Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 121 - 130 of 145Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Ora Samuel Gray

1875 - 1920 Hymnal Number: d101 Author of "Roll the stone away" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work Born: November 7, 1875. Died: June 25, 1920. Gray was a Methodist Episcopal minister. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

B. H. Draper

1775 - 1843 Person Name: Bourne H. Draper Hymnal Number: d197 Author of "Ye Christian heroes [heralds], go proclaim" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work Draper, Bourne Hall, born at Cumnor, near Oxford, in 1775, and educated for the Baptist Ministry at the Bristol Academy, under the Rev. Dr. J. Rylands. He was pastor of the Baptist Church at Chipping Norton 1804, and subsequently at Southampton, where he d. Oct. 12, 1843. See note on his hymn," Ye Christian heroes, go, proclaim," p. 1296, ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Kerr

Hymnal Number: d75 Author of "My heart's desire" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work

Neal A. McAulay

b. 1854 Hymnal Number: d62 Author of "The dearest of friends" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work McAulay, Neal A. (Nova Scotia, March, 1854--?). Born of Scottish parents "in the English town of Nova Scotia." At age 21 he moved to Boston and from there to Portland, Maine, in 1876. Converted in 1877; went to Chicago in 1882, and entered McCormick Theological Seminary in 1883 (B.D., 1886). Pastorates in Presbyterian churches in Wilton, Iowa (1886-1907) and Lyons, Louisiana (1907-?). In 1889 began writing gospel hymns. --Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.

J. P. Lowry

Hymnal Number: d180 Author of "There's some One who cares" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work

J. Edward Ruark

Hymnal Number: d201 Author of "Joybells ringing in your heart" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work

Effie Wells Loucks

1857 - 1930 Hymnal Number: d127 Author of "Why not say yes tonight" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work Born: July 10, 1857, Mayville, New York. Died: March 4, 1930, San Diego, California. Buried: Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Iowa. Effie married James Loucks in Sandwich, Illinois, in 1881, later moving to Pipestone, Minnesota, where they lived for several years. Lyrics: Why Not Say Yes Tonight? http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/u/loucks_ew.htm

Mary O. Page

Hymnal Number: d96 Author of "Such a friend" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work

William Ellsworth Witter

1854 - 1954 Person Name: Will E. Witter Hymnal Number: d190 Author of "Come, sinner, come" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:— While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Florence S. Kellogg

b. 1870 Hymnal Number: d104 Author of "All thy days are in his keeping" in Hymns for the People for Services of Song in Christian Work Florence Mary Scripps Kellogg Born: May 8, 1870, Detroit, Michigan. Died: After 1950 (she donated some property in La Jolla, California, in 1951). Florence married Frederick William Kellogg (later developer of the Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California). They were living in Detroit, Michigan, in 1891; in Douglas County, Nebraska, in 1900; and in Los Angeles County, California, in 1920 & 1930. --www.hymntime.com/tch