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Charles Wood

1866 - 1926 Person Name: Charles Wood (1866-1926) Topics: Scriptural Songs Harmonizer (setting 2) of "OLD HUNDREDTH (PSALM 134)" in The Summit Choirbook

John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of Argyll

1845 - 1914 Person Name: John D. S. Campbell Topics: Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs Author of "Unto the Hills" in Hymns of Faith John George Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell LLD [Duke of Argyll] United Kingdom 1845-1914. Born in London to George Campbell, Marques of Lorne, and styled Earl of Campbell from birth, he assumed his father's title at the age of 21 months, when his father became 8th Duke of Argyll. He bore that title until age 54. Educated at Edinburgh, Eton College, St. Andrews and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he also went to the National Art Training School. He traveled widely for 10 years throughout North and Central America, writing literature and poetry. In the UK, from 1868, he represented the constituency of Argyllshire as a Liberal member of Parliament in the House of Commons. He made little impression there. He was appointed Lt. Col. Commandant of the 1st Argyll & Bute Artillary Volunteers. He married Queen Victoria's 4th daughter, Princess Louise. They shared interest for art, but the marriage was childless and unhappy, and they spent much time apart. At 33, he was appointed Governor General of Canada. He and Louise made many contributions to Canadian society, especially in the arts and sciences. They encouraged establishment of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the National Gallery of Canada, even selecting some of its paintings. Campbell was also involved in completion of the Canadain Pacific Railway and a hospital in British Columbia. He and his wife held lavish parties while in Canada. In 1881, Louise returned to England, and the Lord also in 1883, when he published his memoirs of Canada and Scotland. He was Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle from 1892 to 1914. He died of pneumonia in 1914. He received 4 Knightings and 4 special honors for his accomplishments. Towns, buildings, streets and parks were named for him. John Perry

Luke Wadding

1628 - 1691 Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Author of "On Christmas Night All Christians Sing" Roman Catholic bishop of Ferns See Wadden, Luke, ca. 1628-1691

Hans Adolf Brorson

1694 - 1764 Person Name: Hans Adolph Brorson Topics: Scripture Songs Author of "Behold a Host" in Sing Joyfully

William Wright

Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Composer of "DEER PARK" in Voices United William Wright was Director of Music and Organist at Deer Park United Church in Toronto from 1965-2009. He taught at the University of Toronto and at the Toronto School of Theology. Dianne Shapiro

Patrick Michaels

Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Author of "Wisdom 7 (The Nature of Wisdom)" in Voices United

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Topics: Bible Songs Scriptures, Law, Sabbath Author of "Give me the Bible, holy message shining" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

Edmund S. Lorenz

1854 - 1942 Person Name: E. S. Lorenz Topics: Bible Songs Scriptures, Law, Sabbath Composer of "GIVE ME THE BIBLE" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Pseudonymns: John D. Cresswell, L. S. Edwards, E. D. Mund, ==================== Lorenz, Edmund Simon. (North Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio, July 13, 1854--July 10, 1942, Dayton, Ohio). Son of Edward Lorenz, a German-born shoemaker who turned preacher, served German immigrants in northwestern Ohio, and was editor of the church paper, Froehliche Botschafter, 1894-1900. Edmund graduated from Toledo High School in 1870, taught German, and was made a school principal at a salary of $20 per week. At age 19, he moved to Dayton to become the music editor for the United Brethren Publishing House. He graduated from Otterbein College (B.A.) in 1880, studied at Union Biblical Seminary, 1878-1881, then went to Yale Divinity School where he graduated (B.D.) in 1883. He then spent a year studying theology in Leipzig, Germany. He was ordained by the Miami [Ohio] Conference of the United Brethren in Christ in 1877. The following year, he married Florence Kumler, with whom he had five children. Upon his return to the United States, he served as pastor of the High Street United Brethren Church in Dayton, 1884-1886, and then as president of Lebanon Valley College, 1887-1889. Ill health led him to resign his presidency. In 1890 he founded the Lorenz Publishing Company of Dayton, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. For their catalog, he wrote hymns, and composed many gospel songs, anthems, and cantatas, occasionally using pseudonyms such as E.D. Mund, Anna Chichester, and G.M. Dodge. He edited three of the Lorenz choir magazines, The Choir Leader, The Choir Herald, and Kirchenchor. Prominent among the many song-books and hymnals which he compiled and edited were those for his church: Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship (1874), Pilgerlieder (1878), Songs of Grace (1879), The Otterbein Hymnal (1890), and The Church Hymnal (1934). For pastors and church musicians, he wrote several books stressing hymnody: Practical Church Music (1909), Church Music (1923), Music in Work and Worship (1925), and The Singing Church (1938). In 1936, Otterbein College awarded him the honorary D.Mus. degree and Lebanon Valley College the honorary LL.D. degree. --Information from granddaughter Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter, DNAH Archives

