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E. A. Barnes

1842 - 1942 Hymnal Number: 99 Author of "Bless the Lord, My Soul" in Songs of Praise and Service Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html

Laurene Highfield

1870 - 1970 Hymnal Number: 77 Author of "Thou Art the Vine" in Songs of Praise and Service Laurene Highfield was born in Quincy, Illinois. She wrote about three hundred hymns and sacred songs, the libretto of one orotorio and several cantatas among other works. NN

W. E. M. Hackleman

1868 - 1927 Hymnal Number: 130 Arranger of "[Some day, we say, and turn our eyes]" in Songs of Praise and Service William Edward Michael Hackleman USA 1868-1927. Born at Orange, IN, he grew up on a farm. At age 17 he was teaching singing classes and leading singing in meetings. He later taught public school for four years and studied music in Toronto, Canada, at the Conservatory of Music, under Italian composer, Francesco d'Auria, and also with other private teachers in New York City. He married Pearl C MNU, and they had four children: Edwin, Florence, Grace, and Gladys. He edited songbooks, composed music and lead music at state and national conventions of the Christian Church. He was an evangelist and served as president of the National Association of Church Musicians, and for five years was secretary to the Indiana Missionary Society. He led singing at the Centennial Convention in 1909 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA, for an estimated crowd of 30,000. He also ran the Hackleman Music Company in Indianapolis, IN. He published 15 religious songbooks, some lyrics and many tunes. He died in an auto accident in St. Elmo, IL, enroute to a church convention. John Perry

Matthias Keller

1813 - 1875 Person Name: M. K. Hymnal Number: 155 Author of "Speed Our Republic" in Songs of Praise and Service Born: March 20, 1813, Ulm, Germany. Died: October 13, 1875, Boston, Massachusetts. Keller studied music training in Stuttgart and Vienna, played violin the Viennese Royal Chapel, and was an army bandmaster for several years. He moved to America in 1846, where he played in theaters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He later began making violins, and conducted opera in New York City. His works include: A Collection of Poems, 1874 --www.hymntime.com/tch ============ Keller was born in Germany. He studied music in Stuttgart and Vienna, he and served as a bandmaster for several years before immigrating to America in 1846. Keller pieced together a living as a performer and violin-maker, but shortly after the Civil War, he tried his hand at composing when the federal government offered a prize for the composition of an original national hymn. When it debuted before the New York Academy of Music, his composition, “An American Hymn,” was poorly received. In fact, the prize committee did not deem any of the entries worthy of an award. But in Boston, Keller’s song was better received, and soon it was a favorite among the city’s wind bands. In attaching his words to this popular song, Holmes hedged his bet; the 50,000 people gathered for the opening ceremonies of the Peace Jubilee were certain to like his piece. --www.shmoop.com/hymn-of-peace/

J. Faure

1830 - 1914 Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "[Give thanks and sing unto the Lord our God]" in Songs of Praise and Service Born: January 15, 1830, Moulins, Allier, France. Died: November 9, 1914, Paris, France.

Fred S. Shepard

1840 - 1907 Person Name: F. S. Shepard Hymnal Number: 23 Composer of "[There's many a sorrow]" in Songs of Praise and Service

Emma Pitt

b. 1846 Hymnal Number: 139 Author of "Room in Thine Arms, Dear Jesus" in Songs of Praise and Service Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920. --www.hymntime.com

J. Bruce Evans

Person Name: J. B. E. Hymnal Number: 66 Author of "His Grace Is Enough for Me" in Songs of Praise and Service Early 20th Century

Arthur Willis Spooner

1854 - 1930 Person Name: A. W. S. Hymnal Number: 132 Author of "Heaven Seems Nearer" in Songs of Praise and Service

Caroline L. Rice

1819 - 1899 Hymnal Number: 135 Author of "Wilt Thou Hear the Voice of Praise?" in Songs of Praise and Service Rice, Caroline Laura. Nutter, in his Hymn Studies, &c, 1884, says that "Wilt Thou hear the voice of praise?" (For Sunday School Use), was “contributed to this Hymnal [Meth. Episcopal] in 1877. It was written originally for a Sunday-school celebration; . . .Caroline Laura Rice, b. in 1819, is the wife of the Rev. William Rice, D.D., of Springfield, Mass." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================== Rice, Caroline Laura. (1819--August 29, 1899). She was the wife of William Rice, D.D., minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Conference. Because of a throat ailment Dr. Rice left the ministry and settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he established the Springfield Public Library and was its librarian for thirty-seven years. Caroline Rice was the mother of four children, one of her sons for many years being a professor at Wesleyan University and another a prominent Methodist Episcopal preacher in New England. She wrote a number of hymns for children. "Wilt thou hear the voice of praise," three eight-line stanzas, appeared again in The Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1905. Sources: Nutter, Charles S., Hymn Studies; Nutter and Tillett, Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church; correspondence with Paul North Rice, grandson of Caroline Rice. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives