Nolan Rice Best

Nolan R. Best was born on Apr­il 9, 1871 in Ohio. He at­tend­ed Ot­ter­bein Un­i­vers­i­ty in Wes­ter­ville, Ohio (BA 1892). Best ed­it­ed The Con­ti­nent, a Pres­by­ter­i­an news­pa­per in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, 1910-24 and in 1926, he was sec­re­ta­ry of the Bal­ti­more Fed­er­a­tion of Church­es.

His works in­clude:
History of Pe­ter and Ma­ry Best and Their Fam­i­ly, 1897
The Col­lege Man in Doubt, 1902
Beyond the Na­tur­al Ord­er, (New York etc.: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1908)
Applied Re­li­gion for Ev­ery(New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1916)
In­spir­a­tion: A Stu­dy of Di­vine In­flu­ence and Au­thor­i­ty in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures
Two Y Men: Da­vid A. Sin­clair, Sec­re­ta­ry, Ed­win L. Shu­ey, Lay­man (New York: As­so­ci­a­tion Press, 1925)
Yes, "It’s the Law" and It’s a Good Law, 1926
He died on Ju­ly 20, 1930, prob­ab­ly in Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land, where pro­bate was grant­ed Ju­ly 24, 1930.

NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/s/best_nr.htm