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Jack Brown

Scripture: Matthew 2:1 Author of "We Join the Wise Men" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People

Christopher Webber

b. 1932 Person Name: Christopher L. Webber Scripture: Matthew 2:1-11 Adapter of "When Herod Reigned in Israel" in Singing the New Testament

John C. Pfitzner

b. 1942 Person Name: John Clement Pfitzner, 19420 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Translator of "Lord Jesus, our bright Morning Star" in Together in Song

Pamela Robison

b. 1947 Person Name: Pamela Robison, 1947 - Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2 Author of "Sing Songs of Joy" in Hymns of the Saints

1900 - 1996 Person Name: Frank von Christierson, 1900 - Scripture: Matthew 2:10-11 Author of "Good News! Great Joy to All the Earth" in Hymns of the Saints Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) was born near Helsinki, Finland. He attended San Jose (California) High School, Stanford University (BA, Psychology, 1923), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (BD 1929). In 1983 he was awarded the citation of distinguished alumnus, and became a Fellow of The Hymn Society. He has served as youth director at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, and pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Citrus Heights, California. He has published a hymnal collection entitled Make a Joyful Noise (1987) and is represented in many hymnals. Three of his hymn texts have been included in the new Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). http://www.hopepublishing.com/html ========================= After serving for thirty-seven years as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, North Hollywood and Sacramento, California, Rev. Frank con Christierson has retired to serve as "Interim minister" in the Central Area of the Synod of California. He has been moderator of San Francisco Presbytery and of Los Angeles Presbytery, and has just completed three years as chairman of radio and television for the Sacramento Area Council of Churches. Born in Finland, he was brought to America as a boy of four. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of San Francisco Theological Seminary. He has written five hymns published by the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Gertrude E. Velguth

Scripture: Matthew 2:11 Author (stanza 1) of "A Village Humble, Still" in Christian Science Hymnal

Kathleen O'Connor

Scripture: Matthew 2:11 Author (stanza 2) of "A Village Humble, Still" in Christian Science Hymnal

Christian Science Publishing Society

Person Name: CSPS Scripture: Matthew 2:11 further alt. of "A Village Humble, Still" in Christian Science Hymnal

Vicente Russo

1920 - 1979 Person Name: Vicente Russo, 1920-1979 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2 Author of "To Hail the Messiah" in When Breaks the Dawn

Daniel B. Merrick

1926 - 2004 Person Name: Daniel B. Merrick, 1926-2004 Scripture: Matthew 2 Author of "What Shall We Sing to Air Our Joy" in When Breaks the Dawn Merrick Daniel B. (Bloomington, Illinois, April 29, 1926--November 11, 2004). Married Dagmar Gustafson in 1952 while a student at Phillips Theological Seminary (A.B., 1948; B.D., 1954); three children. Served churches in Sandoval, Ill.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Panama Canal Zone; Peoria, Illinois; and Havana, Ill. Won his first hymn writing contest in the mid-1950s. The hymn "O God whose Love Compels Us" was a winning entry for a theme hymn for the American Baptist convention in 1967. Edited the Chalice Hymnal for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). --DNAH Archives