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Chas. C. Ackley

Hymnal Number: 51 Composer of "[¡Bellas las velitas! Dan su luz]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1 Pseudonym. See also Meredith, I. H.

1865 - 1949 Person Name: P. Jones Hymnal Number: 81 Composer of "[Yo sé que me ama Jesús]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1 Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness in his congregation, Mount Helm Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. He faced much opposition from some members of his congregation and other Baptist churches. Eventually the church voted to remove "Baptist" and change it to "Church of Christ." For several years, Jones led a non-denominational holiness movement. In 1899 he began to write songs for his church. Most of his hymns were inspired by a scripture passage. The congregation built the Christ Temple campus which included a 1000 seat sanctuary, a printing press, a school building, and a girl's dormitory. In 1917, Jones organized Christ Temple Church in Los Angeles and moved the printing press there. He died January 19, 1949 in Los Angeles Dianne Shapiro, from Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. website and "Charles Price Jones (1865-1949) Religious Leader" by David Daniels, Mississippi Encyclopedia website (both accessed 10/9/2020)

Clara M. Striplin

Person Name: Clara M. de Striplin Hymnal Number: 84 Translator of "A Ellos Asi Como A Mi" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1

Harry D. Clarke

1888 - 1957 Person Name: Sr. Harry D. Clarke Hymnal Number: 26 Composer of "[Entra Señor, entra Señor, y siempre conmigo mora]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1 Orphaned at an early age, Clarke ran away from the orphanage and worked at sea for almost 10 years. He eventually moved to London, then to America. He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, then went into composing, music publishing, and evangelism. He served as song leader for Harry vom Bruch and Billy Sunday, being so impressed by Sunday that he established the Billy Sunday Memorial Chapel in Sioux City, Iowa (where he served as pastor until 1945). Clarke also worked in the evangelism field in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and South Milford, Indiana. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Mildred Adair

1896 - 1996 Hymnal Number: 1 Composer of "[En Puntillas]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1

Merril T. MacPherson

Person Name: M. T. MacPherson Hymnal Number: 81 Composer of "[Yo sé que me ama Jesús]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1

James Pierpont

1822 - 1893 Person Name: J. Pierpont Hymnal Number: 97 Composer of "[El día tan feliz]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1

Arthur Escobar

Hymnal Number: 94 Composer of "[Viene otra vez]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1

T. Martin Towne

1835 - 1912 Person Name: T. Martin Hymnal Number: 19 Composer of "[A mi escuela vengo hoy]" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1 Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg. Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives