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J. C. Earle

Translator of "The Princely City Passing By" in The Cyber Hymnal

1811 - 1886 Person Name: Parch Roger Edwards Author of "Ymdeithio'r ym wrth arch ein Tad" in Cân a Mawl Edwards, Roger, a celebrated Welsh Calvinistic minister, was born at Bala, Jan. 22, 1811. He was closely associated with the literary productions of the Calvinistic Methodists, and was editor for many years of their magazine and their reviews. He died at Mold, July 19, 1886. He edited a denominational hymn-book in 1840, for which he wrote several hymns. He also published a volume of moral and sacred songs in 1855. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Victoria Saffelle Johnson

b. 1924 Author of "They blaze a pathway to the moon" in Sing for Joy

Clara Thwaites

Person Name: Clara H. Thwaites Author of "The Sword Of The Lord And Of Gideon" in The Cyber Hymnal

Charles H. Richards

1839 - 1925 Person Name: Charles H. Richards, 1839-1925 Author of "Our Father, Thy Dear Name Doth Show" in Christian Worship

Andrés Zelinski

Translator of "¡Hosanna en lo alto!" in Himnos de la Iglesia

Leon M. Adkins

1896 - 1986 Person Name: Leon M. Adkins, b. 1896 Author of "Go Make of All Disciples" in Gather Comprehensive Adkins, Leon McKinley. (Ticonderoga, NY, July 14, 1896-Saratoga Springs, NY, October 11, 1986). Methodist. Son of George H. and Lary L. (Brooks) Adkins. Middlebury College, B.A. 1919; honorary D.D. 1945; Boston University School of Theology, S.T.B. 1925. Clergyman, with pastorates in Delmar, Schenectady, and Syracuse, NY (1927-1955). General secretary, Division of the Local Church, Board of Education of the Methodist Church, 1955-1966. Member of the 1964 Methodist hymnal committee. Writer of religious poems and hymns, one of these being "Go, make of all disciples." Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives

Juan Burghi

1899 - 1985 Translator of "Dad gloria al Ungido" in Mil Voces para Celebrar

Jan Jacob Thomson

Author of "God Calls His People to the Task" in 50 Favorite Dutch Hymns

Frank von Christierson

1900 - 1996 Person Name: Frank von Christierson, 1900- Author of "As Men of Old Their First Fruits Brought" in Hymnal of the Church of God Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) was born near Helsinki, Finland. He attended San Jose (California) High School, Stanford University (BA, Psychology, 1923), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (BD 1929). In 1983 he was awarded the citation of distinguished alumnus, and became a Fellow of The Hymn Society. He has served as youth director at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, and pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Citrus Heights, California. He has published a hymnal collection entitled Make a Joyful Noise (1987) and is represented in many hymnals. Three of his hymn texts have been included in the new Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). http://www.hopepublishing.com/html ========================= After serving for thirty-seven years as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, North Hollywood and Sacramento, California, Rev. Frank con Christierson has retired to serve as "Interim minister" in the Central Area of the Synod of California. He has been moderator of San Francisco Presbytery and of Los Angeles Presbytery, and has just completed three years as chairman of radio and television for the Sacramento Area Council of Churches. Born in Finland, he was brought to America as a boy of four. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of San Francisco Theological Seminary. He has written five hymns published by the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

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