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G. A. Thacker

Hymnal Number: 43 Composer of "[The footsteps of Jesus follow each day]" in Songs of Spring

1839 - 1888 Hymnal Number: 35 Composer of "[O I long to see the beauty]" in Songs of Spring Clark, John Haldenby, M.A., born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Jan. 28, 1839, and educated at the Grammar School there, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1861. On taking Holy Orders, he became Curate of Barinby Moor and Fangfoss. After labouring in various parishes he became, in 1870, Vicar of West Dereham, Norfolk. Mr. Clark is known through his translation,"Soldiers, who are Christ's below." In 1880 he published The Marriage of Cana, and Other Verses; Lynn. It contains a few translations from the Latin, in addition to original verse. He died April 14, 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Fred Woodruff

Person Name: F. W. Hymnal Number: 71 Author of "Hallelujah By and By" in Songs of Spring

J. E. Roane

Hymnal Number: 50 Composer of "[There will be a great home-coming over yonder]" in Songs of Spring

J. S. Torbett

1868 - 1941 Hymnal Number: 52 Author of "There's a Guiding Star" in Songs of Spring James Samuel Torbett Born in Georgia in 1868. He was a gospel song writer. He died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary on Find a Grave memorial website (accessed 1/29/2020)

Byron Lawton Whitworth

1898 - 1998 Person Name: Byron L. Whitworth Hymnal Number: 46 Composer of "[Once I was friendless, sorrow was endless]" in Songs of Spring

Burl Carter

Person Name: B. C. Hymnal Number: 17 Author of "Our Childhood Home" in Songs of Spring

L. D. Bassett

1894 - 1964 Person Name: L. D. B., Jr. Hymnal Number: 56 Author of "Ev'rybody Sing" in Songs of Spring Lorenzo Dow Bassett, Jr.,born Dec. 30, 1894, died May 21, 1964 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dianne Shapiro, from Bassett Family Association (www.bassetbrances.org) accessed 4-15-2018