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William Litton Viner

1790 - 1867 Person Name: William Letton Viner Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Home, Marriage, Parents Composer of "DISMISSAL" in The Hymnal Born 1790 in Bath, died 1867 in Westfield, MA. Organist and composer.

John Haynes Holmes

1879 - 1964 Topics: Kingdom of God on earth Author of "The voice of God is calling" in Elmhurst Hymnal Born: November 29, 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: April 3, 1964, New York City. Buried: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, New York City. Holmes graduated from Harvard University, Phi Beta Kappa. His grandfather, John Cummings Haynes, manager of the Oliver Ditson music publishing house, helped pay his Harvard tuition. Holmes was ordained in 1904, and became minister of the Unitarian Third Congregational Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts. In February 1907, he became junior minister at the Church of the Messiah in New York City. His works include: I Speak for Myself, 1959 Collected Hymns, 1960 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

M. Creighton

1843 - 1901 Person Name: Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1843-1901 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Home, Marriage, Parents Author of "O thou who gavest power to love" in The Hymnal Creighton, Mandell, D.D., was b. at Carlisle, July 5, 1843, consecrated Bishop of Peterborough, 1891, translated to London 1896, and d. at Fulham, London, Jan. 14, 1901. For details of his career see the most interesting Life and Letters, 1904, edition by his wife. He was the author of only one hymn, "O Thou Who gavest power to love" (Holy Matrimony). This he wrote in London, early in 1900. He gave a copy in manuscript to the Hon. Sarah Kathleen, daughter of the 4th Lord Lyttleton, who bad it printed, and it was first used on April 26, 1900, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. J. C. Bailey, of Egerton Gardens, London. It is in Bp. Creighton's Life & Letters, 1904, vol. ii., p. 515, and The English Hymnal, 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Geoffrey T. Shaw

1879 - 1943 Person Name: Geoffrey Shaw Topics: Kingdom of God on Earth, The World Friendship and Peace Composer of "LANGHAM" in The Hymnbook

Mark H. Forscutt

1834 - 1903 Person Name: M. H. Forscutt, 1834-1903 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship Composer of "MISSION" in The Hymnal Mark Hill Forscutt (19 June 1834 – 18 October 1903) was an English hymn writer and a leader in several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. A convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Forscutt broke with that denomination for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the practice of plural marriage. Forscutt went on to serve in leadership positions in the Morrisite sect and later in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). Forscutt was born in Godmanchester, England. When Forscutt joined the LDS Church as a 19-year-old in 1853, his father disowned him and insisted that he move out of his childhood home. From 1855 to 1860, Forscutt was a missionary for the LDS Church in England. Forscutt was married in March 1860 to fellow Latter-day Saint Elizabeth Unsworth. On their marriage day, Forscutt and his wife began their emigration to Utah Territory with the intention of joining the gathering of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Upon arriving in Utah, he became a secretary to Brigham Young, the president of the LDS Church. Shortly after his arrival, Forscutt began to learn about the LDS practice of plural marriage, which he had not been aware of previously. This discovery, combined with other disagreements with Brigham Young, led Forscutt to disassociate himself from the LDS Church. Forscutt became affiliated with a group led by Joseph Morris; he was an apostle in the Morrisite organization and was involved in the 1861 Morrisite War. After these incidents, Forscutt joined the United States Army unit at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City and was stationed in Ruby Valley (now Nevada) before returning to Salt Lake City. In 1865, Forscutt joined the RLDS Church in Salt Lake City. He soon left the territory fearing for his life as an apostate from the LDS Church. Forscutt became a close personal friend of Joseph Smith III. Forscutt later served as a full-time missionary for the RLDS Church in England and the Society Islands. He was a copyist in the process that led to the 1866 publication of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible in 1866. Forscutt composed a number of hymns and was the editor of Saints' Harmony, an RLDS Church hymnal published in 1889. Forscutt was a preacher in the RLDS Church until his death. On 2 May 1879, Forscutt preached the sermon at the funeral of Emma Smith Bidamon, the widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. and mother of Joseph Smith III. Mark and Elizabeth Forscutt were the parents of three children Amy Forscutt Parr, Ruby Forscutt Faunce, and Mark Zenas Forscutt. They divorced in 1867. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hill_Forscutt

Roy A. Cheville

b. 1897 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Zion Author of "Send forth thy light, O Zion!" in The Hymnal

