b. 1854 Hymnal Number: 723 Author of "The Children's Hosanna" in Celestial Songs McAulay, Neal A. (Nova Scotia, March, 1854--?). Born of Scottish parents "in the English town of Nova Scotia." At age 21 he moved to Boston and from there to Portland, Maine, in 1876. Converted in 1877; went to Chicago in 1882, and entered McCormick Theological Seminary in 1883 (B.D., 1886). Pastorates in Presbyterian churches in Wilton, Iowa (1886-1907) and Lyons, Louisiana (1907-?). In 1889 began writing gospel hymns.
--Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.
Neal A. McAulay