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Antoinette Bourignon

1616 - 1680 Hymnal Number: 234 Author of "Come, Savior, Jesus, from above" in Hymnal Bourignon, Antoinette, was born at Lisle in 1616. From a very early period she was under the influence of religion, which took, in course of time, a mystical turn. Undertaking the work of a religious reformer, she visited France, Holland, England, and Scotland; and published several works dealing with The Testimony of Truth; The Renovation of the Gospel Spirit, &c. Her enthusiasm, peculiarity of views, and disregard of all sects raised on the one hand zealous persecutors, and on the other warm adherents. At her death at Franeker, in Friesland, Oct. 30, 1680, she left a large number of followers, especially in Scotland and France. Her works were published in 19 vols. at Amsterdam, 1686. She is known to hymnology through her hymn, "Venez Jesus, mon salutaire" (q.v.). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. T. Johnson

Hymnal Number: 601 Author of "Regard in tenderness, O Lord" in Hymnal

Francis M. Knollis

1815 - 1863 Hymnal Number: 513 Author of "No night, no grief" in Hymnal Knollis, Francis Minden, D.D., son. of the Rev. James Knollis, Vicar of Penn, Bucks, was born Nov. 14, 1815, and died at Bournemouth, Aug. 25, 1863. He was educated at Magdalen, Oxford (B.A. 1837, D.D. 1851), and took Holy Orders in 1838. He was for sometime Fellow of his College, Chaplain to Lord Ribblesdale, and Incumbent of Fitzhead. His publications were somewhat numerous, including A Wreath for the Altar; A Garland for the School, or Sacred Verses for Sunday Scholars, 1854. His well-known hymn, “There is no night in heaven" (Heaven and its blessedness), appeared in Rutherford's Lays of the Sanctuary and Other Poems, 1859, p. 134, in 10 stanzas of 4 lines. It is headed "The One Family. Thoughts for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Knollis, Francis M., p. 629, i. In the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871, No. 520, stanza v. is by the Rev. J. Ellerton. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Jane Elizabeth Roscoe Hornblower

1797 - 1853 Person Name: Jane R. Hornblower Hymnal Number: 336 Author of "Thy will be done, I will not fear" in Hymnal Roscoe, Jane, a second daughter of William Roscoe, was born in 1797, married to Francis Hornblower in 1838, and died in 1853. Her Poems by one of the Authors of Poems for Youth by a Family Circle were published in 1820, and her Poems in 1843, Her hymns in common use are:— 1. How rich the blessings, O my God. Gratitude. In the Liverpool Kenshaw Street Collection 1818. 2. My Father, when around me spread. Peace in Affliction. Appeared in the Monthly Repository, Dec, 1828; and the Sacred Offering, 1832. 3. O God, to Thee, Who first hast given. Self-Consecration. In Poems for Youth, 1820. 4. Thy will be done, I will not fear. Resignation. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Julia S. Haskell

Hymnal Number: 436 Author of "Pity them, pity them, Christians at home" in Hymnal [Julia W. Sampson] Sampson, J. W. Miss Sampson is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878, as the author of "Weary of wandering long" (Divine Guidance Desired). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Sampson, J. W., p. 1588, ii. Her hymn "Weary of wandering long" appeared in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864, p. 65 as by "Miss J. W. Sampson, Utica, N.Y." Other hymns with the same signature include "Sweetly sing, sweetly sing," in Bradbury's Golden Chain, 1861, p. 70, and "O, the Sabbath morning, beautiful and bright," in Happy Voice, 1865, No. 101. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ==================== 19th Century Died: After 1901. She was listed as living in her husband’s obituary in the Utica Sunday Journal, July 20, 1902. Haskell’s maiden name appears in an 1857 teacher’s directory of Utica, New York. She married Charles Freeman Haskell of Utica in 1866. An article in the July 6, 1876, issue of the Utica Daily Observer mentioned a poetry reading by her. Lyrics Heavenly Home Over the Ocean Wave Pilgrim Halting, Staff in Hand Sweetly Sing, Sweetly Sing This Life Is a Battle with Satan and Sin Weary of Wandering Long --www.hymntime.com/tch