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Charles L. Ford

b. 1830 Person Name: C. L. Ford Author of "This is my body, which is given for you" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Ford, Charles Lawrence, B.A., son of Mr. W. Ford, artist, of Bath, was born at Bath in 1830. Mr. Ford is a graduate of the London University, and is engaged in scholastic work. In 1862 he contributed several poetical pieces to Canon Baynes's Lyra Anglicana, in 1865 to his English Lyrics, and also to the Illustrated Book of Sacred Poetry, n.d. Mr. Ford's hymns and poems were collected and published as Lyra Christi, 1874. From these works the following have come into common use:— 1. Father, for Thy kindest word. (1862.) Strength in Weakness. 2. Lord, from this time we cry to Thee. Christ the Guide of Youth. 3. O Thou, by Whom the balm is borne. In Affliction. 4. This is my Body which is given for you. Holy Communion. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Adolph Spaeth

1839 - 1910 Person Name: Dr. A. Späth Translator of "Ach bleib' bei mir, weil's Abend worden ist" in Unser Liederbuch Adolph Späth

Richard W. Adams

b. 1952 Author of "As Shadows Lengthen" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: 1952, Missouri. Adams graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia (BA 1974, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Hallgrímur Pétursson

1614 - 1674 Person Name: Hallgrimur Petursson, 1614-1674 Author of "Come, Lord, Thyself, with Thine Abounding Grace" in Ambassador Hymnal

T. W. Speaks

Translator of "Aquí del pan partido tomaré" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Julius Charles Grimmell

1847 - 1921 Person Name: J. C. Grimmell Author of "Bleibe bei mir" in Heils-Lieder, eine Sammlung Geistlicher Lieder für Sonntagsschulen, Jugendvereine Grimmel, Julius Charles. (Marburg, Germany, May 30, 1847--September 1, 1921, Brightwater, New York). Baptist. Attended Rochester Theological Seminary, 1863-1866, 1867, 1868; University of Lewisburgh (Pennsylvania), 1866-1867. Pastorates at Buffalo, N.Y., 1867-1873; First German Baptist Church, 1873-1893, and 1904-1919, Brooklyn, N.Y. General secretary for German Baptist Home Mission work and editor of the German Baptist publications in Cleveland, 1894-1904. Published a collection of hymns for prayer meetings entitled Die Weckstimme (Brooklyn, 1875). Three hymns translated from English to German appeared in Die Glaubensharfe, (Cleveland, Ohio, 1885). --Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives

Leith Fisher

b. 1941 Person Name: Leith Fisher (b. 1941) Author of "Just as the tide creeps over silver sand" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Ruben Saillens

1855 - 1942 Translator of "Reste Avec Moi" in The Cyber Hymnal

Niqula al-Haddad

1872 - 1954 Person Name: نقولا الحداد Author of "يا سيدي قد زايلت شمسي" in كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية Niqūlā Ilyās al-Ḥaddād نقولا الياس الحداد ولد نقولا الحداد في قرية جون الشوفية عام 1870 تلقى علومه الابتدائية في مدينة صيدا ثم انتقل الى كلية بيروت ونال دبلوم الصيدلة. عمل مدرسًا في مدارس الأمريكان القروية، ثم في مدارس صيدا، وعمل بعدها محررًا في جريدة «الرائد المصري» القاهرية مدة 3 سنوات، ثم محررًا في عدد من الصحف المصرية، كالأهرام والمحروسة. أنشأ جريدة المحبة المدرسية في صيدا، وجريدة الحكمة المدرسية في بيروت.