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Mary E. Byrne

1880 - 1931 Person Name: Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1880-1931 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Translator of "Be thou my vision. O Lord of my heart" in Singing the Faith Mary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (July 2, 1880 – January 19, 1931) was born in Ireland. She translated the Old Irish Hymn, "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile," into English as "Be Thou My Vision" in Ériu (the journal of the School of Irish Learning), in 1905. See also in: Wikipedia

Eleanor Hull

1860 - 1935 Person Name: Eleanor Henrietta Hull, 1860-1935 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Versifier of "Be thou my vision. O Lord of my heart" in Singing the Faith

Walter Stanton

1891 - 1978 Person Name: Walter Kendall Stanton, 1891-1978 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Composer of "CANNOCK" in Together in Song Stanton, Walter Kendall; d. 1978; British conductor and educator

William Jones

1726 - 1800 Person Name: William Jones, 1726-1800 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10 Composer of "ST. STEPHEN" in Common Praise Born: July 30, 1726, Lowick, Northamptonshire, England. Died: January 6, 1800, Hollingbourne, Kent, England. Pseudonym: Jones of Nayland. Jones was educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford. He became Vicar of Bethersden, Kent (1764); Pluckley, Kent; and Paston, Northamptonshire; perpetual Curate of Nayland, Suffolk (1777); and Rector of Hollingbourne, Kent (1798). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775. His works include: The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity, 1756 Fairchild Discourses, 1775 Physiological Disquisitions, 1781 A Treatise on the Art of Music, 1784 Church Pieces for the Organ with Four Anthems in Score, 1789 Jones was a descendant of the Col. J. Jones, who was one of the signatories to the death warrant of King Charles I of England. He used to regularly observe January 30 as a day of fasting and humiliation for his ancestor’s sin. Music: ST. STEPHEN --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Healey Willan

1880 - 1968 Person Name: Healey Willan (1880-1968) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Harmonizer of "VEXILLA REGIS" in Common Praise (1998) Healey Willan (b. Balham, London, England, October 12, 1880; d. Toronto, Ontario, February 16, 1968), theory teacher, composer and organist, was born into an Anglo-Catholic family in England and served several churches in the London area, becoming known especially for his adaptations of Gregorian chant to be able to be sung in English translation. In 1913 he moved to Canada where he led the theory department and was organist at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He also was organist at St. Paul’s, Canada’s largest Anglican church, and after 1921 at the smaller Church of St. Mary Magdalene. By invitation, he composed an anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a singular honor for one not residing in England. Emily Brink

Justin Heinrich Knecht

1752 - 1817 Person Name: Justin Heinrich Knecht, 1752-1817 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 Composer of "VIENNA" in Together in Song Justin Heinrich Knecht Germany 1752-1817. Born at Biberach Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, he attended a Lutheran college in Esslingen am Neckar from 1768-1771. Having learned the organ, keyboard, violin and oratory, he became a Lutheran preceptor (professor of literature) and music director in Biberach. It was a free imperial city until 1803 and had a rich cultural life. He became organist of St. Martin’s Church in 1792, used by both Lutherans and Catholics, and was there for many years. He led an energetic, busy musical life, composing for both the theatre and church, organizing subscription concerts, teaching music theory, acoustics, aesthetics, composition, and instruments at the Gymnasium, affiliated to the Musikschule in 1806. He went to Stuttgart in 1806 in hopes of a post there as Kapellmeister, serving two years as Konzertmeister, but he was appointed Direktor Beim Orchester by the King of Wurttemberg in 1807. However, he returned to his former life in 1808 and remained there the rest of his life. He died at Biberach. He wrote 10 vocals, 11 opera and stage works, one symphony, 3 chamber music instrumentals, 7 organ works, 4 piano works, and 6 music theories. He was an author composer, editor, contributor, musician, compiler, and lyricist. John Perry

Sundar Singh

1889 - 1929 Person Name: S. Sundar Singh, 1889-1929 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18 Author (attributed to) of "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" in Community of Christ Sings Simon Kama Marak (see Sadhu Sundar Singh) India 1889-1929. Born at Jorhat, Assam, India, the lyrics of this hymn were attributed as the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, from a tribe of Meghalaya people then in Assam who converted to Christianity through efforts of an American Baptist missionary. It is said this person was reciting verses from the 12th chapter of John as he and his family were being killed by an Indian village chieftain, one by one.. first a child (shot with an arrow), then another, child, then the wife, then finally Nokseng, each time asked by the village chieftain to deny Jesus, but refusing to. After Nokseng was arrowed down, the chieftain, having a miraculous change of heart, is alleged to have said, “I, too, am now a follower of Jesus Christ, and the whole village accepted Jesus as Lord. An alternative tradition attributes the hymn to Simon Kama Marak, a missionary from Jorhat, Assam. Formation of these words into a hymn is attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh. The melody is also Indian, and entitled “Assam” after the region where the text originated. William Jensen Reynolds, an American hymnist in his own right, discovered the song in a collection of gospel songs published in Australia and included this song in his 1959 “Assembly songbook”. The hymn is cited as a prime example of decision theology, emphasizing the human will response rather than any action of God giving faith. Which of the above is the actual occurrence has not been determined. John Perry

John Richardson

1816 - 1879 Person Name: John Richardson 1816-79 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:12-13 Composer of "TICHFIELD" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship

Stephen Farr

b. 1967 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Composer (descant) of "MICHAEL" in Ancient and Modern

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10 Composer of "ST GODRIC" in Singing the Faith As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman