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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)

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

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)

Edward Turney

1816 - 1872 Hymnal Number: d85 Author of "I'll go in the strength of the Lord" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Turney, Edward, D.D., an American Baptist minister, was born at Easton (then Weston), Connecticut, May 6, 1816, and graduated at Madison University, New York. He was successively pastor at Hartford and at Granville, Ohio (1842-47); Professor of Biblical Criticism, Madison University, 1850, and also of Biblical Literature at Fairmount Theological Seminary, Cincinnati (1853-58). Subsequently he taught in Washington, District of Columbia. He died at Washington, Sept. 28, 1872. He published Baptismal Hymn, 1862, and Memorial Poems and Hymns, 1864. Of these hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus. Peace and Rest in Jesus. 2. Come to Jesus, little one (1860). Invitation. 3. I will go in the strength of the Lord (circa 1860). Missions. In the Church Missionary Gleaner (English) in 1861. 4. O love divine, 0 matchless grace (1864). Divine Love. These hymns are in the Memorial Poems & Hymns, 1864. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Bakewell

1721 - 1819 Hymnal Number: d47 Author of "Hail, thou once despised Jesus" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book Bakewell, John, born at Brailsford, Derbyshire, 1721. At about the age of eighteen his mind was turned towards religious truths by reading Boston's Fourfold State. From that date he became an ardent evangelist, and in 1744 (the year of the first Methodist Conference) he begun to preach. Removing to London some short time after, he became acquainted with the Wesleys, M. Madan, A. M. Toplady, J. Fletcher, and other earnest evangelical men. After conducting for some years the Greenwich Royal Park Academy, he resigned in favour of his son-in-law, Dr. James Egau, and employed much of his time in preaching at various places for the Wesleyans. He died at Lewisham, near Greenwich, March 18, 1819, aged 98, and was buried in the Wesleyan burying ground connected with the City Road Chapel, London. Mr. Bakewell was the author of a few hymns, the best known being, "Hail Thou once despised Jesus," the abbreviations of the same, "Paschal Lamb, by God appointed," and “Jesus, hail, enthroned in glory." A short memoir of him was published by Mr. Stelfox, Belfast, 1864. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

J. Freeman Young

1820 - 1885 Person Name: J. F. Young Hymnal Number: d173 Author of "Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book John Freeman Young (1820-1885) Born: October 30, 1820, Pittston, Maine. Died: November 15, 1885, New York City. Buried: Old City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida. Young attended Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Wesleyan Seminary, Readfield, Maine; and the Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. Ordained a Protestant Episcopal minister, he served in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and New York, and became the second bishop of Florida in 1867. His works include: Carols for Christmas Tide (New York: Daniel Dana, Jr., 1859) Hymns and Music for the Young, 1860-61 Great Hymns of the Church (editor; published posthumously in 1887 by John H. Hopkins) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Frederick William Fry

1860 - 1939 Person Name: Fred W. Fry Hymnal Number: d44 Author of "My sins are under the blood" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

Anna B. Russell

1862 - 1954 Hymnal Number: d204 Author of "Wonderful, wonderful Jesus" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

Lucy M. Booth

1868 - 1953 Person Name: Lucy M. Booth-Hellberg Hymnal Number: d234 Author of "Keep on believing, Jesus is near" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book

James C. Bateman

1854 - 1888 Hymnal Number: d148 Author of "Down where the living waters flow" in Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book James C. Bateman was born on November 18, 1854 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Bateman began his musical career singing and playing the banjo in music halls, while also working at an oil mill. He was converted after attending a Salvation Army (SA) hall in Sulcoates. He later joined the Salvation Army, becoming an officer in 1882. He served in various locations, including Cradley Heath, Northampton, Manchester Openshaw, Hanley, and Middlesborough, and contributed a number of songs to The Musical Salvationist. He died on June 5, 1888 in Pentre, South Wales. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

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