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Carol Christopher Drake

1933 - 2022 Author of "The Gospel Tells What God Has Done" in Sing for Joy From the newsletter of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley, California: "Many of you asked about the communion hymn we sang last Sunday, Hymn 69. 'What is the crying at Jordan?' was written in the 1950s by Carol Christopher Drake, a former member of St. Mark’s Choir. Carol also wrote the parish centennial hymn 'Gather us in, God make us One.' [Hymn 69] voices a response to John the Baptist’s 'crying in the wilderness,' of his demand that people change their lives in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. She wrote this text specifically for the present tune, St. Mark’s, Berkeley, which in her words 'evoked a sense of mystery and awe.' The tune’s first American use was in the children’s songbook 'Sing for Joy,' compiled and edited by Norman and Meg Mealy, who 'were attracted to it for its haunting and simple quality.' It came from a Gaelic collection, Dánta Dé (Dublin 1928). The tune had no name in Dánta Dé. A former beloved choirmaster of St. Mark’s, Norman named it for St. Mark’s, Berkeley, his home parish, where he served as choirmaster from 1948-1962. He also served as Professor of Church Music at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific - Episcopal (CDSP) here in Berkeley from 1952-1987 and at the Graduate Theological Union from 1976-1987. We thank Norman and Meg for this gift to the church here and at large." -- Thanks to George Emblom, director of music at St. Mark's Church in Berkeley for providing this information about the hymn. Carol Christopher Drake also contributed five other hymn texts to Sing for Joy, the children's hymnal by Norman & Margaret Mealy.

John Andrew Storey

b. 1935 Person Name: John Andrew Storey, 1935- Alterer of "Grieve Not Your Heart" in Singing the Living Tradition Unitarian-Universalist

S. B. McManus

1845 - 1917 Person Name: Silas B. McManus Author of "Love Consecrates the Humblest Act" in The Cyber Hymnal

Joseph Herl

Harmonizer of "PRIMROSE" in In Melody and Songs HERL, JOSEPH, AAGO, ChM (b. 1959): B.A. (Music), Concordia College, New York; M.Mus. (Organ), North Texas State University; Ph.D. (Musicology), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Professor of Music at Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska and organist of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lincoln, Nebraska. Author of Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism (Oxford University Press, 2004); choral and organ music published by Oxford, Concordia, and MorningStar. Joseph Herl (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

F. Richard Garland

Author of "The World Did Dwell in Dark and Fear" in Discipleship Ministries Collection The Reverend F. Richard Garland is a retired United Methodist pastor. He and his wife, Catherine Sprigg, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, live in North Kingstown, RI. Dick was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a lifelong Methodist. A graduate of Garrett Theological Seminary, he interned in Chicago and then served churches in Indiana, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He continues to preach on occasion, provide coverage in emergency pastoral situations, and write a monthly essay, "From Where I Sit" for the newsletter of the North Kingstown UMC. He has been a contributor to The Upper Room. Dick is a lifelong hiker who still climbs in the mountains of New Hampshire. At home, he spends a great deal of time in his flower gardens. He has sung with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra and is a member of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Dick wrote his first hymn, a children's song, in a seminary music class with Austin C. Lovelace, and he has written poetry for many years. He began writing hymns for use in his churches about twenty years ago, but did not submit them for publication until 2006, after being encouraged to do so by a classmate and friend. Many of his texts are inspired by the seasons of the church year, particularly Christmas and Easter, and by Scriptures from the Lectionary. In April of 2007, an appeal from a clergy colleague for a memorial hymn in response to the shootings at Virginia Tech University resulted in the creation of his hymn, In Grief and Aching Sorrow, set to the tune, Passion Chorale by J.S. Bach. Once, his pastor, frustrated in trying to find enough hymns to go with the Good Samaritan story in Luke 10:25-37, asked him to write a new hymn for a service. The result was his hymn, "When We Would Neighbor Be." On a dare from a colleague, he revealed a whimsical side by writing a hymn for Groundhog Day, "Praise the Lord for Woodland Creatures." His hymn, "I Have a Dream," was written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the address by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He has written a series of texts based on the selections from the Letters to the Ephesians and to the Philippians found in the New Revised Common Lectionary. F. Richard Garland

Lucy Chaffee Alden

1836 - 1912 Person Name: Lucy M. C. Alden Author of "Obedient To Thy Sacred Word" in The Cyber Hymnal

Frederick R. C. Clarke

b. 1931 Person Name: F. R. C. Clarke Arranger of "PRIMROSE" in Voices United Wrote A William Boyce suite, 1973 and Healey Willan, c1983

S. Curtis Tufts

Author of "Into the Unshaped Silence" in Voices United

John B. Tabb

1845 - 1909 Person Name: John B. Tabb, 1845-1909 Author of "Once When My Heart Was Passion Free" in Singing the Living Tradition John Banister Tabb, 1845-1910; priest, poet; b. Va.; Confederate solider and prisoner of war; ordained Roman Catholic priest, 1884; taught English at St. Charles College, Md.