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Dwight Liles

b. 1957 Topics: Evening Prayer Hymn; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Retreats; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); Sin Author of "You Alone" in Journeysongs (3rd ed.)

Gustav Stolpe

Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday; Hymns for use at Sea; Sin Conflict with Composer of "DIG, JESUS, MIN DYRASTE JESUS" in The Hymnal and Order of Service

1806 - 1867 Person Name: Willis Topics: Dedication Hymn; Dedication of churches; Dedications; Ordinations; Installations Author of "The perfect world by Adam trod" in Hymns for Christian Devotion Willis, Nathaniel Parker, was born at Portland, Maine, Jan. 20, 1807, and educated at Yale College, graduating in 1826. After writing for a time for the American Monthly Magazine, which he established, and theNew York Mirror, into which the former was merged, he was attached to the American Legation at the French Court. His stay in Europe extended from 1831 to 1837. On his return he became in 1839 one of the editors of The Corsair. His works are numerous, and include Sacred Poems, 1843. He died Jan. 29, 1867. His sister, Mrs. Parton, is the well-known "Fanny Fern." His hymn —"The perfect world by Adam trod" (Dedication of a Place of Worship), was "Written to be sung at the Consecration of Hanover Street [Unitarian] Church, Boston," in 1826, and since then has been widely used, although of no exceeding merit. [Rev F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Janet Wyatt

b. 1934 Topics: Acrostic Psalms; Alleluias; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Easter; Church Year Trinity Sunday; Disciples / Calling; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Endurance; God Daily Experience of; God Desire for; God Light from; God as Creator; God as King; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Triumph; God's Wonders; God's Word; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Forgiveness; God's Generosity; God's Gifts; God's Glory; God's Greatness; God's Kingdom; God's Love; God's Name; God's Nearness; God's Presence; God's Providence; God's Way; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Mind of; Life Stages Generations; Lord's Prayer 1st petition (hallowed be your name); Lord's Prayer 4th petition (give us today our daily bread); Occasional Services Christian Marriage; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Thanksgving Day / Harvest Festival; People of God / Church Witnessing; Prayer; Rejoicing; Witness; Worship; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 3-9; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 18-24; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 24-30; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 6-12 Arranger of "JERUSALEM" in Psalms for All Seasons

Joslyn Williams

Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Easter Author of "Rejoice this Easter Day!" in CPWI Hymnal

Clément Jacob

1906 - 1977 Person Name: Dom Clément Jacob, OSB, 1906-1977 Topics: Body and Blood of Christ; All Souls November 2nd; Eucharist Sacraments; Funeral Sacraments; Children's Hymns; Church; Communion; Dedication of a Church; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Freedom; Homecoming; Hunger and Thirst; Jesus Christ; Joy; Lamb of God; Light; Love of God for Us; Peace; Presence of God; Way, Truth, and Life; Word of God; Gospel Composer of "LIVING GOD" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.)

J. Nathan Corbitt

b. 1950 Topics: Antiphonal Psalms; Biblical Names and Places Amorites; Biblical Names and Places Bashon; Biblical Names and Places Egypt; Biblical Names and Places Exodus; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Og; Biblical Names and Places Pharoah; Biblical Names and Places Red Sea; Biblical Names and Places Sihon; Church Year Easter; Commitment; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Darkness; Earth; Elements of Worship Gathering; Enemies; Evil; Fear; Freedom; God Light from; God's Wonders; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Goodness; God's Love; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Providence; God's Strength; Gratitude; Historical Psalms; Hymns of Praise; Joy; Occasional Services New Year; Pain; People of God / Church Suffering; The Creation; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil; Settings Especially Appropriate for Children; Texts in Languages Other than English Swahili Arranger of "KIHAYA" in Psalms for All Seasons

