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James Fanch

1704 - 1767 Hymnal Number: d55 Author of "Beyond the glittering, starry globe [globes] [sky] [skies]" in The Good Old Songs Fanch, James, known as the joint author with Daniel Turner of the hymn "Beyond the glittering, starry skies " (q.v.), was born in 1704, and died Dec. 12, 1767. He was for many years a Baptist Minister at Romsey, and Lockerly, Hants. In addition to Sermons, &c, he published a Paraphrase on a Select Number of the Psalms of David, done from the Latin of Buchanan, to which are added some Occasional Pieces, 1764. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hollyday

Hymnal Number: d427 Author of "The mystery of salvation" in The Good Old Songs

Gurdon Robins

1813 - 1883 Hymnal Number: d531 Author of "There is a land mine [my] eye [eyes] hath seen" in The Good Old Songs Robins, Gurdon, an American bookseller, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, Nov. 7, 1813. Two of his hymns appeared anonymously in The Psalmist (Boston, 1843): (1) "There is a land mine eye hath seen" (Heaven); (2) "When thickly beat the storms of life" (God a Rock). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Rogers

1805 - 1846 Hymnal Number: d542 Author of "The land of promise" in The Good Old Songs Rogers, Rev. George. (1805--July 6, 1846, Cincinnati, Ohio). A Universalist minister, author and editor. He published a Universalist Hymn Book in 1845, in which he included 26 hymns which he had written. Four of his hymns are included in Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895: 1. As gentle dews distil 2. Let songs of praise arise 3. Religion! in thy blessed ray 4. There is a Sabbath rest, O Lord --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives