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H. Mandel

Hymnal Number: d58 Author of "O joyful thought, O rapturous sound" in Evangelical Musick

J. Welwood Scott

Hymnal Number: d71 Author of "See salvation's banner wave" in Evangelical Musick

Dwight Williams

1824 - 1898 Person Name: D. Williams Hymnal Number: d103 Author of "Wake, wake, each slumbering saint" in Evangelical Musick

1735 - 1824 Hymnal Number: d91 Author of "The voice of free grace cries escape" in Evangelical Musick Burdsall, Richard, for many years a Wesleyan minister, was born in 1735, and died in 1824. To his Memoirs, published at York, n.d., is appended a hymn beginning, "Now Christ He is risen, the Serpent's head is bruised." The hymn “The voice of free grace cries—'Escape to the mountain,'" begins with stanza ii. of this hymn, but with alterations. In some American hymnals, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, Burdsall's two stanzas are expanded into five, but by whom we cannot say. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

W. Wrangham

Hymnal Number: d49 Author of "My heart is fixed on Thee, my God" in Evangelical Musick Wrangham, W., p. 930. ii., 223. From his New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1829, the following are in common use in America:— (1) "Eternal God, celestial King," Psalms Ivii; (2) "Praise the Lord, His power confess," Psalms cl.; (3) “To Thee, my righteous King and Lord," Psalms ciii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

St. George Tucker

1752 - 1827 Hymnal Number: d12 Author of "Days of my youth" in Evangelical Musick Tucker, St. George. Born in Bermuda but emigrated to Virginia at an early age. Completed his education at William and Mary College. He studied law, became President of the Court of Appeals in Virginia, and afterwards Judge of the United States District Court in Eastern Virginia. See: Cleveland, Charles Dexter. (1868). Lyra Sacra Americana: or, Gems from American Sacred Poetry. New York: Charles Scribner and Co.

William Ball

1801 - 1878 Hymnal Number: d93 Author of "There is a pure and [a] peaceful wave" in Evangelical Musick Ball, William, a member of the Society of Friends, some time resident at Glen Rothsay, Rydal, Westmoreland, author of (1) Nugae Sacrae, or Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Lond., 1825. (2) The Transcript and Other Poems; (3) Hymns, or Lyrics, 1864; (4) Verses composed since 1870, &c, 1875; and other works. From the above the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. Praise to Jesus! Praise to God. Praise. This is given in the Hymnary, 1871, as "Praise to Jesus, Lord and God," and in the American Hymns and Songs of Praise, N. Y., 1874, as:—"Hallelujah! Praise to God." Original text in Lyra. Britannica, 1867, p. 645. 2. There is a pure and tranquil wave . Hope. From Nugae Sacrae, 1825, into Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862; the Lyra Britannica, 1867, p. 646: and the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book, 1883, &c. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)