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Nicholas T. Freund

Person Name: Nicholas T. Freund, 1933-2009 Scripture: Psalm 31 Composer (verses) of "[Father, Father, I put my life in your hands]" in One in Faith

James V. Marchionda

Scripture: Psalm 31 Composer of "[In you, O LORD, I take refuge]" in One in Faith

1919 - 1990 Scripture: Psalm 31 Versifier of "I Seek My Refuge in You, LORD" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Marie (Tuinstra) Post (b. Jenison, MI, 1919; d. Grand Rapids, MI, 1990) While attending Dutch church services as a child, Post was first introduced to the Genevan psalms, which influenced her later writings. She attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she studied with Henry Zylstra. From 1940 to 1942 she taught at the Muskegon Christian Junior High School. For over thirty years Post wrote poetry for the Grand Rapids Press and various church periodicals. She gave many readings of her poetry in churches and schools and has been published in a number of journals and poetry anthologies. Two important collections of her poems are I Never Visited an Artist Before (1977) and the posthumous Sandals, Sails, and Saints (1993). A member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee, Post was a significant contributor to its array of original texts and paraphrases. Bert Polman

Daniel Otis Teasley

1876 - 1942 Person Name: D. O. T. Scripture: Psalm 31:3 Author of "Savior, Guide Me" in Timeless Truths Daniel Otis Teasley, 1876-1942 Died: November 15, 1942, Santa Ana, California. Teasley entered the ministry of the Church of God denomination in 1896, and pastored in New York. Sometime after 1910, he became General Manager of the Gospel Trumpet Company, where he worked until 1917. He then worked as general manager of Warner Press (1917-18). His works include: Historical Geography of the Bible, 1898, 1917 The Holy Spirit and Other Spirits, 1904 How to Conduct a Sunday School, 1911 The Gospel Guide-book, 1918 The Bible and How to Interpret It, 1918 Lyrics-- At the Cross of Jesus Bowing Back to the Blessèd Old Bible Be Ready When He Comes I Am the Lord’s I Know in My Heart What It Means I Will Praise Him, Hallelujah! In Holy Reverence, Lord Song of Joy, A We’ll Crown Him Lord of All We’ll Praise the Lord Music-- No Friend Like Jesus Reverena --hymntime.com/tch/

Friedrich von Spee

1591 - 1635 Person Name: F. von Spee, 1591-1635 Scripture: Psalm 31:14-15 Author (st. 1, 3. 4 of "O Morning Star, O Radiant Sun" in Lift Up Your Hearts Spee, Friedrich von, son of Peter Spee (of the family of Spee, of Langenfeld), judge at Kaisers worth, was born at Kaisersworth, Feb. 25, 1591. He was educated in the Jesuit gymnasium at Cologne, entered the order of the Jesuits there on Sept. 22, 1610, and was ordained priest about 1621. From 1613 to 1624 he was one of the tutors in the Jesuit college at Cologne, and was then sent to Paderborn to assist in the Counter Reformation. In 1627 he was summoned by the Bishop of Würzburg to act as confessor to persons accused of witchcraft, and, within two years, had to accompany to the stake some 200 persons, of all ranks and ages, in whose innocence he himself firmly believed (His Cautio criminalis, sen de processibus contra sagas lib, Rinteln, 1631, was the means of almost putting a stop to such cruelties). He was then sent to further the Counter Reformation at Peine near Hildesheim, but on April 29, 1629, he was nearly murdered by some persons from Hildesheim. In 1631 he became professor of Moral Theology at Cologne. The last years of his life were spent at Trier, where, after the city had been stormed by the Spanish troops on May 6, 1635, he contracted a fever from some of the hospital patients to whom he was ministering, and died there Aug. 7, 1635. (Koch, iv. 185; Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii., 1887, p. 193,

Martin L. Seltz

1909 - 1967 Person Name: M. L. Selts, 1909-1967 Scripture: Psalm 31:14-15 Translator (st. 1, 3. 4) of "O Morning Star, O Radiant Sun" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Martin Tel

Scripture: Psalm 31:14-15 Author (st. 2) of "O Morning Star, O Radiant Sun" in Lift Up Your Hearts Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He conducts the seminary choirs, teaches courses in church music, and administers the music for the daily seminary worship services. He served as senior editor of Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (2012). His love for music began in a dairy barn in rural Washington State, where he heard his father belt out psalms and hymns while milking the cows. Martin earned degrees in church music and theology from Dordt College, the University of Notre Dame, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the University of Kansas. He has served as minister of music in Christian Reformed, Reformed Church in America, and Presbyterian congregations. With his wife, Sharilyn, he is raising three children in Princeton, New Jersey. Lift Up Your Hearts

Grayson Warren Brown

b. 1948 Scripture: Psalm 31:6 Author of "Into Your Hands" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Grayson Warren Brown is an internationally known liturgical composer, author, recording artist and speaker.

Martha Shepard Lippincott

1867 - 1949 Scripture: Psalm 31:3 Author of "The Rock of Refuge" in Young People's Songs of Praise Born: March 31, 1867, Moorestown, New Jersey. Died: August 10, 1949, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lippincott never married. She spent most of her life in Pennsylvania, attending a Friends’ High School and Swarthmore College. Known as the Quaker Poetess, she is said to have written over 4,000 poems and sacred songs. Her works include: Visions of Life