Christian Izaac Tamaela

Person Name: Christian I. Tamaela Topics: Alleluias; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; God Light from; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God as King; God's Generosity; God's Justice; Grace; Gratitude; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Healer; Joy; Life Stages Orphans; Life Stages Widows; Lord's Prayer 4th petition (give us today our daily bread); Mercy; Occasional Services Funerals; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church Suffering; Poverty; Prayer; Social Justice; The Creation; Year A, Advent, 34d Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 30-November 5; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 4-10; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 5-11 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 25-October 1 Composer of "[Puji Tuhan]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Charles T. Astley

1825 - 1878 Person Name: Charles Tamberlane Astley, 1825- Topics: The Christian Life Discipleship and Consecration; The Church The Gospel Call; Hymns for the Young Discipleship and Consecration; The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Translator of "We are the Lord's: His all-sufficient merit" in The Book of Praise Astley, Charles Tamberlane, son of John William Astley, of Dukinfield, Cheshire, born at Cwmllecoediog, near Mallwyd, North Wales, 12 May, 1825, and educated at Jesus College, Oxford (of which he was a Scholar), graduating B.A. 1847, M.A. 1849. Taking Holy Orders in 1849, he was Evening Lecturer, Bideford, 1849, Incumbent of Holwell, Oxford, 1850-54, Vicar of Margate, 1854-1864, and Rector of Brasted, 1864-78. Mr. Astley is the author of Songs in the Night, 1860. This work is composed partly of original hymns and partly of translations from the German. The latter are noted in part under their first lines in German. Of the original hymns, “O Lord, I look to Thee," a hymn for Private Use, in 10 stanzas of 4 lines, is given in Stevenson's Hymns for the Church and Home, 1873, with the omission of stanza. viii. It was "written at Pisa, during illness, about December, 1858." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Andrews Norton

1786 - 1853 Topics: Hymn for the Dedication of a Church Author of "Where ancient forests round us spread" in Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith Norton, Andrews, D.D., son of Samuel Norton, was born at Higham, Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1786, and was educated at Higham, and at Harvard College. After being engaged there for a short time as a tutor, he was appointed Librarian, and subsequently Lecturer on Biblical Criticism, as successor to Dr. Channing. When the Theological School was opened in 1819 he became Dexter Professor of Literature. This position he held until 1830. He died at Newport, Rhode Island, Sept. 18, 1853. He was for some time editor of the General Repository and Review, and published several prose works, one of the most extensive being The Genuineness of the Gospels, in 4 volumes. His hymns are few in number, and are mainly meditations in verse. They were contributed to various periodicals, and after his death were collected and published in a small volume. Of these hymns the following are in common use:-- 1. Another year, another year, The unceasing rush, &c. Close of the Year. Appeared in the Christian Examiner in Nov. and Dec. 1827, in 11 stanzas of 4 lines. It is used in an abbreviated form. In the American Boston Unitarian Hymns [&Tune] Book, 1868, it begins with st. vi., "O what concerns it him whose way." 2. Faint not, poor traveller, though thy way. Fortitude. Printed in the Christian Disciple, July and Aug., 1822, in 7 st. of 4 1., and again in the West Boston Collection, 1823. 3. He has gone to his God, he has gone to his home. Burial. Printed in the Christian Examiner, Jan. and Feb., 1824. 4. My God, I thank Thee! may no thought. Trust and Submission. Appeared in the Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, Sept., 1809. This is his earliest and best known hymn. 5. 0 stay thy tears:for they are blest. Burial of the Young. Printed in the General Repository and Review, April, 1812, in 5 st. of 4 1. In 1855, st. iii.-v. were given in Beecher's Plymouth Collection, No. 1094, as "How blest are they whose transient years." 6. Where ancient forests round us spread. Dedication of a Church. This "Hymn for the Dedication of a Church," is dated 1833. These hymns are in some of the American hymnals. Nos. 1, 4, 5 are in Martineau's Hymns, 1873, and the full texts of all are in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, Boston, U.S.A., 1875. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)