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Marie J. Post

1919 - 1990 Scripture: Psalm 47 Author of "People, Gather Round!" in Rejoice in the Lord Marie (Tuinstra) Post (b. Jenison, MI, 1919; d. Grand Rapids, MI, 1990) While attending Dutch church services as a child, Post was first introduced to the Genevan psalms, which influenced her later writings. She attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she studied with Henry Zylstra. From 1940 to 1942 she taught at the Muskegon Christian Junior High School. For over thirty years Post wrote poetry for the Grand Rapids Press and various church periodicals. She gave many readings of her poetry in churches and schools and has been published in a number of journals and poetry anthologies. Two important collections of her poems are I Never Visited an Artist Before (1977) and the posthumous Sandals, Sails, and Saints (1993). A member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee, Post was a significant contributor to its array of original texts and paraphrases. Bert Polman

Michael Morgan

b. 1948 Scripture: Psalm 47 Author of "Clap Your Hands, O Faithful People!" in Psalms for All Seasons Michael Morgan (b. 1948) is a church musician, Psalm scholar, and collector of English Bibles and Psalters from Atlanta, Georgia. After almost 40 years, he now serves as Organist Emeritus for Atlanta’s historic Central Presbyterian Church, and as Seminary Musician at Columbia Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Florida State University and Atlanta University, and did post-graduate study with composer Richard Purvis in San Francisco. He has played recitals, worship services, and master classes across the U. S., and in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He is author of the Psalter for Christian Worship (1999; rev. 2010), and a regular contributor in the field of psalmody (most recently to the Reformed collections Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts, and the new Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God). Michael Morgan

Carol Fox Thorne

Person Name: Carol Fox Thorne, twentieth century Scripture: Psalm 47 Author (stanzas 1, 2, 4) of "In Celebration, Clap Your Hands and Sing" in The Covenant Hymnal

Paul H. Erickson

b. 1940 Person Name: Paul H. Erickson, 1940- Scripture: Psalm 47 Author (stanza 3) of "In Celebration, Clap Your Hands and Sing" in The Covenant Hymnal

Christopher Smart

1722 - 1771 Person Name: Christopher Smart, 1722-71 Scripture: Psalm 47 Author of "He shall the broken heart repair" in The Cambridge Hymnal Smart, Christophe, M.A., was born at Shipburn, Kent, in 1722, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he gained the Seatonian prize for five years, four of which were in succession, (B.A. 1747.) He removed to London in 1753, and gave some attention to literature: but neglecting both his property and his constitution, he became poor and insane. He died in the King's Bench, 1771. His Poems were published in 2 vols. in 1771. From that work "Father of light conduct my feet" (Divine Guidance), and "I sing of God the mighty Source" [God the Author of All), have been taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Geraldine Latty

b. 1963 Person Name: Geraldine Latty, b. 1963 Scripture: Psalm 47:1 Author of "Worship God with the morning sunrise" in Singing the Faith

Mike Anderson

Person Name: Mike Anderson Scripture: Psalm 47 Author of "Praise the Lord" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Julia H. Johnston

1849 - 1919 Scripture: Psalm 47:5 Author of "The Trumpet Sounds" in The Gospel Message Choir Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Robert Lowe Fletcher

Person Name: R. L. Fletcher Scripture: Psalm 47 Author of "Be Ye Glad in the Lord" in Songs of the Kingdom 19th Century "Robert Lowe Fletcher, the composer, will be at the South Avenue Congregational Church to-morrow, In the morning he will speak on 'The Conservative Life" and at night he will conduct an old-fashioned gospel singing service, when he will use some of his own compositions. Mr. Fletcher will ask the audience to assist him in the singing. Mr. Fletcher is an interesting person, and it is expected that he will attract a large number of strangers to the South Avenue Church." --from The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, 26 November 1910