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J. Wakefield MacGill

1829 - 1902 Hymnal Number: 326 Author of "Jesus has loved me— wonderful Saviour!" in Church Hymnal

1839 - 1917 Person Name: W. Horn Hymnal Number: 84 Author of "To God be the glory" in Church Hymnal Horn, William. (Germany, May 1, 1839--April 27, 1917). Evangelical. Come to United States in 1855, settled in Wisconsin. Licensed in 1861, ordained elder 1866, presiding elder 1871, bishop 1891. Editor of various Evangelical German-language publications, including Das Evangelische Magazin and Christliche Kinderfreund. Editor of German weekly of the Evangelical Association, 1883, Christliche Botschafter. Editor of Evangelisches Gesangbuch, 1877, for which he supplied a number of hymns. His most famous hymn was "Pure and free from all corruption." He wrote 24 hymns in all, and has been called one of the greatest of the German writers in America. Translated many English hymns into German. Retired as bishop in 1915. --Robert S. Wilson, DNAH Archives --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives William Horn was born in Germany May 1, 1839. He died in 1917. He came to U.S. in 1855 and settled in Wisconsin. Licensed in 1861, he rose through the ranks of ordained elder and bishop. He retired as Bishop in 1915 and died April 27, 1917. He was the editor of various Evangelical German-lanuage publications including EVANGELISCHES GESANGBUCH of 1877, for which he supplied a number of hymns. Of his twenty-four hymns the most famous, according to Ellen J. Lorenz, was "Pure and free from all corruption". He also translated many English hymns into German. —Mary L. VanDyke for Dictionary of American Hymnology, Oberlin College Library (14 December 2003)

George D. Watson

1845 - 1924 Person Name: Rev. George D. Watson Hymnal Number: 251 Author of "I hear my blessed Saviour say" in Church Hymnal

Gladys W. Roberts

Person Name: Gladys Watkins Roberts Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "Wounded for me, wounded for me" in Church Hymnal

Margaret Mae Simpson

1878 - 1958 Person Name: Margaret M. Simpson Hymnal Number: 201 Composer of "SIMPSON" in Church Hymnal

Julia S. Haskell

Person Name: Julia Sampson Haskell Hymnal Number: 195 Author of "Pity them, pity them" in Church Hymnal [Julia W. Sampson] Sampson, J. W. Miss Sampson is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878, as the author of "Weary of wandering long" (Divine Guidance Desired). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Sampson, J. W., p. 1588, ii. Her hymn "Weary of wandering long" appeared in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864, p. 65 as by "Miss J. W. Sampson, Utica, N.Y." Other hymns with the same signature include "Sweetly sing, sweetly sing," in Bradbury's Golden Chain, 1861, p. 70, and "O, the Sabbath morning, beautiful and bright," in Happy Voice, 1865, No. 101. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ==================== 19th Century Died: After 1901. She was listed as living in her husband’s obituary in the Utica Sunday Journal, July 20, 1902. Haskell’s maiden name appears in an 1857 teacher’s directory of Utica, New York. She married Charles Freeman Haskell of Utica in 1866. An article in the July 6, 1876, issue of the Utica Daily Observer mentioned a poetry reading by her. Lyrics Heavenly Home Over the Ocean Wave Pilgrim Halting, Staff in Hand Sweetly Sing, Sweetly Sing This Life Is a Battle with Satan and Sin Weary of Wandering Long --www.hymntime.com/tch

Antoine E. Batiste

Person Name: Antione E. Batiste Hymnal Number: 326 Composer of "BATISTE" in Church Hymnal See Batiste, Edouard, 1820-1876

Bradford Torrey

1843 - 1912 Hymnal Number: 317 Author of "Not so in haste, my heart!" in Church Hymnal

Richard Torrey

Person Name: R. Torrey, Jr. Hymnal Number: 489 Author of "O soul, heed the summons today" in Church Hymnal

Joseph T. Cooper

1819 - 1879 Hymnal Number: 317 Harmonizer of "DOLOMITE CHANT" in Church Hymnal Mr. J. T. Cooper, associate of the Philharmonic Society, musical editor of the first issue of Bishope Bickersteth’s Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book and also editor of the Church Tune Book), died a few years ago whilst organist of Christ Church, Newgate Street. He was an accomplished musician, a brilliant organist and pianist, an accurate and ripe scholar, and a keen antiquary. from The Organist and Choirmaster, Volume 4 (1896)