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Kate Cameron

1836 - 1873 Hymnal Number: 252 Author of "The best day of all the week" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes Mrs. K. W. B. Barnes, was born in Deerfield, Mass in 1836. She was christened Maria Burbank Williams but was called by the name Kitty. She also used the pen name "Kate Cameron" In 1856 she married Dr. Norman S. Barnes. She was a writer of many stories, poems, and hymns. From Waifs and their authors by A. A. Hopkins, 1879

Mrs. H. N. Beers

Person Name: H. N. Beers Hymnal Number: 40 Author of "Jesus died for me" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes

Hartough

Hymnal Number: 188 Author of "We're a little pilgrim band" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes

Robert H. Pruyn

Hymnal Number: 80 Author of "Safe, safe at home" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes

I. I. Leslie

Hymnal Number: 136b Author of "Lonely Traveler" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes Leslie, Dr. I.I. An Advent Christian writer. --Doris Colby, DNAH Archives

H. L. Frisbie

Hymnal Number: 248 Author of "The land beyond the river" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes Early 20th Century

Benjamin Cleveland

1733 - 1811 Person Name: B. Cleveland Hymnal Number: 175 Author of "O could I find from day to day" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes Cleveland, Benjamin. Probably a Baptist, but known only by his Hymns on Different Spiritual Subjects, in Two Parts, whereof the 4th ed. appeared in Norwich, Connecticut, 1792. He is the author of:— 0 could I find from day to day. [Longing for Christ.] This was preserved from oblivion by the Hartford Selection 1799, and is now in general use as altered and abridged to 4 stanzas by Nettleton, in his Village Hymns, 1824, No. 145. What is supposed to be the original text of the first four stanzas is found in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, No. 876. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================ Cleveland, Benjamin. (Windham, Connecticut, August 30, 1733--March 9, 1811, Horton [now Wolfville], Nova Scotia). Baptist. Son of Benjamin Cleveland. The name is sometimes spelled "Cleavland" or "Cleaveland" in family records. He was a layman and a Baptist deacon; little else is known of his life except that of his twelve children, one, Nathan Cleveland, became a Baptist minister. He published in 1792 his Hymns on Different Subjects. In Two Parts in Norwich, Connecticut. His hymn, "O could I find from day to day," was widely reprinted through most of the nineteenth century. In his 1792 collection, it had six stanzas. Joshua Smith reprinted it in 1797, and it was altered for the Hartford Selection of 1799. Asahel Nettleton abridged it to four stanzas and altered it for his Village Hymns in 1824. It was in this form that it was widely sung; it was reprinted in the same for in Edwin Francis Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872. the original first four stanzas treat the desire to "find from day to day a nearness to my God" throughout the course of life, ending in stanza 4 "Thus, till my last expiring breath, Thy goodness I'll adore . . ." --Thomas W. Hunt, DNAH Archives

Helen E. Brown

1801 - 1900 Hymnal Number: 254 Author of "Life's battle, O, life's battle" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes

Robert Carr Brackenbury

1752 - 1818 Person Name: R. C. Brackenbury Hymnal Number: 166 Author of "My son, know thou the Lord" in The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes Brackenbury, Robert Carr, of an old Lincolnshire family, was born at Panton House, in that county, in 1752. He entered into residence at St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, but joining the Wesleys, he left without taking a degree, and became a minister of the Methodist denomination. In that capacity he visited Guernsey, Jersey and Holland. He retired from active work in 1789, and died at his residence, Raithby Hall, near Spilsby, Aug. 11, 1818. His works include:—(1) Sacred Poems, in 3 parts, Lond., 1797; (2) Select Hymns, in 2 parts, Lond., 1795; (3) Sacred Poetry; or Hymns on the Principal Histories of the Old and New Testaments and on all the Parables, Lond., 1800, and some prose publications. He also edited and altered William Cruden's Divine Hymns, n.d. The hymn, "Come, children, 'tis Jesus' command," was given in J. Benson's Hymns for Children, 1806. It does not appear in any of Brackenbury's works. Mrs. Smith, daughter of Dr. Adam Clarke, has included several incidents in his life in her Raithby Hall. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)