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Frederick H. Pease

1839 - 1909 Person Name: Frederic H. Pease Hymnal Number: 34 Composer of "[To thee we sing]" in New Joy Bells

1835 - 1912 Hymnal Number: 25 Composer of "[Praise the Father and the Spirit]" in New Joy Bells Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg. Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

J. H. Leslie

Hymnal Number: 17 Composer of "[I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills]" in New Joy Bells

John Hullah

1812 - 1884 Person Name: Hullah Hymnal Number: 126 Composer of "[Do no sinful action]" in New Joy Bells Born: June 27, 1812, Worcester, England. Died: February 21, 1884, London, England.

Wilbur A. Christy

Person Name: W. A. C. Hymnal Number: 88 Author of "Walk in the Light" in New Joy Bells Wilbur Amos Christy USA 1845-1928. Born in Kinsman, OH, he attended the Normal Music School at Genesco, NY, and dedicated his life to music. He had an outstanding tenor voice and was encouraged to pursue an operetic career. Meeting J. G. Towner, they held conventions and concert tours in PA and NY. He also studied with other music masters, J. G. Webb, George F. Root, and Sir George McFarren. He became director and teacher of the National Normal Institute in Lebanon, OH, where George Root was principal. He was known for his work in glee, chorus, and class music, his convention work, and by his Sabbath school songs. His mission in faith caused him to pursue a career change. Following his friend, Philip P. Bliss, he became a singing evangelist. He was known as a gospel singer and composer of gospel hymns and songs. John Perry

Mattie E. Owens

Hymnal Number: 70 Author of "We Are Drifting Away" in New Joy Bells

E. O. Taylor

Person Name: Rev. E. O. Taylor Hymnal Number: 25 Author of "Praise the Father" in New Joy Bells

Mary E. Kail

1828 - 1890 Hymnal Number: 106 Author of "Lo! The Royal Harvest" in New Joy Bells Mary Elizabeth Harper Kail, Circa 1828-1890 Born: 1827 or 1828, Washington, DC. Died: January 28, 1890, Washington, DC, or Ohio. Daughter of Andrew Harper and Mary McDermott-Roe (daughter of Cornelius McDermott-Roe, a laborer who worked for George Washington). Mary’s father died young, possibly of malaria, while Mary and her sister Virginia were children. Mary and Virginia moved together to Carroll County, Ohio, and in 1843 Mary married Gabriel Kail (1814-88). By 1878, Mary was editor of the Connotton Valley Times in Carroll County. In the late 1880s, Mary was a clerk for the United States Treasury Department; she lost that job in September 1885 due to a change in administration. Her works include: Crown Our Heroes, and Other Poems, 1887 --www.hymntime.com/tch/