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Albert C. Fisher

1886 - 1946 Hymnal Number: d155 Author of "Love is the theme, love is supreme" in Gospel Melodies Born: March 10, 1886, New Berne, North Carolina. Died: February 6, 1946, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Fisher attended Fort Worth University and Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas; Vanderbilt University; Southern Methodist University; and earned his Doctor of Divinity degree at Asbury College, Kentucky. He moved to Fort Worth in 1908, and for a decade served as a general evangelist for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In World War I, he was a military chaplain. After the war, he worked in the East Oklahoma Conference and (beginning in 1944), the North Texas Conference. His works include: Best Revival Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: The Cokesbury Press, 1924) (music editor) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.come/tch)

Eliza Holmes Reed

1794 - 1867 Person Name: Eliza Reed Hymnal Number: d144 Author of "[O] Why not tonight" in Gospel Melodies Reed, Eliza, née Holmes, was born in London, March 4, 1794; married to the Rev. Andrew Reed in 1816; and died July 4, 1867. Mrs. Reed entered fully and earnestly into her husband's extensive charitable works. Her publications include Original Tales for Children; and The Mother's Manual for the Training of her Children, 1865. Her hymns, 20 in all, were contributed to her husband's collection, and were republished with his in the Wycliffe Chapel Supplement, 1872. They are only of average merit, and have not attained to a marked position. They include:— 1. Gracious Lord, as Thou hast bidden. Holy Baptism. 2. I would be Thine, 0 take my heart . Dedication of Self to Christ. 3. 0 do not let the word depart. The Accepted Time. 4. 0 that I could for ever dwell. Communion with God Desired. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Robert H. Coleman

Editor of "" in Gospel Melodies

Phillip Stanley Kerr

1906 - 1959 Person Name: Phillip S. Kerr Hymnal Number: d19 Author of "Blessings Just Ahead" in Gospel Melodies

Rufus H. McDaniel

1850 - 1940 Person Name: R. H. McDaniel Hymnal Number: d237 Author of "Since Jesus came into my heart" in Gospel Melodies Rufus H. McDaniel was ordained in the Christian church in 1873. He found much joy in church music. He began writing hymns in the 1880's. He wrote, "I feel in my soul that God has something for me to do in brightening the experience of struggling souls. My chief desire is to be a blessing, if possible, to my fellow-men through these hymns and thereby glorify God in the name of his dear son 'whose I am and whom I serve.'" Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Gipsy Smith

1860 - 1947 Person Name: Gipsy Simon Smith Hymnal Number: d20 Author of "Beyond the shadows" in Gospel Melodies Also known as Rodney Smith

Scott Lawrence

Hymnal Number: d251 Author of "Whisper a prayer" in Gospel Melodies Early 20th Century

M. J. Babbitt

1870 - 1937 Hymnal Number: d211 Author of "Yes, in him I'm fully trusting" in Gospel Melodies M. J. Babbitt was born in 1870 in Fulton County, Ill. He married Eva Roe in 1892. He was a singer who traveled as part of a team to various evangelistic meetings with the Southern Baptist Convention. He died in 1937 in Galesburg, Ill. Dianne Shapiro

D. R. Van Sickle

Person Name: Sickle D. R. Van Hymnal Number: d7 Author of "All hail, Immanuel" in Gospel Melodies

Viana Butler McCown

1885 - 1985 Person Name: Vivan McCown Hymnal Number: d220 Author of "He whispers his love to me" in Gospel Melodies Viana Butler McCown was Director of Nursing in the School of Nursing at the University of SC in 1955 and 1956. She had a wonderful Nursing Career and taught a very detailed and meaningful History of Nursing Class. She retired 1957. She had a profound love of Nursing and also loved each of her students and had very high ideals for them. She wrote several hymns; it was very typical of her character and the love she gave to her students. From Jane Wooldridge Barton, BSN University of SC, RNC College Health Nursing (email 7/23/2018)