Lawrence M. Probes

Topics: liturgical Scripture Songs Composer of "[Arise , be clothed in the light]" in Voices United Lawrence M. Probes, MD (born 1952, Ft. Worth, Texas) is an American Singer-Songwriter trained in classical music since early childhood with a background in Gospel, folk and popular music. As a young boy he took piano lessons, eventually playing the clarinet, then in Junior High School starting the bassoon. He went on to attend National Music Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy majoring in bassoon and voice, then after a semester at Eastman School of Music he decided to become a medical doctor and began premedical studies at Texas Christian University. While at TCU he played bassoon in the Ft. Worth Symphony, Opera and Ballet Orchestras, as well as in the Faculty Woodwind Quintet. After graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas Dr. Probes completed residency training in psychiatry at Michigan State University in its Grand Rapids, Michigan division. During residency and all through his 28 years in Grand Rapids Dr. Probes continued to play the bassoon professionally, performing occasionally with the Grand Rapids Symphony, free lancing and giving private bassoon lessons. After moving to Traverse City in 2006, Dr. Probes played bassoon with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. At Interlochen Arts Academy Dr. Probes studied voice with Kenneth Jewell. He performed folk music with singer-songwriter, Anne Hills, and classical singer and professor, Jerold Pope. Already an accomplished pianist, he taught himself guitar, upright and electric bass, mandolin, anglo concertina, bouzouki, penny whistle and violin. In Grand Rapids he performed with a family folk music band, "Kinsfolk." In Traverse City he formed the family folk music band, "Cherry Blossom Ramblers," as well as the tribute band, "Peter, Paul & Mary Remembered." He performs a wide range of musical genres: classical folk, country, singer-songwriter, old time, Irish traditional, Russian music, Spanish and Latin music, jazz, pop, Gospel and easy listening. Dr. Probes and his bands are in demand by festivals, churches, special events, and community concerts and fundraisers. Dr. Probes has been interested in foreign languages since school years and has learned Russian, Spanish, German, Arabic and Frisian. He has traveled extensively in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union, and he sings in Russian, Spanish, German, Italian, French and Latin. During his years in Grand Rapids Dr. Probes was on the music team at Church of the Servant (CRC). He composed music for the Epiphany and Easter liturgies that were used by the congregation for more than 20 years. "Arise, Be Clothed In The Light" from the Epiphany liturgy has been published in two hymnals. Dr. Probes has written a number of newer songs for Christian worship, and he and his family band serve on the worship team at Central United Methodist Church in Traverse City, Michigan. Lawrence M. Probes

Doris Akers

1923 - 1995 Topics: Choruses Scripture and Praise; Church Fellowship of Believers (Unity); Closing of Service Hymns and Songs; Holy Spirit; Worship; Youth Songs and Hymns Author of "Sweet, Sweet Spirit" in The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration Doris Mae Akers USA 1923-1995. Born at Brookfield, MO, one of nine siblings, her (inter-racial) parents divorced when she was age three. She then lived with her mother, who remarried when she was age six. They lived in Kirksville, MO. Some of her brothers lived with her father after the divorce. The family attended the Bethel AME Church in Kirksville, where she learned to play piano by ear at age six. She wrote her first song at age 10. In the 1930s she formed a singing gospel group with siblings, Edward, Marian, and Donald, who went by the name ‘Dot and the Swingsters’. Early in her career (1938) she moved to Los Angeles, CA. There she became known for her work with the ‘Sky Pilot Choir’, an integrated group that made recordings and appeared on Radio and TV across the country. Her fresh, modern arrangements of traditional negro spirituals drew large crowds from far and near, and increased her church’s attendance dramatically. Her choir group released three record albums. She recorded solos in 1963 and also collaborated with the Statemen Quartet in 1964. She ended working with the choir in 1965, but reunited with it again in 1974 to make a 4th recording for RCA Victor. In 1970 she moved to Columbus, OH, where she continued composing, recording, and traveling. In the 1980s she released a new gospel album each year on a regional Midwest label. She also released a few albums in Canada (not distributed in the U S). In the 1990s she began recording for the Gaither label and appeared in some of their TV productions and concerts. She was affectionately known as ‘Miss Gospel Music’, respected and admired by everyone in the gospel music business. By this time, she had mastered vocalization, keyboards, choir directing, arranging, composing, and publishing. She worked with many of the early pioneers in gospel music and authored gospel compositions, some selling millions of records for other performers and evangelists. In her final years she was Minister of Music at Grace Temple Deliverance Center, Minneapolis, MN. In 1994 she broke her ankle, and also discovered she had spinal cancer. She died at Edina, MN. She never married. She wrote 500+ songs. She received many awards over the years, including ‘Gospel Music Composer of the Year’ (for both years 1960 and 1961). In 1976, the city of Kirksville, MO, held “Doris Akers’ Day’, featuring her as the headline act, as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over 20,000 attended the celebration there. In 1992 she was honored by the Smithsonian Institution as ‘The Foremost Gospel Writer in the U S’. Her works include eight collections of music. In 2001 she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2011 she was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. John Perry