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W. B. Musselman (Publisher)

Person Name: W. B. Musselman Publisher of "" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal

W. G. Irvin

Hymnal Number: d106 Author of "I am waiting for the morning of the blessed day to dawn" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal

1811 - 1864 Hymnal Number: d156 Author of "Just as thou art, without one trace Of love or joy" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal Cook, Russell Sturgis, born at New Marlborough, Mass., March 6, 1811, was educated for the Congregational Ministry, and married a daughter of Dr. Caesar Malan, of Geneva. From 1839 to 1856 he was one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society. He was the originator of its system of colportage. Subsequently he became Secretary of the New York Sabbath Committee. He also edited the American Messenqer. He died at Pleasant Valley, New York, Sept. 4, 1864. His hymn:— Just as thou art, without one trace. Invitation, was published in the American Messenger, March, 1850, in. 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It was written as a companion hymn to Miss Elliott's "Just as I am, without one plea," and was sent by the author to her. It was soon adopted by editors of American hymn-books, sometimes in an abbreviated form, beginning with stanza iii. as, "Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?" as in the Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858. It became known in Great Britain through Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862. In that collection it was reprinted from an anonymous tract, in which stanzas ii, and vi. are omitted. This form of the hymn is usually given in the English collections. Full original text in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869-70. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. U. Ehrhard

1687 - 1718 Hymnal Number: d182 Author of "Meine zufriedenheit steht in Vergnueglichkeit" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal Johan Ulrich Erhard was born 1687 in Wildberg and died August 15, 1718. A professor at the college in Stuttgart, he edited ,cite>The Singing Celestial Nightingale: 100 Spiritual Songs (Stuttgart, 1706), later reissued as Collection of Spiritual Songs (Geißlingen, 1789) with omissions from the first edition and a section of additional songs that begins with "My Contentment." Greg Scheer (translation from Jacob Rambachs book Der heilige Gesang der Deutschen, vol. 2,)

J. Courtney

Hymnal Number: d35 Author of "Let me in the lifeboat" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal

G. Fuessle

Hymnal Number: d220 Author of "O wie selig bin ich" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal

John Dreisbach

1789 - 1871 Hymnal Number: d73 Author of "Gott forderet [fodert] zuerst [allererst] von uns" in English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal Dreisbach, John (or Johannes). (Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1789--1871). Evangelical. Self-educated, proficient in both German and English. Licensed at age 17, was assistant to Albright, the founder of his denomination. Was leader of his denomination from 1808: secretary of Conference, presiding elder 1814, publishing agent 1820. With Henry Niebel compiled Das Geistliche Saitenspiel (1817), with Daniel Bertolet compiled Eine Sammlung Neuer Geistlicher Lieder (1821), which included many of his own hymns. Wrote or translated 31 of the 149 hymns in the extremely popular and persistent Geistlich Viole (1818), which has been described as the most important German-language hymnbook of the pre-Civil War period. Dreisbach's purchase (at a cost equivalent to his eight-year salary) of a printing press in 1815 led to the beginning of the ambitious printing program of his denomination. His best-known original hymns are "Komm Jung, komm Alt, zum Gnadenbrunn," and "Herr Jesu Christ O Gottes Lamm." He is considered one of the three most important early Evangelical hymn writers. Many of his hymns appeared originally as broadsides. --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives