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Marianne Hearn

1834 - 1909 Author of "Just As I Am, Thine Own to Be" in Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) See Marianne Farningham.

1819 - 1886 Person Name: W. Blow Composer of "[Just as I am, Thine own to be]" in Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns William Blow was born in 1819 in York, Yorkshire, England and christened in September 14, 1819 at St. Michael-le-Belfry, York. He was a descendant of John Blow. William served as Rector of Layer Breton, Essex, and was an amateur violinist and violin collector. He died on December 25, 1886 in Layer Breton, Essex, England. N.N., Hymnary. See more at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/l/o/blow_w.htm

Phoebe Palmer Knapp

1839 - 1908 Person Name: Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp Composer of "["Just as I am," thine own to be]" in The Epworth Hymnal As a young girl Phoebe Palmer Knapp (b. New York, NY, 1839; d. Poland Springs, ME, 1908) displayed great musical talent; she composed and sang children’s song at an early age. The daughter of the Methodist evangelist Walter C. Palmer, she was married to John Fairfield Knapp at the age of sixteen. Her husband was a founder of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and after his death, she shared her considerable inherited wealth with various charitable organizations. She composed over five hundred gospel songs, of which the tunes for “Blessed Assurance” and “Open the Gates of the Temple” are still popular today. Bert Polman

Robert Henry Earnshaw

1856 - 1929 Person Name: Dr. R. H. Earnshaw Composer of "[Just as I am, thine own to be]" in Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs Born: Circa November 1856, Cliviger, Lancashire, England. Died: Circa November 1933, Todmorden district, Lancashire, England. In 1881, records show Earnshaw as a Professor of Music, living in Cliviger. By 1901, he was an organist in Southport, Lancashire. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "["Just as I am," Thine own to be]" in The Gospel in Song Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Mary Anne Hearne

1834 - 1909 Person Name: Marianne F. Hearn, 1834-1909 Author of "Just As I Am, Thine Own to Be" in Hymnal of the Church of God See also Farningham, Marrianne, 1834-1909

Edwin Drewett

1850 - 1924 Person Name: E. Drewett Composer of "ELMHURST" in The Book of Common Praise Born: 1850, London, England. Died: April 6, 1924, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Drewett studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Charles Steggall, and served as organist at Harecourt Congregational Chapel, London; the German Lutheran Church, Dalston (1893-1905); and the German Embassy Church, Brompton (1905-14); and the Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells (1907-24). --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "["Just as I am," Thine own to be]" in Jewels for Juniors Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

G. Trotter

Person Name: G. Trotter, 1866- Composer of "HOWCROFT" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes

A. F. Myers

Composer of "[Just as I am, thine own to be]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined Augustus (Gus) Franklin Myers USA 1850-1902. Born at Ashland, OH, he was a music composer and publisher. He may have taught music, as his title of ‘Professor’, is noted by one source. His song books include: “The life line”, “The search light” (1894), “The seed sower” (1897). He wrote many lyrics and tunes. He died at Toledo, OH. John Perry