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Martin Shaw

1875 - 1958 Topics: Time; Confessing Faith; God Glory of; God Power of; Time Composer of "PURPOSE" in Voices Together Martin F. Shaw was educated at the Royal College of Music in London and was organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's, Primrose Hill (1908-1920), St. Martin's in the Fields (1920-1924), and the Eccleston Guild House (1924-1935). From 1935 to 1945 he served as music director for the diocese of Chelmsford. He established the Purcell Operatic Society and was a founder of the Plainsong and Medieval Society and what later became the Royal Society of Church Music. Author of The Principles of English Church Music Composition (1921), Shaw was a notable reformer of English church music. He worked with Percy Dearmer (his rector at St. Mary's in Primrose Hill); Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his brother Geoffrey Shaw in publishing hymnals such as Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). A leader in the revival of English opera and folk music scholarship, Shaw composed some one hundred songs as well as anthems and service music; some of his best hymn tunes were published in his Additional Tunes in Use at St. Mary's (1915). Bert Polman

Johannes Thommen

1711 - 1783 Person Name: John Thommen Topics: Forgiveness; Confession of Sin; Faith; Forgiveness; Justification Composer of "HERRNHUT" in Moravian Book of Worship Johannes Thommen, Switzerland. A pietist, he traveled through Scandinavia singing hymns and accompanying himself on his 10-string guitar. Contributed to the Zion's Harp, a collection of hymns and songs. John Perry

John H. Gower

1855 - 1922 Topics: Faith Confession of Composer of "RELIANCE" in The Hymnal

Carlton R. Young

b. 1926 Person Name: Carlton Young Topics: Aging; God Feminine Language and Images for; Nurturing Faith; Aging; Confessing Faith; God Feminine Language and Images for; God Images and Names of; Nurturing Faith Composer of "WESTCHASE" in Voices Together

Heinrich von Bruiningk

1738 - 1785 Person Name: Rev. H. von Bruiningk, 1738-1785 Topics: Confirmation, or Confession of Faith Author of "Here in the name of Christ our Lord" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Bruiningk, Heinrich von, b. Aug. 26, 1738, at Riga. Moravian minister at Zeist (Holland) and Gnadenfrei (Silesia), d. Oct. 22, 1785, at Herrnhut. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Bertel Pedersen

Person Name: Bertel Pedersøn Topics: Confession of Faith Author of "Frygt mit Barn, den sande Gud" in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg

Fred R. Anderson

b. 1941 Person Name: Frederick R. Anderson, 1941- Topics: Assurance; Commandments; Confession of Sin; Faith; Forgiveness; Guidance; Mercy of God; Obedience; Sin Paraphraser of "How blest are those whose great sin" in Together in Song FRED R. ANDERSON is pastor emeritus of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, a liturgical theologian, and a recognized hymn writer whose hymn and psalm texts appear in Protestant and Catholic hymnals around the world. —Singing God's Psalms (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016) His collections of psalm paraphrases include Singing Psalms of Joy and Praise (1986) and Singing God's Psalms (2016).

A. J. Abbey

1825 - 1887 Person Name: Alonzo J. Abbey Topics: Christian Activity; Aspirations For Grace; Aspirations For Holiness; Aspirations For the Holy Spirit; Assurance Desired; Christ Confessing; Christians Debt of; Christians Duties of; Christians Evangelists; Christians Graces of; Christians Saved by Grace; Deliverance From Sin; Faith Walking by; God Love and Mercy; Gospel Freeness of ; Gospel Preaching of; Gospel Prevalence and Power of; Gospel Sanctifying and Saving; Grace Restoring; Heart Broken and Contrite; Heart Claimed of God; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure and Upright; Holiness Of Christians; Humility; Mercy of God Prayer for; Offerings; Pardon Sought; Penitence; Praise For Work of Redemption; Prayer Confession in; Prayer For Grace and Salvation; Prayer For Pardon; Prayer For the Church; Prayer Intercession in; Repentance; Revival; Spritual Sacrifices; Sin Confession of; Sin Hatred of; Sin Salvation from; Thanksgiving For God's Mercies; Worship Acts of; Worship Sincerity in; Zion Kept by God Composer of "COOLING" in The Psalter Alonzo Judson Abbey, USA 1825-1887 Professor Abbey was a music teacher, collector, writer-composer, tune book compiler and sacred music publisher. George F Root often edited his published works. John Perry

Richard Massie

1800 - 1887 Topics: Confessing Faith; Death and Eternal Life; Heritage 16th-Century; Heritage Before 1500; Jesus Christ Resurrection of; Liberation; Salvation Translator (English) of "Christ Jesus Lay" in Voices Together Massie, Richard, eldest son of the Rev. R. Massie, of Goddington, Cheshire, and Rector of Eccleston, was born at Chester, June 18, 1800, and resides at Pulford Hall, Coddington. Mr. Massie published a translation of Martin Luther’s Spiritual Songs, London, 1854. His Lyra Domestica, 1st series, London, 1860, contains translations of the 1st Series of Spitta's Psalter und Harfe. In 1864 he published vol. ii., containing translations of Spitta's 2nd Series, together with an Appendix of translations of German hymns by various authors. He also contributed many translations of German hymns to Mercer's Church Psalter & Hymn Book; to Reid's British Herald; to the Day of Rest, &c. He died Mar. 11,1887. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Richard Smallwood

b. 1948 Topics: Assurance of Grace; Confessing Faith; Joy; Praying About Prayer; Psalms; Suffering Composer of "I LOVE THE LORD" in Voices Together Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC. Bert Polman