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Aimee Semple McPherson

1890 - 1944 Person Name: A. S. M. Hymnal Number: 2 Author of "Preach the Word" in Foursquare Hymnal McPherson, Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy Semple. (Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 1890--September 26, 1944, Oakland, California). Foursquare. With no formal education beyond high school this remarkable and controversial woman founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel denomination. Pentacostalist missionary to China, 1917; itinerant Pentacostalist preacher in U.S. 1918-1923; pastor of Angelus Temple (Foursquare), Los Angeles, Calif. 1923-1944. Author of books on the Foursquare Church and composer of five oratorios. Evangelistic zeal is evident in her many published hymns. Full length biographical studies: Thomas, Lately. (1970). Storming heaven : the lives and turmoils of Minnie Kennedy and Aimee Semple McPherson. New York: William Morrow & Co. McPherson, Aimee Semple. (1973). The Story of My Life. Waco, Tex.: Word Books. --Terry W. York, DNAH Archives Letter to the editor from daughter Roberta Semple Salter describes the drive from New York to Los Angeles in 1918. (Smithsonian, November 1980). DNAH Archives

William Grum

1878 - 1931 Person Name: W. G. Hymnal Number: 199 Author of "Victory Ahead" in Foursquare Hymnal Reverend William Grum was born July 14, 1878 in Camden NJ to Benjamin and Caroline "Carrie" Grum. His early years were spent at 215 Market Street, where his father had a confectionary. The family had moved to 544 Vine Street by 1900, Benjamin Grum worked then as a letter carrier, a position he would hold until his retirement in the 1920s. William Grum married in the early 1900s. His wife, the former Lena Purdy, bore him two children, daughters Lena and Beatrice. Benjamin and Carrie Grum. were still living at 544 Vine Street in April of 1930 when the Census was enumerated. Mrs. Grum remained at the address after her husband passed, and was still living there in the fall of 1933. By 1920 William Grum had entered the ministry. He pastored at the Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Camden, and at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Gloucester City NJ, where he was stationed when the Census was taken in January of 1920. The family home was at 335 Main Street. When daughter Beatrice Crum graduated from Camden High School in 1923, the family was back in North Camden, living at 547 Vine Street. By 1930 Rev. Grum had been sent to serve at the Woodlynne Methodist Episcopal Church in Woodlynne NJ. The Grum family made their home in April of 1930 at 2220 Woodlynne Avenue, the corner of Woodlynne Avenue and Linden Street, in Woodlynne. Sadly, Reverend Grum died suddenly while visiting his mother at the family home at 544 Vine Street in 1931. A talented musician, singer, and composer of religious music, his best known composition perhaps is the hymn "Victory Ahead", written in 1905. Reverend William Grum also had talent as a painter. He had completed a large painting, "The Old Rugged Cross", which stood 15 feet wide by 18 feet tall, shortly before his death. The painting was presented to the Bible class at the Kemble Methodist Episcopal Church in Woodbury NJ in the spring of 1932. --www.dvrbs.com/People/CamdenPeople

S. J. Henderson

Hymnal Number: 183 Author of "Saved By the Blood" in Foursquare Hymnal Early 20th Century

Joseph C. Ludgate

1864 - 1947 Person Name: Rev. J. C. Ludgate Hymnal Number: 23 Author of "Friendship With Jesus" in Foursquare Hymnal

Bessie Sykes

1905 - 1982 Person Name: Mrs. Seth Sykes Hymnal Number: 266 Composer of "[Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul]" in Foursquare Hymnal Bessie Sykes and her husband Seth were traveling evangelists based in Glasgow, Scotland. They traveled around the UK. Seth preached and wrote lyrics to many hymns. Bessie wrote the music and accompanied it on a folding organ. They used lantern slide shows to illustrate their message and draw people to their meetings. Dianne Shapiro, from Discerning Music blog, accessed 1/12/17

A. A. Payn

1868 - 1946 Hymnal Number: 200 Author of "Look for Me" in Foursquare Hymnal Pseudonym. See also Miles, C. Austin, 1868-1946

Frances Townsend

1906 - 2006 Hymnal Number: 368 Author of "For God so Loved the World" in Foursquare Hymnal

James H. Burke

1858 - 1901 Person Name: J. H. Burke Hymnal Number: 371 Composer of "[Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same]" in Foursquare Hymnal James H Burke, 1855-1901, Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1873. In Chicago, he attended the Moody Church and became a member. He taught Sunday school and started singing groups at the YMCA. He engaged in evangelistic work with D. L. Moody, Daniel Whittle, and others, going to Scotland and Britain for crusade work there for a year and a half. He was also music minister at the New York Gospel Tacernacle for a year in 1891. He traveled with Scottish evangelist, John McNeill for or year or so as well. John Perry