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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Hymnal Number: 188 Composer of "[Past the toil, the pain, the conflict]" in Joyful Greeting Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 168 Composer of "[Not far from the kingdom of heaven]" in Joyful Greeting John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch

J. R. Dunham

Hymnal Number: 194 Composer of "[Freemen, rally! Freemen, rally!]" in Joyful Greeting

S. Anna Gordon

b. 1832 Person Name: S. A. Gordon Hymnal Number: 9 Author of "Reaping the Harvest" in Joyful Greeting Mrs. S. Anna Gordon was born in Claremont, Mass., 9 January 1832. She was a physician and author. At an early age she moved to New York with her parents. Before her marriage she was a teacher. She was in charge of the ladies' department in Rock River Seminary and in Ripon College and was active in opening a normal school. She was married in Wisconsin in 1858 to W. A. Gordon M. D. After her marriage she studied medicine with her husband. She assisted him in his practice. In 1859 and 1860 they were connected with the Smithsonian Institute, taking meteorological motes. For one year she was associate editor of "Central Wisconsin." She joined her husband while he was stationed in Louisville, Ky. during the Civil War where she assisted with caring for wounded and sick soldiers. During that time, she also studied art. She was a weekly contributor to the literary columns of the Louisville "Sunday Journal." In 1882 and 1883 she was State editor of the Missouri Woman's Christian Temperance Union on the Chicago "Signal." During her residence in Denver, Col. she was assistant superintendent of Chines work in that city. She is author of the book Camping in Colorado and several papers and poems. Dianne Shapiro, from "A Woman of the Century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life" edited by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore, published by Charles Wells Moulton, 1893

George R. Lewis

Person Name: Geo. Lewis Hymnal Number: 16 Author of "The Beautiful Land" in Joyful Greeting

Mrs. Albert Smith

Hymnal Number: 58 Author of "Scatter Seeds of Kindness" in Joyful Greeting May Riley Smith, married Albert Smith. Wrote under May Riley Smith. See May Riley Smith.

Alexcenah Thomas

1857 - 1910 Hymnal Number: 87 Author of "Bring Them In" in Joyful Greeting

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Person Name: G. W. L. Hymnal Number: 62 Author of "We Are Coming" in Joyful Greeting George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)

Mrs. A. L. Davison

1851 - 1887 Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "Purer in Heart" in Joyful Greeting Born: 1851, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Carthage, Missouri. Fannie’s father was killed when she was 10 years old; after her mother’s remarriage to hotelier Henry Warner, the family moved to Carthage, Missouri. Fannie married court reporter Asa Lee Davison and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, then Madison, Wisconsin. Several of her songs appeared in publications from the Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, including Songs of Gratitude (1877), Joy and Gladness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God --hymntime.com/tch/bio