Calixa Lavallée

1842 - 1891 Person Name: C. Lavallee, 1842-1891 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Composer (melody) of "O CANADA" in The Hymnal Born: December 28, 1842, Verchères, Canada. Died: January 21, 1891, Boston, Massachusetts. Buried: Boston, Massachusetts; reinterred in 1933 in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montréal, Canada. Lavallée’s father was originally a wood cutter and blacksmith, but eventually started repairing musical instruments and teaching music in his local community. After moving to St. Hyacinthe, Calixa’s father worked for organ builder Joseph Casavant. Calixa was playing the organ by age 11, and at age 13 gave a piano recital in the Théâtre Royal in Montréal. Calixa later moved to America, where he a won a competition in New Orleans, Louisiana. As accompanist to Spanish violinist Olivera, he toured Brazil and the West Indies, then returned to America and fought in the American civil war, rising to rank of lieutenant on the northern side. He returned to Montréal after the war, but continued to do concert tours and teach. The Congrès National des Canadiens-Français commissioned him to compose "O Canada" for St. Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880. In 1887, he became president of the Music Teachers’ National Association. Lavallée wrote operettas, a symphony, and various occasional pieces and songs. Sources: Jones, pp. 84-85 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ See also in: Wikipedia

H. J. Storer

1860 - 1935 Person Name: Henry J. Storer Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City Composer of "PATMOS" in The Hymnal b. Cambridge, Mass., 1860; d. Belmont, Mass., 1935; composer and teacher

William Romanis

1824 - 1899 Person Name: William Romanis, 1824-1899 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Community Life and Brotherhood Author of "Pour down thy spirit from above" in The Hymnal Romanis, William, M.A., born in 1824, and educated at Emmanuel College, Camb., B.A. in honours, 1846, M.A. 1849, D. 1847, P. 1848. From 1846 to 1856 he was Assistant Master in the Classical Dept. of Cheltenham College. Subsequently he was Curate of Axminster; then of St. Mary's, Reading. In 1863 he became Vicar of Wigston Magna, Leicester, and in 1888 of Twyford, Hants. He retired from active work in 1895, and died in 1899. His Sermons Preached at St. Mary's, Reading, were published in 1862; 2nd series, 1864. His hymns in common use are:— 1. Dark lies before us, hid from mortal view. [For Divine Guidance.] 2. Lord, who shall sit beside Thee? [SS. James and John.] 3. Round me falls the night. [Evening.] These hymns appeared in the Wigston Magna School Hymns, 1878, and are also given in The Public School Hymn Book, 1903. Nos. 2 and 3 are in The English Hymnal, 1906. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Annie Matheson

1853 - 1924 Person Name: Annie Matheson, 1858-1924 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship Author of "O Church of God, arise" in The Hymnal Matheson, Annie, eldest daughter of Rev. James Matheson, Congregational Minister, of Nottingham, was born at Blackheath, March, 1853, and resided at Notting Hill, London. She died in 1924. At an early age she showed considerable literary ability, her first hymn, "Jesus, the children are calling," being composed when she was only 13 years old. This hymn, attracting the attention of Dr. George MacDonald, was introduced by him to the notice of the editor of Good Words, who inserted it in that magazine, as a "Hymn by a Child." In 1869 appeared "I am weak and weary, Lord," and from that time Miss Matheson was a frequent contributor to Good Words, Macmillan, The Spectator, St. Nicholas, and other magazines, both English and American. Her illustrated book for children, Margaret's Year Book, containing twelve poems from her pen, was published in 1887. The following are the best known of Miss Matheson's hymns:— 1. Dear Master, what can children do? Children as Workers for Christ. 2. How shall we worship Thee, O Lord? Divine Worship. 3. I am weak and weary, Lord. Divine Strength desired. 4. Jesus, the children are calling. Children's Prayer to Christ. 5. Lord, when we have not any light. Evening. 6. O little birds, that all day long. God's Love to all Creatures. 7. The little snowdrops rise. Easter. 8. When through life's dewy fields we go. Comfort in God's Presence. Of these hymns, Nos, 5, 6, and 7 were written for W. E. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880; and Nos. 1 and 2 for a Harvest Festival about 1882. Miss Matheson's hymns are characterised by a pleasing combination of simplicity and refinement, both of thought and expression. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Matheson, Annie, p. 719, ii. She wrote two hymns in 1905 for the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905:— 1. What is the name of the Lord God Almighty? [God is Love.] 1905, No. 407. The original form was partly rewritten in accordance with suggestions made by the editor. 2. When there is peace, where praise hath been. [Evening.] 1905, No. 157. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)