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Isaiah Jones

b. 1940 Person Name: Isaiah Jones, Jr. Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:21 Author of "Fill My Cup" in Glory to God

1912 - 2004 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:12 Author of "Our Hope Is in the Living God" in Seven New Hymns of Hope Born: February 20, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: January 23, 2004, Alexandria, Virginia. Buried: Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Son of an Armenian immigrant pastor, Emurian attended Davidson College, North Carolina (BA); Union Theological Seminary, Virginia (BD); and Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey (ThM). Randolph-Macon College of Virginia also conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him in 1971. Emurian served as pastor of the Cherrydale United Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia, for 19 years, until retiring in 1981. He wrote some 19 books and 60 hymns, as well as hymn tunes, anthems, and popular songs. His works include: Hymn Festivals Hymn Stories for Programs The Living Dramatization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s the Last Supper Sweetheart of the Civil War Living Stories of Famous Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1955) Famous Stories of Inspiring Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1956) Stories of Christmas Carols, revised and enlarged edition (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1958) Forty Stories of Famous Gospel Songs (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1959) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ =========================== Ernest K. Emurian is pastor of the Elm Avenue Methodist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia. He has served several pastorates in the Methodist Church, chiefly in Virginia. He has long been interested in hymns, and has written several of them, including "When Dawns the Morning Sunlight" in the "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" published by the Society in 1955. He is the author of two volumes entitled "Dramatized Stories of Hymns and Hymn Writers". He had his college work at Davidson College, graduating in 1931. --Twelve New World Order Hymns, 1958. Used by permission. =========================== Ernest K. Emurian, a fourth-generation minister, is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Princeton Seminary. He has been a Methodist minister since 1936 and is currently pastor of Cherrydale Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of seventeen books in the fields of hymnody and drama, and of more than thirty hymns. A member of ASCAP, he is the composer of hymn tunes, and sacred and secular songs. His hymn "We Dedicate This Temple" is in The Armed Forces Hymnal and The Presbyterian Hymnal. He lectures widely on Practical Hymnology and Religious Drama, and as an after-dinner speaker addresses conventions and conferences in many states. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission.

John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Person Name: Jno. R. Clements Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15 Author of "Study to Show Thyself Approved" in Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945 Person Name: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-1945 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Author of "We turn to God when we are sorely pressed" in Singing the Faith Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship became a modern classic. See also in: Wikipedia

Tom Tomaszek

b. 1950 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:13 Author of "Grateful" in More Voices

Alfred B. Smith

1916 - 2001 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15 Composer of "[Study to show thyself approved unto God]" in Revival Hymns and Choruses Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago. --Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)

Roland Tabell

b. 1934 Person Name: Roland Tabell, 1934- Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:24 Arranger of "DUDLEY" in Worship and Rejoice

W. S. Weeden

1847 - 1908 Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15 Composer of "[God's word, as a lamp to the feet]" in Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. Winfield S. Weeden was born in 1847 in Middleport, OH. In his early life he was active in teaching singing schools throughout that area in Ohio. As singer and associate to Judson VandeVenter in his evangelistic campaigns, Weeden assisted in meetings at East Palestine and Sebring. He compiled several collections of hymns among them The Peacemaker, Songs of the Peacemaker, and Songs of Sovereign Grace. Weeden died in 1908. (see 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985) Mary Louise VanDyke