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Dewey Westra

1899 - 1979 Topics: Deliverance From Trouble; Hope, Christian; Longing, Spiritual; Persecution Of Believers; Rock, God, Christ, Our; Water of Life; House of God ; Fortress And Retreat, God Our; Communion With God, With Christ Author of "As the Hart, About to Falter" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Dewey D. Westra (b. Holland, MI, 1899; d. Wyoming, MI, 1979) was a dedicated educator, writer, and musician who faithfully served the Christian Reformed Church. He attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Wayne State University in Detroit. In the 1920s and 30s he was a Christian school Principal in Byron Center and Detroit, Michigan. During the 1940s he was involved in various ventures, including becoming a diesel instructor for the Ford Motor Company. After 1947 he became a principal again, serving at Christian schools in Sioux Center, Iowa; Randolph, Wisconsin; and Walker, Michigan. Westra wrote poetry in English, Dutch, and Frisian, and translated poetry into English from Dutch and Frisian. He arranged many songs and composed songs for children's choirs. He also versified all one hundred and fifty psalms and the Lord's Prayer, as well as the songs of Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon, in meters that fit the corresponding Genevan psalm tunes. His manuscripts are housed in the library of Calvin College. Seventeen of his psalm versifications and his paraphrases of the Lucan canticles were included in the 1934 and in the 1959 editions of the Psalter Hymnal. Much of the credit for keeping the Genevan psalms alive in the Christian Reformed Church goes to Westra. Bert Polman

Lynette Miller

Person Name: Lynette Miller (1943-) Topics: Christian Initiation; Communion of Saints; Salvation/Redemption; Unity (church); Baptism (general) Author of "Now There Is No Male or Female" in Common Praise (1998)

Klein

Person Name: fr. Klein Topics: Blessedness; Christ Character of; Christ Jesus; Christians Love for Christ; Communion of Saints With Christ Arranger of "KLEIN" in Laudes Domini

E. Harold Greer

1886 - 1957 Person Name: E. Harold Greer, 1886-1957 Topics: Pentecost; Beginning of Service; Church (General); Communion of Saints; Easter; Education, Christian; Eternal Life; Forgiveness; Holy Spirit; Pentecost; Saints' Days Adapter of "THE CALL" in Hymnal Supplement 98

Caroline Fry

1787 - 1846 Person Name: Mrs. C. Fry Wilson Topics: Love, and Communion With Christ; Christ Character of; Christians Love for Christ; Gratitude; Love For the Saviour; Christ Character of; Christians Love for Christ; Gratitude; Love For the Saviour Author of ""Distresses for Christ's sake"" in Laudes Domini Wilson, Mrs. Caroline (Fry),1787-1846, usage Caroline Fry Wilson, Caroline, née Fry, daughter of a farmer, was born at Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 31, 1787. In 1831 she was married to a Mr. Wilson, and died at Tunbridge Wells, Sept. 17, 1846. Her publications were somewhat numerous, and included a History of England in Verse, 1801; a Poetical Catechism, 1821; Serious Poetry, 1822; Death, and other Poems, 1823, &c. Her Autobiography, Letters, and Remains were published in 1843, and her Table of the Lord in 1859. Her best known hymns are:— 1. For what shall I praise Thee, My God and my King? Thanksgiving in Affliction. In common use in Great Britain and America. 2. Often the clouds of deepest woe. Affliction leading to Glory. From her Poetical Catechism, 1821, p. 25. In Kennedy, 1863, it begins "Full oft the clouds of deepest woe." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Ernest A. Payne

Person Name: Ernest A. Payne, 1902-1980 Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life The Church and Communion of the Saints Author of "Lord, Who Dost Give to Thy Church" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Ernest A. Payne is General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland with offices in London. He is also active in the Psalms and Hymns Trust which is the publication society of the British Baptists. He was a member of the Editorial Committee for the Baptist Hymn Book of 1962. He was also a member of the committee which prepared The Companion for this hymnal. He is an active member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. His translation of one of the hymns in the Anabaptist Ausbund of the 16th Century appears in the Baptist Hymn Book, entitled "Our Father God, thy name we praise." He is the author of numerous books including the "Free Church Tradition in the Life of England" and the "Fellowship of Believers". He has held many important positions in British church life including service as moderator of the Free Church Federal Council 1958-59. Vice-Chairman, Central Committee, World Council of Churches since 1954. --Ten New Hymns on the Ministry, 1966. Used by permission.

H. O. Knowlton

Person Name: Miss H. O. Knowlton Topics: Afflictions; Christians Afflictions; Comfort; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Author of "A Hymn of Trust" in Laudes Domini Knowlton, H. 0. Duffield notes under her hymn, "I cannot tell if short or long" (Trust), in Laudes Domini, 1884, that "Miss Knowlton was a school-girl in Illinois at the time of its composition. Professor W. F. Sherwin received it from her through the good offices of one of her teachers, a mutual friend " (English Hymns, 1886, p. 238). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Mark Friedman

Person Name: Mark Friedman, b. 1952 Topics: Christian Life; Christian Life; Christian Life; Faith; First Communion; Hope; Journey; Ministry/Mission; Sending Forth; Service Music for Mass Entrance Song (Gathering of Processional); Rites of the Church Confirmation; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Rite of Election Author of "Enter the Journey" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

S. G. Smith

Topics: Blessedness Of Those Who Obey Christ; Character Value of Good; Christ Communion with; Christians Happiness of; Companions Evil; Judgment; Nature An Emblem of Grace; Providence of God Over Saints; The Righteous Blessed; The Righteous Contrasted with Wicked; The Righteous Reward of; The Wicked Fate of; The Wicked Warned Composer of "[How blest the man that doth not stray]" in Bible Songs

George Hugh Bourne

1840 - 1925 Person Name: Canon G. H. Bourne, 1840- Topics: Communion With Christ; The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer; Peace Of God; Lord's Supper Author of "O Christ, our God, who with Thine own hast been" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Bourne, George Hugh, D.C.L., son of Rev. R. B. Bourne, born at St. Paul's Cray, Kent, 8th Nov. 1840, and educated at Eton, and O. C. C, Oxford, graduating B.A., 1863; B.C.L., 1866; and D.C.L. 1871. Taking Holy Orders in 1863, he became Curate of Sandford-on-Thames, 1863. He was afterwards Head Master of Chardstock College, and is now (1886) Warden of the same school, which has been transferred to St. Edmund's, Salisbury. Dr. Bourne has written the following hymns:— 1. Scarce discerning aught before us. General, Written in Switzerland in 1861, and published in Lyra Messianica, 1864, p. 17, in 10 stanzas of 4 lines, and repeated in the Appendix to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Psalms & Hymns, 1869, in an abbreviated form. 2. 0 Christ, the king of human life. Holy Matrimony. A hymn on Holy Matrimony, written in 1867 for the marriage of Dr. A. B. Webb, Bishop of Bloemfontein, and included in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Appendix to the Psalms & Hymns, 1869, and thence into Church Hymns, 1871. 3. Of the wondrous Body, 0 my tongue be telling. A translation of "Pange lingua gloriosi corporis," q.v., contributed to Lyra Eucharistica, 2nd edition, 1864. Dr. Bourne has also written seven Post-Communion hymns for use in the Chapel of St. Edmund's College, Salisbury. These hymns have not been published. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Bourne, George H, p. 164, ii. From his Post Communion Hymns, privately printed in 1874 (see p. 165, i., 3), the hymns "O Christ, our God, 'Who with Thine own hast been" (Holy Communion), and "Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour" (Holy Communion), are taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)