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J. Dempster Hammond

1841 - 1920 Person Name: J. Demster Hammond Hymnal Number: 242 Author of "The whole wide world" in The Hymnal for Youth Born: May 9, 1841, Chenango County, New York. Died: December 3, 1920, Berkeley, California. John was the son of Stephen Yates Hammond (1809-1892) and Martha Adams Hammond (1809-1863), and husband of Sarah Elizabeth Powers Hammond (1843-1918). A minister like his father, he served in the Genesee (now Western New York) Conference, the Wisconsin & Nevada Conference, and the California Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Allen Eastman Cross

1864 - 1942 Hymnal Number: 83 Author of "The hidden years at Nazareth" in The Hymnal for Youth Born: December 30, 1864, Manchester, New Hampshire. Died: April 23, 1942, Manchester, New Hampshire. Cross attended Phillips Andover Academy, Amherst College and the Andover Theological Seminary. He pastored in Cliftondale, Massachusetts (1892-96); Springfield, Massachusetts (1896-1901); at the Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts (1901-12); and Milford, Massachusetts (1916-25). His works include: Pass on the Torch, 1929 Thunder Over Jerusalem/, 1936 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Vera Campbell

Hymnal Number: 247 Author of "God of the nations, hear our call" in The Hymnal for Youth Early 20th Century

Lauchlan MacLean Watt

1867 - 1957 Person Name: Lauchlan MacLean Watt (1867- ) Hymnal Number: 205 Author of "I bind my heart this tide" in The Hymnal for Youth

Stanley L. Osborne

1907 - 2000 Hymnal Number: 287 Composer of "LLEWELLYN" in The Hymnal for Youth Stanley Llewellen Osborne, studied music at the University Toronto, and later, theology at Emmanuel College, and was ordained a United Church Minister in 1932. Dr. Osborne was co-editor of the United Church's Canadian Youth Hymnal (1939), and full-time secretary to the joint committee of the United Church and the Anglican Church of Canada for The Hymn Book, which they published together in 1971. In 1975 he completed If Such Holy Song, the story of the hymns in the Hymn Book 1971. --SICM (Summer Institute of Church Music, 03 July 2014.

Kristian Østergaard

1855 - 1931 Person Name: Kristian Ostergaard Hymnal Number: 237 Author of "That cause can neither be lost nor stayed" in The Hymnal for Youth Kristian Ostergaard (February 5, 1855 - October 9, 1931) was Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator, author and hymn writer. Wikipedia article

George Henry Day

1883 - 1966 Hymnal Number: 87 Composer of "MY MASTER (Day)" in The Hymnal for Youth George Henry Day (1883-1966) was a choirboy at Trinity Chapel, New York City, where he studied with G. Edward Stubbs. Day was appointed choirmaster at St. Peter’s in Chelsea Square (1911) but maintained his position as an assistant auditor of the Gorham Manufacturing Company for two more years. He resigned as assistant auditor, took special courses at Columbia University, and in 1915 graduated from New York College of Music. He served as organist and choirmaster in churches in Youngstown, Ohio; Wilmington, Delaware, where he studied with Edward Shippen Barnes; and Rochester, New York, before going to Trinity Church. He was awarded a Doctor of Music degree from Lincoln-Jefferson University (1923). --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

George Augustus Warburton

1869 - 1929 Person Name: George A. Warburton Hymnal Number: 142 Author of "O Thou whose glory shone like fire" in The Hymnal for Youth Warburton, George Augustus, b. in 1859, is the author of the dedication hymn of a place of worship. “O Thou Whose glory shone like fire," in Stryker's College Hymnal, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Cosin

1594 - 1672 Hymnal Number: 129 Translator of "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire" in The Hymnal for Youth The following note is from Bird's "Songs of the Spirit," p. 171. "Cosin was a native of Norwich, and scholar of Caius College, Cambridge; Prebend of Durham, 1624; Rector of Branspeth, 1626; in 1660, Dean and then Bishop of Durham. His 'Collection of Private Devotions for the Hours of Prayer,' much offended the Puritans, who styled it 'a book of Cozening Devotions.' This work contains ten short hymns (three of them from the Latin), which are supposed to be his. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ======================= Cosin, John, D.D., son of Giles Cosin, of Norwich, born at Norwich Nov. 30, 1594; educated at the Free School of that city and Caius College, Cambridge. Taking Holy Orders he became (besides holding minor appointments) Prebendary of Durham Cathedral; Rector of Brancepeth, 1626; Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1634, and Vice-Chancellor of the University and Dean of Peterborough, 1640. He suffered much at the hands of the Puritans; but after the Restoration in 1660, he became Dean and then Bishop of Durham. Died at Westminster, Jan. 15, 1672. His translation of the Veni Greater Spiritus (q. v.), 44. “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire," was included in his Collection of Private Devotions, 1627. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hugo Jüngst

1853 - 1923 Person Name: Hugo Jüngst (1853-1923) Hymnal Number: 82 Arranger of "JÜNGST" in The Hymnal for Youth Hugo Richard Jungst Germany 1853-1923. Born at Dresden, Germany, he came from an affluent, middle-class merchant family, his father owning a factory and warehouse for French millstones. He received early piano lessons at age seven, and entered the Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden for a six-year program of study, specializing in piano and composition. He studied with famous names of the time. In 1876 he founded the Dresden Mannergesangverein (men’s choir), which he headed until 1903. He was appointed Koniglichen (royal music director), and in 1898 royal professoir of music. He was an author, composer, and arranger known for carols, anthems, and music scores. He received several rewards in his lifetime, and perfomed internationally in Europe and America. He died in Dresden John Perry