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David Gambrell

Author of "Trust in God (Psalm 125)" in Glory to God Rev. David Gambrell is associate for worship in the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship and editor of Call to Worship, and an ex officio advisor to the hymnal committee. Education: Ph.D., liturgical studies Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary --www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries

Charles Herbert Kitson

1874 - 1944 Person Name: C. H. Kitson (1874-1944) Arranger of "SONG 13" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.)

W. H. Vanstone

1923 - 1999 Author of "Morning glory, starlit sky" in Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.)

M. M. Bridges

1863 - 1949 Person Name: M. M. B. Arranger of "[Jesus, grant me this, I pray]" in Hymns

Percival Chubb

1860 - 1960 Author of "Hail we now this happy morn" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Born: June 17, 1860, Devonport, Devon, England. Chubb attended the Stationers’ School in London, and joined the civil service in 1878, in the legal department of the Local Government Board. He established a correspondence society for manuscript exchange called the MS Club (1881), was a member of the Progressive Association, (1882); charter member of the Fabian Society (1884); joined the London branch of the Fellowship of the New Life, an intellectual discussion and study group dedicated to developing models of alternative societies (1884-89); member of the Ethical Society (1886). He emigrated to America in 1889, and went on to become a lecturer at Thomas Davidson’s School of the Cultural Sciences, Farmington, Connecticut; lecturer at the Brooklyn, New York, Academy of Arts and Sciences (1890-92); head of English at the Brooklyn Manual Training High School (1893-97); principal of the Second Grade, New York Society’s Ethical Culture School (1897); lecturer at the Pratt Institute and New York University; Associate Leader, Society for Ethical Culture of New York (1897-1910); and President, Drama League of America (1915-20). After retiring in 1932, he served as president of the American Ethical Union (1934-39). His works include: Edited Dryden’s Palamon and Arcite; or the Knight’s Tale from Chaucer (New York, 1908) On the Religious Frontier: From an Outpost of Ethical Religion (New York: Macmillan Company, 1931) The Teaching of English in the Elementary and Secondary School (New York: Macmillan Company, 1902) Introduction to Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888) Essays of Montaigne (editor), 1893 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

T. I. Ball

1838 - 1916 Author of "Ere we leave Thine altar, Lord" in The Church and School Hymnal Ball, Thomas Isaac, born 16 August, 1838. On taking Holy Orders in 1865, he successively became Curate of St. Salvador's, Dundee Mission; Incumbent of St. Mary's, The Cove, by Aberdeen; Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Kinnoull; Curate of All Saints, Brougham Street, Edinburgh; Curate of St. Columba's, Edinburgh; Priest of St. Michael's Chapel, Edinburgh; and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles. Mr. Ball is the author of The Orthodox Doctrine of the Church of England, 1877, and of numerous tracts; and the compiler of The English Catholic's Vademecum, 1868. In 1863 he contributed various translations from the Latin to the Appendix to the Hymnal Noted, for use in St. Alban's, Holborn, London, of which he was co-editor with the Rev. H. A. Walker. He was also the sole editor of the Supplement thereto, 1882. These translations are annotated under their respective original first lines. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Ball, T. I., p. 109, i. Became Provost of the Cathedral Church and College of Cumbrae in 1891, and received the Hon. LL.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 1895. Dr. Ball is chiefly known through his numerous translations from the Latin, which he contributed to the St. Albans Hymnal, 1898; The Praise of Jesus, 1872; The Requiem Hymnal, The Clumber Hymnal, 1904; The Office Hymn Book 1905, and other collections. The more important and widely used of these translations are noted under their original first lines. In addition, the translations under the initials "C. R." on p. 1507, iv., are claimed by Dr. Ball. The collections given above also contain several of his original hymns, the greater part being in The Praise of Jesus and The Requiem Hymnal, 1898. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

S. N. Sedgwick

1872 - 1941 Author of "May the Gospel of the Lord" in The Church and School Hymnal

Leopoldo Gros

b. 1925 Person Name: Leopoldo Gros, 1925- Author of "¡Muerte! ¿dónde está tu horror?" in ¡Cantad al Señor!

Thomas Parnell

1679 - 1718 Person Name: Thomas Parnell, 1679-1718 Author of "Holy Jesus! God of Love!" in The Cyber Hymnal Parnell, Thomas, M.A., was b. in Dublin in 1679, entered Trinity College in 1693 (B.A. 1697, M.A. 1700), was ordained D. 1700, P. 1703, became Archdeacon of Clogher 1706, and in 1716 Rector of Finglas, near Dublin. During a visit to England he was taken ill at Chester, where he died in Oct. 1718. His Poems, 1722, and Posthumous Works, 1758, are now remembered, if at all, by his poem “The Hermit." His hymn "Holy Jesus! God of love" (Holy Communion) appeared in 1758 as above, p. 246, and is in The English Hymnal, 1906 [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)