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Martha Perry Lowe

1829 - 1902 Author of "How good it is in love and peace to dwell" in Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith Mrs. Martha Perry Lowe was born at Keene, N.H., Nov. 21, 1829. Her maiden name was Martha A. Perry. Her parents, Justus and Hannah (Wood) Perry, both died when she was about thirteen years of age. A few years later a sister and brother were also taken from her by death. Soon after these repeated trials and sorrows, she accompanied her remaining brother and sister to the West Indies, where together they passed a winter. Subsequently she went to Europe with her sister, and spent several months in Spain where her brother was serving as Secretary of Legation. She was married, Sept. 16, 1S57, to Rev. Charles Lowe, whose pure and lovely character, strong Christian faith and saintly spirit, and earnest and indefatigable labors as the minister of several of the Unitarian churches, as Secretary of the Unitarian Association, and finally as editor of the "Unitarian Review," have embalmed him for ever in the grateful and affectionate remembrance of the communion from which he has so recently been called to the higher service. Not long after her marriage, Mrs. Lowe published a volume of poems, entitled "The Olive and the Pine," the words being typical of scenes in Spain and New England, which she contrasted in her verses. Several years afterward she published a second volume, "Love in Spain, and other Poems," containing a lyric drama of diplomatic and social life in that country, and also some pieces that had appeared from time to time during the late war in our own land. In 1871 she accompanied her husband and two children to Europe, where she corresponded regularly with the "Liberal Christian," on subjects that were connected with the advancement of a broader religious faith in the Old World. She returned to America with her family in 1873, resides in Somerville, Mass., where she has had her home for the last fifteen years, or since her husband was settled over the Unitarian Church there in 1859. --Putnam, Alfred P. (1875). Songs and Singers of the Liberal Faith. Boston: Roberts Brothers.

Amanda Udis-Kessler

b. 1965 Person Name: Amanda Udis-Kessler, 1965- Author of "Mother Earth, Beloved Garden" in Singing the Journey

Mary Masters

1706 - 1759 Author of "'Tis religion that can give sweetest pleasures" in Hymn Book for Sunday Schools Masters, Mary. Biographical facts concerning Mrs. Masters are very few. In 1733 she published a volume of Poems

Harvey Loy

Composer of "AVANTI" in The Beacon Song and Service book

James Munroe & Co.

Person Name: James Munroe and Company Publisher of "" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home

William B. Forbush

1868 - 1927 Person Name: William Byron Forbush Author of "God of our youth" in The Beacon Song and Service book Born: February 20, 1868, Springfield, Vermont. Died: October 23, 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buried: Quaker Burial Grounds, Hartford Road, Baltimore, Maryland. Forbush graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1888, and became a principal in Amherst, New Hampshire, the next year. He served as pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, Riverside, Rhode Island (1893-94), entered Union Theological Seminary, in 1889, graduating in 1892. He received an AM in 1890 and PhD in 1892 from the University of New York, and was acting pastor at the Rockaway Church in Brooklyn while enrolled in 1890. He served as pastor at Riverside Church in East Providence, Rhode Island (1892); Tabernacle Church, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1894-96); Warren, Massachusetts (1896-1908); Winthrop Church, Boston, Massachusetts (1905-06); and Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan (to 1913). In 1913, he became President of the American Institute of Child Life in Philadelphia, resigning in 1914 to pursue writing. He established his home in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he lived the rest of his life and for a time headed the Woolman House, a school of social and religious education under the Quaker management of Swarthmore. In 1895, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Hanover College, Indiana. He founded the Knights of King Arthur in 1893, which attracted thousands of young boys. In 1918, he became General Editor of the publications of the University Society of New York, serving until 1924, when he became consulting editor of the John C. Winston Publishing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works include: The Queens of Avalon, 1911 The Coming Generation (New York & London: D. Appleton and Company, 1912) Manual of Stories, 1915 The Wonder Book of Myths and Legends (The John C. Winston Company: 1928) Myths and Legends of Greece and Rome --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Robert T. Weston

Author of "Peace is dawning!" in The Beacon Song and Service book

Ben Jonson

1573 - 1637 Person Name: Ben Jonson Author of "Truth is the trial of itself" in Hymns for the Celebration of Life Jonson, Benjamin, commonly known as Ben Jonson, the son of a clergyman, was born at Westminster in 1573, and educated at Westminster School, and St. John's, Cambridge. He died in London, Aug. 6, 1637. His history and dramatic abilities are well known to all students of English literature. He is known in association with hymnody mainly through his carol, "I sing the birth—was born tonight," which is still in use. It is given in his Underwoods in the 2nd vol. (folio) of his Works, 1640, and entitled "A Hymn on the Nativity of my Saviour." Two additional hymns therein, "The sinner's sacrifice" and "A Hymn to God the Father," have much merit, but are unsuited for congregational use. His Works have been edited by Gifford, and more recently by Lieut. Col. Francis Cunningham. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================= Jonson, Ben, p. 606, i. His “Hymn to God the Father," beginning “Hear me, O God. A broken heart," is in Turing's Collection, 1882, in an abridged form. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

E. Jesser

Person Name: Jesser Composer of "SWITHIN" in The Gospel Psalmist 18th Century

William B. Rands

1826 - 1882 Person Name: W. B. Rands Author of "One Lord there is, all lords above" in Hymns in Harmony with Modern Thought Rands, William Brighty, was born in Chelsea in 1826 and died at Dulwich on April 23rd, 1882. He was a considerable contributor to literature, but published his works under various names—-e.g. "Matthew Browne," "Henry Holbeach," "Lilliput Levee," &c. One hymn by him of great force and originality has found its way into recent hymnals, "One Lord there is all Lords above" (God a consuming fire to sin ). It appeared originally in his "Lilliput Lectures," 1872. It has been included in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)