School of Journalism, where she lectured 1947-1957. Besides Shakespeare's Catholicism (Cambridge, Mass., 1924) and The Sisters of Charity, Halifax (Toronto, 1956), she published several books of verse, notably The Rosary in Terza Rima (Toronto, 1941). --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

John Powell

1882 - 1963 Harmonizer of "THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM" in The Worshipbook

R. L. Powell

1888 - 1933 Author of "We shall see our blessed King" Robert Lawrence Powell known as "Richard" born in Texas, died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

Emiliano Ponce

1889 - 1966 Author of "Más allá del sol" in Himnos de la Iglesia

W. G. Polack

1890 - 1950 Person Name: W. G. Polack, 1890-1950 Translator of "Kyrie, God Father in Heaven Above" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary

Rue Porter

1890 - 1967 Author of "I'm in the army of the Lord" Roland Rudolph Porter born in Arkansas, died in Missouri. He was a preacher in Churches of Christ in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. He is the author of at least four hymnals: Crowning Praise, No. 2 (1941), Favorite Songs of the Church (1948), Church Praises (1952), and Singing His Praises (1957). Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022) Monty Lynn, from History of the Restoration Movement website (accessed 9/20/2022)

Edwin McNeill Poteat

1892 - 1955 Author of "Eternal God, whose searching eye doth scan"

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