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Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Hymnal Number: 34 Author of "Rejoice, O yes, rejoice, rejoice" in Jasper and Gold Late 19th Century

1825 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. John Parker Hymnal Number: 52 Author of "Trusting in thee, yes, trusting in thee" in Jasper and Gold John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6)

Alfred A. Graley

1813 - 1905 Person Name: Rev. A. A. G. Hymnal Number: 78 Author of "I long, oh, I long to be there" in Jasper and Gold

Martha A. W. Cook

1806 - 1874 Person Name: M. A. W. Hymnal Number: 119 Author of "Draw me close to thee" in Jasper and Gold Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook USA 1806-1874. Born in Northcumberland County, PA, she married Rev. Parsons Cook, editor of a Boston paper called “The Puritan Recorder”. She contributed to, and for a time, was editor of the “Continental Monthly”. She translated “The life of Chopin”, by Franz Liszt, from the French in 1863. She also translated “Undivine comedy” by Zygmund Krasinski in 1875. She died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry

C. C. McCabe

1836 - 1906 Person Name: Chaplain C. C. McCabe Hymnal Number: 96 Adapter of "I am far frae my hame, an' I'm weary aften-whiles" in Jasper and Gold Charles Cardwell McCabe’s story begins during the Civil War when at age 25 he was appointed chaplain of the 122nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He read in The Atlantic Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” fit to the popular marching tune “John Brown’s body” and immediately taught it to his regiment. As they moved out to Virginia and became part of a larger Union regiment they took The Battle Hymn with them. Captured and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, he led the prisoners on the long 150 mile march in singing The Battle Hymn to raise their spirits and maintain morale. Under terrible prison conditions they sang; people remembered standing outside the prison to listen. At the news of Lee’s defeat McCabe again led all the prisoners in singing “national airs”. He contracted typhoid, and when prisoners were exchanged at Fortress Monroe, VA he weighed less than 100 pounds. After prison he worked as a fund raiser for the U.S. Christian Commission in Washington. He often officiated at four or five church services around Washington camps and hospitals, sometimes walking ten miles. He told of refusing an invitation to a white folks’ church so he could preach to a congregation of former slaves where he gave to the choir copies of the Battle Hymn. On Feb. 2, 1864 he attended a meeting of the House of Representatives for a celebration of the second anniversary of the Christian Commission which Lincoln attended. When McCabe led the singing of the Battle Hymn Lincoln was so moved that he asked for it to be sung again. McCabe attended Lincoln’s funeral in Springfield, IL and was asked to sing the Battle Hymn there. After the war McCabe was appointed to Spencer Chapel in Portsmouth, OH and became a major fundraiser for his alma mater [Ohio] Wesleyan University’s endowment fund. For forty years he lectured throughout the country as Secretary of the Church Extension Society. In 1896 he was elected to the Methodist episcopacy, unofficially named “The Singing Bishop”. He died after suffering a stroke Dec. 19, 1906. M.L. VanDyke (with material from Wm. E. Ross: “The Singing Chaplain: Bishop McCabe” in Methodist History, Oct. 1989

Annie Cummings

Person Name: A. Cummings Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "I will pray" in Jasper and Gold 19th Century

Wilbur A. Christy

Hymnal Number: 28 Author of "Look to the shore, brother, look to the shore" in Jasper and Gold Wilbur Amos Christy USA 1845-1928. Born in Kinsman, OH, he attended the Normal Music School at Genesco, NY, and dedicated his life to music. He had an outstanding tenor voice and was encouraged to pursue an operetic career. Meeting J. G. Towner, they held conventions and concert tours in PA and NY. He also studied with other music masters, J. G. Webb, George F. Root, and Sir George McFarren. He became director and teacher of the National Normal Institute in Lebanon, OH, where George Root was principal. He was known for his work in glee, chorus, and class music, his convention work, and by his Sabbath school songs. His mission in faith caused him to pursue a career change. Following his friend, Philip P. Bliss, he became a singing evangelist. He was known as a gospel singer and composer of gospel hymns and songs. John Perry

Una Locke

1820 - 1882 Hymnal Number: 91 Author of "I know I am sinful and unworthy" in Jasper and Gold Urania Locke Bailey [Una Locke] was born on November 20, 1820 in Gill, Massachusetts and died on March 25, 1882. Bailey’s works include: I Want to Be an Angel (Boston, Massachusetts: Horace Partridge, 1857) Clara, the Motherless Young Housekeeper, or, The Life of Faith (Carlton & Porter, Sunday School Union, 1860) Una’s Papa, and Other Stories (Carlton & Porter, 1867) Red Letter Days in Old England and New England (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1871) Star Flowers (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/a/i/bailey_uls.htm

Louis Eisenbeis

1835 - 1917 Hymnal Number: 136 Author of "The blood is all my plea" in Jasper and Gold Born: January 28, 1835, Germany. Died: 1917, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Son of Philip Eisenbeis and Elizabeth Ammon, Louis was a minister, and married Elizabeth Fell in 1878. His works include: The Amen Corner, and Other Poems, 1897 --www.hymntime.com/tch/