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Robert Turnbull

1809 - 1877 Hymnal Number: 21 Author of "There is a place of sacred [waveless] rest, Far, far beyond the skies" in The New Golden Shower Turnbull, Robert, D.D., was born at Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, Sept. 10, 1809, and educated at the University of Glasgow. After officiating for a time in England and Scotland as a Baptist minister, in 1833 he removed to America, where lie ministered in several places until 1845, when he became pastor of the First Baptist Church, Hartford. He died at Hartford, Nov. 20, 1877. He published Olympia Morata, 1842, and several other works. His hymn on Heaven,”There is a place of waveless rest," appeared in Cutting's Hymns for the Vestry and Fireside, 1841. In the Baptist Psalmist, 1843, it was altered to "There is a place of sacred rest," the form in which it is known to modern collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Johann Samuel Patzke

1727 - 1787 Person Name: J. S. Patzke Hymnal Number: 43 Author of "Praise the Lord, when blushing morning" in The New Golden Shower Patzke, Johann Samuel, was born Oct. 24, 1727, at Frankfurt a. Oder, in the house of his grandfather, his father being an excise officer at Seelow, near Frankfurt. He entered the University of Frankfurt in 1748, and in 1751 went to Halle. After completing his studies he returned to Frankfurt as a candidate of Theology. In 1755, by the recommendation of the chief court preacher, F. S. G. Sack, of Berlin, he was appointed by the Margrave Heinrich von Schwedt, as pastor at Wormsfelde and Stolzenburg, near Landsberg on the Warthe. In 1758 he had to flee before the invasion of the Russian troops under General Fermor, and on his return found everything in desolation. In the beginning of 1759 he became pastor at Lietzen, near Frankfurt. Finally, by the recommendation of the Margrave, he was appointed, in 1762, preacher at the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Magdeburg, where he became, in 1769, pastor and senior of the Altstadt clergy. He died at Magdeburg, Dec. 14, 1787 (Koch, vi. 293; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxv. 238, &c). Patzke was a man of considerable talents and of a lovable nature. He was also very popular as a preacher. His poetical work began very early, his first volume of Gediche appearing at Halle in 1750. His hymns appeared mostly in his weekly paper (the first of the kind in Magdeburg) entitled Der Greis, published from 1763 to 1769, and in his Musihalische Gedichte, Magdeburg and Leipzig, 1780. The latter contains a series of cantatas which had been set to music by Johann Heinrich Rolle, music director at Magdeburg, and performed during various seasons of winter concerts there. The only one of his hymns (over 20 in all) which has passed into English is:— Lobt den Herrn I die Morgensonne. Morning. Published in 1780, as above, p. 73, in 3 st. of 4 1., as the opening hymn of his cantata, entitled Abel's Tod. Included, as No. 1075, in the Stollberg bei Aachen Gesang-Buch, 1802. This cantata is in 1780 dated 1769. It appeared, set to music by Rolle, as Der Tod Abels, ein musikalisches Drama, at Leipzig, 1771; the hymn above being at p. 1, entitled, "Hymn of Praise of the children of Adam (1780 ed. of Abel) in their bower." The cantata is itself founded on Der Tod Abels, by Salomon Gessner [born at Zürich, April 1, 1730; died at Zürich, March 2, 1787], which first appeared at Zürich in 1758, became exceedingly popular, and was translated into various languages, one of the English versions passing through more than 20 editions. The passage used by Patzke for his hymn is a portion of Book i., viz. a part of Abel's Song of Praise, sung when he was in his bower with his wife Thirza, and which begins, "Weiche du Schlaf von jedem Aug." The translations in common use from Patzke are:— 1. Praise the Lord, when blushing morning. This appears, without name of author, in the American Unitarian Cheshire Assoc. Collection, 1844, as No. 692; and the Book of Hymns, 1846 ; and in England in E. Courtauld's Collection, 1860. It is in 4 st., st. i., ii., being fairly close translations of st. i., ii., of the German, while st. iii., iv., are practically original English stanzas. 2. Praise the Lord! the sun of morning. This is a full but free version by Dr. J. A. Seiss, as No. 48 in the Sunday School Hymn Book, Philadelphia, 1873, of the Gen. Council of the Lutheran Church in America. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Kate Cameron

1836 - 1873 Hymnal Number: 106 Author of "We'll all meet again in the morning" in The New Golden Shower Mrs. K. W. B. Barnes, was born in Deerfield, Mass in 1836. She was christened Maria Burbank Williams but was called by the name Kitty. She also used the pen name "Kate Cameron" In 1856 she married Dr. Norman S. Barnes. She was a writer of many stories, poems, and hymns. From Waifs and their authors by A. A. Hopkins, 1879

M. E. Thalheimer

Person Name: M. Elsie Thalheimer Hymnal Number: 107b Author of "Thou art my Shepherd, Caring in every need" in The New Golden Shower

Robert Carr Brackenbury

1752 - 1818 Person Name: R. C. Brackenbury Hymnal Number: 99 Author of "My son, know thou the Lord" in The New Golden Shower Brackenbury, Robert Carr, of an old Lincolnshire family, was born at Panton House, in that county, in 1752. He entered into residence at St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, but joining the Wesleys, he left without taking a degree, and became a minister of the Methodist denomination. In that capacity he visited Guernsey, Jersey and Holland. He retired from active work in 1789, and died at his residence, Raithby Hall, near Spilsby, Aug. 11, 1818. His works include:—(1) Sacred Poems, in 3 parts, Lond., 1797; (2) Select Hymns, in 2 parts, Lond., 1795; (3) Sacred Poetry; or Hymns on the Principal Histories of the Old and New Testaments and on all the Parables, Lond., 1800, and some prose publications. He also edited and altered William Cruden's Divine Hymns, n.d. The hymn, "Come, children, 'tis Jesus' command," was given in J. Benson's Hymns for Children, 1806. It does not appear in any of Brackenbury's works. Mrs. Smith, daughter of Dr. Adam Clarke, has included several incidents in his life in her Raithby Hall. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Lucius Hart

Person Name: L. Hart Hymnal Number: 76 Author of "Jesus is King" in The New Golden Shower Late 19th Century

Peter Stryker

1826 - 1900 Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "Sweet carols let us sing" in The New Golden Shower Clergyman of Reformed Church, New York City

C. G. Goodwin

Person Name: Mrs. C. G. Goodwin Hymnal Number: 94 Author of "Holy Sabbath, happy morning" in The New Golden Shower

Mrs. E. M. Sangster

Person Name: E. M. Sangster Hymnal Number: 47 Author of "The crown of glory" in The New Golden Shower

Wm. Oland Bourne

1819 - 1901 Person Name: William Oland Bourne Hymnal Number: 109 Author of "The union song" in The New Golden Shower Bourne was born on June 11, 1819, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a social reformer and author, lyricist, printer and editor of The Soldiers’ Friend, a newsletter for Civil War veterans. He served as chaplain of Central Park Hospital, a military hospital in New York City. He died on June 6, 1901 at Montclair, New Jersey. See more at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/o/u/bourne_wo.htm