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R. B. Y. Scott

1899 - 1987 Person Name: Robert B. Y. Scott, 1899-1987 Author of "Sing Your Praises to the Father" in One in Faith Scott, Robert Balgarnie Young. (Toronto, Ontario, July 18, 1899--November 1, 1987). United Church. University of Toronto, B.A., 1922; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1928. Pastorate at Long Branch, Ont., 1926-1928; professor of Old Testament at Union College (Vancouver), 1928-1931; United Theological College (Montreal), 1931-1955; Princeton University, 1955-1968; also dean of divinity at McGill University (Montreal), 1945-1955. Published many translations of, and commentaries on, Old Testament material, as well as on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Most of his hymns date from his years in Montreal. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Robert N. Roth

b. 1928 Person Name: Robert Roth Arranger of "PLEADING SAVIOR" in Songs for Life Robert N. Roth was born on June 28, 1928 in Somerset, PA and was educated at Franklin and Marshall College (BA, Phi Beta Kappa), the University of Virginia (MA – Raven Society) and the School of Sacred Music of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City (MSM). He served churches in Charlottesville, VA and Mamaroneck, NY before accepting concurrent positions as organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. James the Less in Scarsdale, NY and the Free Synagogue of Westchester in Mount Vernon, NY. He has held memberships in the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the St. Wilfrid Club in New York City. He is represented in The Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church by his tune WEST PARK, and in Chatter with the Angels by his tune ORR. With his wife Nancy he edited a children’s version of The Hymnal 1982 titled We Sing of God. He also compiled and edited Wond’rous Machine: a Literary Anthology Celebrating the Organ. He has published many articles on church music in various periodicals and numerous arrangements and original compositions for choral groups. He now lives in Oberlin, OH. Mary Louise VanDyke

George Stringer Rowe

1830 - 1913 Person Name: George Stringer Rowe, 1830-1913 Author of "Cradled in a manger" in Complete Mission Praise Rowe, George Stringer, was born at Margate in 1830, and educated for the Wesleyan Ministry at Didsbury College. He entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1853, and has since held important appointments at Ipswich, Hull, Southport, Leeds, Edinburgh, London, &c. In 1888 he was appointed to the chair of Pastoral Theology in Headingley College, Leeds. He was the author of "Life of John Hunt, &c."; "At His Feet"; "On His Day"; "The Psalms in Private Devotion"; and "Alone with the Word." His hymns include:— 1. Behold Thy youthful army. 2. Come, children all and praise. 3. Cradled in a manger meanly. 4. When they brought little children. These hymns were written for Sunday School Anniversaries, and were included in the Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Charter Piggott

1872 - 1943 Person Name: William Charter Piggott, 1872-1943 Author of "Heavenly Father, may Your blessing" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook William Charter Piggott was pastor of the Bunyan Meeting Church in Bedford from 1905-1911. He was 33 when he began his ministry at the Bunyan Meeting. He left to become an assistant to Charles Sylvester Horne at Whitefield’s Church, Tottenham Court Rd, London. His ministry was especially successful among young people. email to Hymnary information from Bunyan Meeting Bedford 1650-1950 by H B Tibbutt.

Chris Fenner

Arranger of "PLEADING SAVIOR" in Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship B.A., Western Michigan University (2003); M.A., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2011); M.L.I.S, University of Kentucky (2017). Digital Archivist at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Editor of The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Isaac Watts (2016), Spurgeon's Own Hymn Book (2019), Amazing Love! How Can It Be: Studies on Hymns by Charles Wesley (2020), and Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship (2024). Volunteer editor for Hymnary.org; contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology; founder and editor of Hymnology Archive (hymnologyarchive.com).