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Geoffrey F. Spencer

1927 - 2005 Person Name: Geoffrey F. Spencer, 1927 - Topics: National and World Peace Author of "The Cause of Zion Summons Us" in Hymns of the Saints

1931 - 2009 Person Name: George Utech, 1931 - Topics: National and World Peace Author of "Great God, Our Source" in Hymns of the Saints Born on a farm near LeMars, IA, Utech attended Wartburg College and St. Olaf College. He graduated from Trinity Seminary in Columbus, OH and was ordained as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. He was also a photographer and a poet.

Walter Russell Bowie

1882 - 1969 Person Name: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882- Topics: National and Social Service World Peace and Brotherhood Author of "Lord Christ, when first Thou cam'st to men" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States). See also in: Wikipedia

Walter Bond Gilbert

1829 - 1910 Person Name: W. B. Gilbert, 1829-1910 Topics: National and Social Service World Peace and Brotherhood Composer of "THANKSGIVING" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel and St. John, 1857), organ works, and anthems. He died at Headington, Oxford, England. John Perry

E. Dodgshun

1876 - 1944 Person Name: Ernest Dodgshun, 1876- Topics: National and World Peace Author of "What service shall we render thee" in The Hymnal Born: March 8, 1876, Leeds, England. Died: August 24, 1944, St. Briavels, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. Dodgshun’s works include: The Road of Life, with George Peverett (London: National Adult School Union, circa 1915) Personality in the Making (United Kingdom National Adult School Union, 1936) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Cleo Hanthorne Moon

b. 1904 Person Name: Cleo Hanthorne Moon, 1904 - Topics: National and World Peace Author of "Leave We Now the Table of Our Lord" in Hymns of the Saints

Samuel Johnson

1822 - 1882 Person Name: Samuel Johnson, 1822-82 Topics: National and Social Service World Peace and Brotherhood Author of "Life of ages, richly poured" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Johnson, Samuel, M.A, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, Oct. 10, 1822, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1842, and in Theology in 1846. In 1853 he formed a Free Church in Lynn, Massachusetts, and remained its pastor to 1870. Although never directly connected with any religious denomination, he was mainly associated in the public mind with the Unitarians. He was joint editor with S. Longfellow (q. v.) of A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, Boston, 1846; the Supplement to the same, 1848; and Hymns of the Spirit, 1864. His contributions to these collections were less numerous than those by S. Longfellow, but not less meritorious. He died at North Andover, Massachusetts, Feb. 19, 1882. His hymns were thus contributed:— i. To A Book of Hymns, 1846. 1. Father [Saviour] in Thy mysterious presence kneeling. Divine Worship. 2. Go, preach the gospel in my name. Ordination. 3. Lord, once our faith in man no fear could move. In Time of War. 4. O God, Thy children gathered here. Ordination. 5. Onward, Christians, [onward] through the region. Conflict. In the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, it was altered to "Onward, onward through the region." 6. Thy servants' sandals, Lord, are wet. Ordination. 7. When from Jordan's gleaming wave. Holy Baptism. ii. To the Supplement, 1848. 8. God of the earnest heart. Trust. iii. To the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864. 9. City of God, how broad, how far. The Church the City of God. 10. I bless Thee, Lord, for sorrows sent. Affliction— Perfect through suffering. 11. Life of Ages, richly poured. Inspiration. 12. Strong-souled Reformer, Whose far-seeing faith. Power of Jesus. 13. The Will Divine that woke a waiting time. St. Paul. 14. Thou Whose glad summer yields. Prayer for the Church. 15. To light that shines in stars and souls. Dedication of a Place of Worship. Of these hymns No. 8 was "Written for the Graduating Exercises of the Class of 1846; in Cambridge Divinity Schools ; and No. 10 “Written at the request of Dorothea L. Dix for a collection made by her for the use of an asylum." It is undated. A few only of these hymns are in use in Great Britain. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. Montgomerie Bell

1837 - 1910 Person Name: J. M. Bell, 1837-1910 Topics: National and World Peace Composer of "ST. GILES" in The Hymnal John Montgomerie Bell was a hymnwriter and botanist born on May 28, 1837. He died on June 8, 1910 in Edinburgh, Scotland. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BellJohnMontgomerie.htmv