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Mrs. A. L. Davison

1851 - 1887 Author of "Purer in Heart" in The White Ribbon Hymnal Born: 1851, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Carthage, Missouri. Fannie’s father was killed when she was 10 years old; after her mother’s remarriage to hotelier Henry Warner, the family moved to Carthage, Missouri. Fannie married court reporter Asa Lee Davison and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, then Madison, Wisconsin. Several of her songs appeared in publications from the Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, including Songs of Gratitude (1877), Joy and Gladness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God --hymntime.com/tch/bio

Charles S. Robinson

1829 - 1899 Author of "Savior! I Follow On" in The Cyber Hymnal Robinson, Charles Seymour, D.D., was born at Bennington, Vermont, March 31, 1829, and educated at William College, 1849, and in theology, at Union Seminary, New York (1852-53), and Princeton (1853-55). He became Presbyterian Pastor at Troy, 1855; at Brooklyn, 1860; of the American chapel in Paris (France), 1868; and of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, New York, 1870. During 1876-77 he was editor of the Illustrated Christian Weekly. As an editor of hymn-books he has been most successful. His Songs of the Church were published in 1862; Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865; Spiritual Songs, 1878; and Laudes Domini, A Selection of Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, 1884. His Songs for the Sanctuary has probably had a wider sale than any other unofficial American collection of any denomination, and the Laudes Domini is a book of great excellence. Dr. Robinson has composed a few hymns, including, "Saviour, I follow on" (Following Christ), in his Song of the Church, 1862, and "Isles of the South, your redemption is nearing " (Missions), in his Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865. The latter is given in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, as "Lands long benighted." [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. D. Ganse

1822 - 1891 Person Name: Hervey D. Ganse, 1822-91 Author of "Nearer, My God, to Thee" in Lutheran Worship Ganse, Hervey Doddridge, was b. Feb. 27, 1822, near Fishkill, New York, and removed to New York city in 1825. Graduated at Columbia College, 1839, studied Theology at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was ordained in 1843. From 1843 to 1856 he was a Reformed Dutch Pastor, at Freehold, New Jersey, and from 1856 to 1876, of the Northwest Reformed Dutch Church, New York. Since January 1, 1876, he has been the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, St. Louis. His chief hymns are:— 1. Lord, I know Thy grace is nigh me. Faith. Was composed on a winter's night in his bed¬room, in a farmhouse near Freehold, New Jersey, while on a visit of consolation to former parishioners. The first couplet came into his mind without forethought, and he adds, "I composed on my pillow in the darkness; completing the verses with no little feeling, before I slept." This hymn appeared in the Reformed Dutch Hymns of the Church, New York, 1869, and is somewhat widely used. 2. Eternal Father, when to Thee. Holy Trinity. Dated 1872, and included in Hymns & Songs of Praise, N. Y., 1874, No. 7. 3. From the vast and veiled throng. Adoration of the Heavenly Hosts. Dated 1872, and published in the Hymns & Songs of Praise, N. Y. 1874, No. 13. 4. Is this the Son of God! Surrender to God. Dated 1872, also pub. in the Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, No. 541. 5. Jesus, one word from Thee. Confidence and Security in Christ, Dated 1872, and given in the Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, No. 697. 6. Thou Who like the wind dost come. Prayer for the Holy Spirit. No. 378 in the Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, and dated 1873, These hymns are unknown to the English collections. He died in 1891. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Ganse, H. D., p. 404, i. He died Sept. 8, 1891. The following hymns, additional to those already noted, have recently come into common use:-- 1. The blessed saints about Thee. [Second Advent.] Dated 1887. Included in Stryker's Church Song, 1889, and his College Hymnal, 1897. 2. It was no love of mine, dear Lord. Dated 1887, and included in Stryker's collections. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Georgiana M. Taylor

1857 - 1914 Person Name: G. M. Taylor Author of "Closer, Dear Lord, to Thee" in Hymns of Consecration and Faith

Shududi, As'ad

1826 - 1906 Person Name: اسعد الشدودي Author of "يا رب أقرب" in كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية Asaad Ibrahim alShdudi, 1826-1906 A Lebanese-born Mathematician, who studied and later worked at the American University of Beirut. أسعد إبراهيم الشدودي

H. B. Beegle

1818 - 1895 Author of "Wash me, O Lamb of God" in Hymns and Tunes Henry Barnett Beegle was born on December 13, 1818. He belonged to the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist denomination at one time. He resigned from the ministry around 1875 to become the first superintendent of the Ocean Grove New Jersey Camp Meeting Association. He died on September 24 in 1895, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, New Jersey. NN, from Find a Grave Memorial

Mary C. Bishop Gates

1842 - 1905 Person Name: Mrs. Merrill E. Gates Author of "Thy Love to Me, O Christ" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Gates, Mary Cornelia, née Bishop, daughter of William S. Bishop, of Rochester, N.Y., was married in 1873 to Merrill E. Gates, Secty. to the U. S. Indian Commissioners. Her hymns:— 1. Send Thou, 0 Lord, to every place [Missions], dated 1886; 2. Thy love to me, 0 Christ [Union with Christ, dated 1886, are included in Sursum Corda, 1898. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ============= Born: February 14, 1842, Rochester, New York. Died: December 17, 1905. Gates was a descendent of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island; daughter of William S. Bishop of Rochester, New York; and faculty member of Leroy Female Seminary. In 1873, she married Merrill E. Gates, Secretary to the U. S. Indian Commissioners and later president of Rutgers and Amherst Colleges. Mary belonged to the Woman’s Board for Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America (Dutch Reformed), and contributed to numerous periodicals, including The Independent, The Atlantic Monthly, The Christian Intelligencer, and The Youth’s Companion. Her other works include: Hymns of Nature and Songs of the Spirit --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Charles Châtelanat

1833 - 1907 Translator (into French) of "Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)" in Voices United Chatelanat Charles, born April 10, 1833 in Yverdon-les-Bains and died November 24, 1907 at Préfargier (in the canton of Neuchâtel), is a pastor, writer, poet and zofinguien Vaud. Charles Chatelanat studied theology at the Free School of Lausanne. Author of French words of Swiss Psalm, Charles Chatelanat is ordained pastor in 1858 in the Free Church. He was successively appointed interim pastor at Savigny and Baumles then pastor Echallens (1862-1863), Eagle (1872-1880) and Corsier (1880-1885). President of the company Belles-Lettres in 1849 and 1850, Charles Chatelanat also Zofingien. --fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chatelanat