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A. C. Cidenton

Hymnal Number: d212 Author of "Morgen" in Evangeliums-Saenger Early 20th Century

Walter Rauschenbusch

1861 - 1918 Person Name: W. Rauschenbusch Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "Abend wird es wieder, leise kommt die Nacht" in Evangeliums-Saenger

C. A. Daniel

Hymnal Number: d116 Author of "Komm heim, mein sohn" in Evangeliums-Saenger

1835 - 1897 Hymnal Number: d28 Author of "Droben werden wir vereinet" in Evangeliums-Saenger Atkinson, John, D.D., born at Deerfield, New Jersey, Sept. 6, 1835, and educated for the Ministry, which he now exercises in the American Methodist Episcopal Church. His very popular hymn, "We shall meet beyond the river," was written in Jan., 1867. It appeared in Bright Jewels (to music composed for it in Feb. 1867 by Hubert P. Main), in 1869, No. 43, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. From thence both words and music passed into I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 109. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Atkinson, John. (Deerfield, New Jersey, December 6, 1835--December 8, 1897, Haverstraw, New York). Methodist. Clergyman, with pastorates in Newark and Jersey City, N.J.; Chicago, Illinois; Bay City, Michigan; and Haverstraw, N.Y. A fervent and fiery preacher. Author of several books of sermons, of histories of early American Methodism, and of the widely used hymn "We shall meet beyond the river." --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives