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This text authority page suffers from several failings that I don't see quite how to cure, or from which angle to attack the problem first:
1. It refers to what appear to be two quite distinct (though thematically close) hymns, "Behold a fountain deep and wide, Behold its onward flow" and "Behold a fountain deep and wide Lies open every day". The former is apparently by Dykes (tune by Sankey) and the latter by Burrell (tune by Sweney).
2. The page also lists an author named Barnhart, but I see no evidence of him in either hymn's page scans.
3. Dykes' first name is given as Ryan here (and at several of his other hymns, as well as his person authority page) though all the page scans I've seen so far spell it Rian. Incidentally, the second page scan at his Just as I am, O Savior King is actually of "Just as I am, without one plea"; the Ryan misspelling occurs there, too.
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Comments
Dykes: Rian > Ryan!
When I search just for "Dykes", the results include a link for "Rian A. Dykes", yet it links to "Ryan A. Dykes". Odd.
Aha! Fanny!
I just found "Rian J. Dykes" in a list of common pseudonyms of Fanny Crosby's. Whaddaya wanna bet Rian A. Dykes is the same lady? As, apparently, is Rian J. Sterling...
Alice Montieth or Monteith
is another I've seen listed as a pseudonym of Fanny Jane's. For example, "Whoever Will" is #325 in Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 and is attributed to "A. Montieth", while #285 ("He is Coming") is attributed to "Alice Monteith". Searching the Hymnary for "Alice Monteith" turns up a person authority with no bio info, whereas searching for "A. Montieth" or just plain "Montieth" draws a complicated blank. First I'm asked if I meant "a. monteith" or "a. monteiro", then if I click on either of those I am told that the page does not exist...
Behold a fountain deep and wide
All problems fixed.