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Russell S. Cook

1811 - 1864 Hymnal Number: d186 Author of "Just as thou art, without one trace Of love or joy" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected Cook, Russell Sturgis, born at New Marlborough, Mass., March 6, 1811, was educated for the Congregational Ministry, and married a daughter of Dr. Caesar Malan, of Geneva. From 1839 to 1856 he was one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society. He was the originator of its system of colportage. Subsequently he became Secretary of the New York Sabbath Committee. He also edited the American Messenqer. He died at Pleasant Valley, New York, Sept. 4, 1864. His hymn:— Just as thou art, without one trace. Invitation, was published in the American Messenger, March, 1850, in. 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It was written as a companion hymn to Miss Elliott's "Just as I am, without one plea," and was sent by the author to her. It was soon adopted by editors of American hymn-books, sometimes in an abbreviated form, beginning with stanza iii. as, "Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?" as in the Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858. It became known in Great Britain through Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862. In that collection it was reprinted from an anonymous tract, in which stanzas ii, and vi. are omitted. This form of the hymn is usually given in the English collections. Full original text in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869-70. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Stamp

Hymnal Number: d65 Author of "Come, poor guilty, anxious mourner" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected Stamp, John, was for some time a minister with the Primitive Methodists; but, for various reasons, he was suspended in 1841. For sometime afterwards he preached in Hull, where a chapel was built for him in West Street. There also his weakness displayed itself, and he had to remove elsewhere. Thenceforth he lived, it is said, in great poverty until his death. He published The Christian's Spiritual Song Book, in 1845. It contains several of his hymns, two of which,—(1) "Leave Thee, no, my dearest [gracious] Saviour" (Perseverance), and (2), "Pity, Lord, a wretched creature" (Lent) — are in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Clair Wells

1819 - 1873 Person Name: George C. Well Hymnal Number: d155 Author of "If I in thy likeness, O Lord, may awake" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected

Sarah Jones

1753 - 1794 Hymnal Number: d43 Author of "Bright scenes of glory strike my sense" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected Jones, Sarah. (1753--1794). A Methodist, she spent her entire life in Mecklenburg, Virginia. Her husband, Tygnal Jones, owned 70 or 80 slaves, and "was quite averse" to their emancipation. An extremely spiritual woman, she left correspondence with a number of Methodist ministers who worked in that area: Devout letters; or, Letters spiritual and friendly. Correct and published by Jeremiah Minter, minister of the Gospel . . . . (Alexandria, Va., printed by Samuel Snowden, 1804. viii, 154 p.). In his introduction, Minter mentions The Life and Death of Mrs. Jones which he had recently written, but no copies of this are known. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Caroline Fry

1787 - 1846 Person Name: Caroline Fry Wilson Hymnal Number: d98 Author of "For what shall I praise thee" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected Wilson, Mrs. Caroline (Fry),1787-1846, usage Caroline Fry Wilson, Caroline, née Fry, daughter of a farmer, was born at Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 31, 1787. In 1831 she was married to a Mr. Wilson, and died at Tunbridge Wells, Sept. 17, 1846. Her publications were somewhat numerous, and included a History of England in Verse, 1801; a Poetical Catechism, 1821; Serious Poetry, 1822; Death, and other Poems, 1823, &c. Her Autobiography, Letters, and Remains were published in 1843, and her Table of the Lord in 1859. Her best known hymns are:— 1. For what shall I praise Thee, My God and my King? Thanksgiving in Affliction. In common use in Great Britain and America. 2. Often the clouds of deepest woe. Affliction leading to Glory. From her Poetical Catechism, 1821, p. 25. In Kennedy, 1863, it begins "Full oft the clouds of deepest woe." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

R. P. Clark

Hymnal Number: d314 Author of "Marching along, we are marching along" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected

Josiah Goddard

Hymnal Number: d174 Author of "Sing glory, glory, hallelujah" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected

Maria B. W. Barnes

1836 - 1873 Hymnal Number: d283 Author of "Yes, O yes, in that land" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected Christened Maria Burbank Williams, her family called her Kitty. Used the pseudonym Kate Cameron. See also Cameron, Kate, 1836-1873

C. B. Davidson

Hymnal Number: d288 Author of "Sinner [sinners] go [come], will you go" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected

C. Cooke

Hymnal Number: d240 Author of "O say, can you see by the truth's holy light" in Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected