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Simon Hecht

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Composer of "[How good Thou art! each perfumed flow'r] (Hecht)"

1903 - 2003 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Author of "As we before thine altar bow" Frye, Franklin P. (New Hampshire, 1903-?). Was minister of the United Methodist Church of Bedford, New Hampshire. Received the Ph.D. degree in 1924 from Wesleyan University, and his S.T.B. from Boston University School of Theology in 1928; served churches in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, retiring in 1965 when pastor at Epworth Church, Worcester, Mass. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ===================== Since [retirement] [Frye] has been active as a free lance preacher and writer. His hymn, "As we before thine altar bow," was published by the Hymn Society of America in Marriage and Family Life Hymns (1961) and it has been chosen for the new Christian Churches-American Baptist hymnal. Mr. Frye and his wife, Agnes, have a daughter and two sons and ten grandchildren. He is a member of World Federalists U.S.A. and the New Hampshire Committee for Peace in Vietnam. --Ten New Hymns for the 70's, 1970. Used by permission.

Philip James

b. 1890 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Composer of "CWMAFON" in The Hymnbook

Richard Bales

1915 - 1998 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Composer of "[Thee, Lord, before the close of day]"

Nordahl Rolfsen

Person Name: Nordahl Rolfsen, 1848-1928 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Translator (from Swedish to Norwegian) of "O God of Hosts, with Thy Strong Hand" in The Cyber Hymnal

George Rogers

1805 - 1846 Person Name: G. Rogers Meter: 8.8.8.8 Author of "Religion, in its blessed ray" in Hymns for Christian Devotion Rogers, Rev. George. (1805--July 6, 1846, Cincinnati, Ohio). A Universalist minister, author and editor. He published a Universalist Hymn Book in 1845, in which he included 26 hymns which he had written. Four of his hymns are included in Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895: 1. As gentle dews distil 2. Let songs of praise arise 3. Religion! in thy blessed ray 4. There is a Sabbath rest, O Lord --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Doug Gay

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Author of "God, Let Me Like a Spreading Tree (Psalm 52)" in Lift Up Your Hearts Douglas C. Gay has been a lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies since 2005 in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He holds an MA degree in Modern History and International Politics from the University of St Andrews, a BD from the University of Glasgow, and the PhD at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He is an ordained minister in the Church of Scotland, and served two years as a minister before spending six years in Hackney, East London as a minister of the United Reformed Church. He has worked as a religious columnist for The Timesand is also active as a hymnwriter and liturgist. Emily Brink