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John Burton

1773 - 1822 Hymnal Number: d56 Author of "Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Burton, John, born 1773, in Nottingham, where he resided until 1813, when he removed to Leicester, at which town he died in 1822. He was a Baptist, a very earnest Sunday School teacher, and one of the compilers of the Nottingham Sunday School Union Hymn Book, 1812. This book reached the 20th edition in 1861. The 1st edition contains 43 hymns which have his signature. He is known almost exclusively by one hymn, "Holy Bible, book divine" (q.v.). He was also author of The Youth's Monitor, and other similar productions for the young. Robert Hall wrote a recommendatory preface to one of his works. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M. A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Edward S. Ufford

1851 - 1929 Hymnal Number: d212 Author of "Throw out the life line across the dark wave" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

W. Spencer Walton

1850 - 1906 Hymnal Number: d89 Author of "O the love that sought me" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

H. A. Walter

1883 - 1918 Person Name: Howard Arnold Walter Hymnal Number: d81 Author of "I would be true, for there are those" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

Howard Kingsbury

1842 - 1878 Person Name: Howard Kinsbury Hymnal Number: d24 Author of "God is love, God is love" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Kingsbury, Howard. This name is associated with the popular hymn in days gone by, "Come, let us all unite and sing, God is love!" (God is Love), but concerning the same we have failed to gain any information. We know personally that the hymn was in common use nearly forty years ago (circa 1850). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Evangeline Booth

1865 - 1950 Hymnal Number: d39 Author of "I bring thee all" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book General Evangeline Cory Booth, OF, (December 25, 1865 – July 17, 1950) was the 4th General of the Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. She was its first female General. See also in: Wikipedia

Alexcenah Thomas

1857 - 1910 Hymnal Number: d49 Author of "Bring them in, bring them in" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

Samuel O'Malley Cluff

1837 - 1910 Person Name: Samuel O. Clouph Hymnal Number: d64 Author of "For you I am praying" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Rv Samuel O'Malley Gore Cluff (Clough) United Kingdom 1837-1910. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he attended Trinity College and became a minister in the (Anglican) Church of Ireland. He pastored at various locations in Ireland. In 1884 he became leader of the Plymouth Brethren. He married Anne Blake Edge. They had four children. He wrote hymn poems and about 1000 songs. He composed many melodies and oratories. He died in Abbeyleix, Ireland. While holding crusades in Scotland with D. L. Moody, Ira Sankey came across Cluff's poem about prayer and composed the music for it, used in subsequent crusades. John Perry

Nathaniel Niles

1835 - 1917 Hymnal Number: d160 Author of "I will guide thee" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Franck Nathaniel Niles USA 1835-1917. Born at South Kingstown, RI, grandson of Rv Nathaniel Niles, he was educated at Philips Andover Academy for the legal profession and admitted to the NY Bar in 1857. He practiced law at Providence, RI and in New York City. In the 1870s he was living in Morristown, NJ. In 1872 he served as speaker of the NJ state assembly. He published a plan in 1868 for the “Construction of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Central America”. In 1879 he became Government Director of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was also made President of Tradesman’s National Bank of New York City. Information found says he and his wife (unnamed) had a son, Alex. His hymn was written while traveling in a streetcar. John Perry ================ Niles, Nathaniel, was b. Sept. 15, 1835, and educated for the legal profession. He practised at Providence, Rhode Island. His hymn, "Precious promise God hath given" (Promise of Rest), was written whilst travelling in a street car, circa 1871, and is given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Richard Slater

1854 - 1939 Hymnal Number: d105 Author of "No, no, nothing do I bring" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Library of Congress name authority Sources: found: The musical Salvationist, 2011: t.p. (Richard Slater; 1854-1939) p. 32, etc. (b. June 7, 1854 in Clerkenwell; worked in the Salvation Army's Musical Dept. from 1883 until his retirement in 1913; was the principal Salvationist composer, arranger and musical editor of the period; awarded the Order of the Founder, the highest honour bestowed to Salvationists, in 1923; d. Dec. 7, 1939)