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R. T. Brooks

1918 - 1985 Person Name: R.T. Brooks, 1918- Author of "Thanks to God Whose Word Was Spoken" in Hymnal of the Church of God Also known as Rev. Peter Brooks, Reginald Thomas Brooks

Author (B) of "[Praise, my soul, the King of heaven]" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement Bishop Grove was born in Johnstown, Pa., and received his education at Bethany College (1951), Drew University (1954) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (1978). He served as a pastor in congregations in the Western Pennsylvania Conference, and was consecrated bishop of the West Virginia Conference in 1980. After 12 years of service in this conference, he served for four years in the Albany (N.Y.) Area before retiring from the active episcopacy in 1996. The hymn "God, Whose Love is Reigning O'er Us" was written as a processional hymn for his daughter's wedding.

Ecumenical Women's Center

Adapter of "Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Mary Jackson Cathey

b. 1926 Author of "All Creation Sings God's Music" in New Hymns of Hope Mary Jackson Cathey (b. 1926) was born in Florence, SC, and educated at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. She received an advanced degree from Union Seminary - Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond. As a Christian Educator she finds hymn text writing a profound way to express her faith. Her hymns have won contests sponsored by The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, and a number of her poems have been published by John Knox Press, The Pilgrim Press, and Hope Publishing. She has four hymns to her credit in The Presbyterian Hymnal (1990) and others published by Selah Press, Choristers Guild, and Zimbel Press. She is an elder at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. --www.hopepublishing.com ========================== Mary Jackson Cathey is the Director of Religious Education at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland. She formerly served in a similar capacity in the First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina. She obtained her M.R.E. degree from the Assembly's Training School, Richmond, Virginia, in 1953; and her A.B. from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1947. She was married recently to Mr. Henry M. Cathey of Bethesda. She is the author of one of the 1956 Youth Hymns entitled "Come forth, O Christian Youth." --Twelve New World Order Hymns, 1958. Used by permission.

Graham Maule

1958 - 2019 Person Name: Graham Maule, 1958- Author of "Praise with joy the world’s Creator" in Together in Song

Dimas Planas-Belfort

1934 - 1992 Person Name: Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1934-1992 Translator (sts. 1-3) of "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Alma, Alaba al Rey del Cielo)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Lois Fyfe

1927 - 2014 Composer (descant) of "LAUDA ANIMA" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

George Thomas Thalben-Ball

1896 - 1987 Person Name: G. Thalben-Ball Harmonizer of "LAUDA ANIMA" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) London, England; organist

Walter R. Bouman

1929 - 2005 Person Name: Walter R. Bouman, 1927-2005 Alterer of "Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Dr. Walter R. Bouman, died on August 17, 2005. He was the Edward C. Fendt Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, where he taught from 1971 until his retirement in 1999. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/