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Daniel B. Merrick

1926 - 2004 Person Name: Daniel B. Merrick, 1926-2004 Topics: Benediction Author of "Lead Us, Our Father" in When Breaks the Dawn Merrick Daniel B. (Bloomington, Illinois, April 29, 1926--November 11, 2004). Married Dagmar Gustafson in 1952 while a student at Phillips Theological Seminary (A.B., 1948; B.D., 1954); three children. Served churches in Sandoval, Ill.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Panama Canal Zone; Peoria, Illinois; and Havana, Ill. Won his first hymn writing contest in the mid-1950s. The hymn "O God whose Love Compels Us" was a winning entry for a theme hymn for the American Baptist convention in 1967. Edited the Chalice Hymnal for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). --DNAH Archives

Roland M. Carter

b. 1942 Person Name: Roland M. Carter, b. 1942 Topics: Benediction Adapter of "Lord, Make Me More Holy" in Total Praise

Mary Howarth

Topics: Responses To Benediction Composer (acc.) of "KI RI SU TO NO" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Hendrik Gysen

1660 - 1693 Person Name: Hendrik Ghysen (1660-93) Topics: Special occasions Benedictions Author of "O Father, let thy love remain" in The Song Book of the Salvation Army

William David Young

Topics: Benedictions Author of "Now unto the King" in The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration

Jillian M. Bray

Person Name: Jillian Bray Topics: Benediction Composer of "STAR OF BLESSING" in New Hymns of Hope

Mary Bittner

1938 - 2007 Person Name: Mary R. Bittner Topics: Benediction Author of "Go Now in Peace" in Water from the Rock Mary Bittner was a native of Pennsylvania and received a B.S. in music education from Penn State University. She taught piano, organ, clarinet, and school music, and also served as music director and/or organist in Baptist, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches and a U.S. Air Force Base Protestant chapel. In 1991 she became organist at Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville, IL. She was an active member of the Naperville chapter of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, and honored as Member of the year in 1998. She also participated in recitals and activities of the Fox Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She began writing hymns in 1990 while enrolled in a church music degree program at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She received her Master of Theological Studies in church music in 1993, the same year she began attending hymn writing workshops and conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Mary died from cancer in 2007. Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?pid=93934328