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John J. Overholt

1918 - 2000 Person Name: Compiler Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Alterer of "Another Day with All Its Cares" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship. An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal). A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns. Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986. During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania. Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church. Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song. --Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.

Antonio María Danoz

Person Name: A. Danoz Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Author (Refrainand v. 1-3) of "Vayamos Jubilosos (Draw Near God's Holy Altar)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Eusebio Goicoechea Arrondo

Person Name: E. G. Arrondo Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Author (v. 4) and Adapber of "Vayamos Jubilosos (Draw Near God's Holy Altar)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Mary Louise Bringle

b. 1953 Person Name: Mary Louise Bringle, n. 1953 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Translator of "Vayamos Jubilosos (Draw Near God's Holy Altar)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Arranger of "[Al sagrado altar nos guíen]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Claude Goudimel

1514 - 1572 Person Name: Claude Goudimel, 1508-1572 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "TOULON" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 The music of Claude Goudimel (b. Besançon, France, c. 1505; d. Lyons, France, 1572) was first published in Paris, and by 1551 he was composing harmonizations for some Genevan psalm tunes-initially for use by both Roman Catholics and Protestants. He became a Calvinist in 1557 while living in the Huguenot community in Metz. When the complete Genevan Psalter with its unison melodies was published in 1562, Goudimel began to compose various polyphonic settings of all the Genevan tunes. He actually composed three complete harmonizations of the Genevan Psalter, usually with the tune in the tenor part: simple hymn-style settings (1564), slightly more complicated harmonizations (1565), and quite elaborate, motet-like settings (1565-1566). The various Goudimel settings became popular throughout Calvinist Europe, both for domestic singing and later for use as organ harmonizations in church. Goudimel was one of the victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots, which occurred throughout France. Bert Polman

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945 Person Name: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-45 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8-13 Author of "All go to God when they are sorely placed" in Together in Song Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship became a modern classic. See also in: Wikipedia

Walter Farquharson

b. 1936 Person Name: Walter Henry Farquharson, 1936- Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8-13 Translator of "All go to God when they are sorely placed" in Together in Song Farquharson, Walter Henry. (Rosetown, Saskatchewan, May 30, 1936- ). United Church. University of Saskatchewan, B.A., 1957; B.D., 1961 (St. Andrew's College). His single pastorate (1961- ) has been a "tentmaker" ministry" at Saltcoats, Sask., which he combined with teaching English in the town's high school, and which he has from time to time shared with other clergy, notably Margaret Joyce Dickin. Many of his hymns have been set to music by Ron Klusmeier. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Henry G. Ley

1887 - 1962 Person Name: Henry G. Ley, 1887-1962 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Composer of "RUSHFORD" in Common Praise Born: December 30, 1887, Chagford, Devonshire, England. Died: August 24, 1962, near Ottery, Devonshire, England. Ley trained as a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, as a music scholar at Uppingham, the Royal College of Music, and as an organ scholar at Keble College, Oxford. He was Precentor of Radley College; organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (1909-26); Choragus of the University, Oxford; professor of the organ at the Royal College of Music (1919); and organist at Eton College. Sources: Frost, p. 680 West, p. 87 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/e/y/ley_hg.htm

Alfred M. Smith

1879 - 1971 Person Name: Alfred Morton Smith Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8-13 Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in Together in Song Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1901) and Philadelphia Divinity School (B.D. 1905; S.T.B. 1911). An Episcopalian, Smith was ordained a deacon (1905) and a priest (1906). After a short time in Philadelphia and Long Beach, California, he served at St. Matthias Church, Los Angeles, for ten years. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War I, returning to Philadelphia in 1919, where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in 1955. In 1963, Smith moved to Drium Moir, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and in 1968 to Brigantine, New Jersey, where he remained until his death. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993