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James M. Black

1856 - 1938 Person Name: J. M. Black Topics: Calvary Composer of "[Where He may lead me I will go]" in Tabernacle Hymns James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal. John Perry

Jonathan Evans

1748 - 1809 Topics: Calvary Author of "Hark! the voice of love and mercy" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Evans, Jonathan, born at Coventry in 1748 or 1749. He was the son of a working man, and as a youth was employed in a ribbon manufactory. About 1778 he joined the congregation at Coventry, over which the Rev. G. Burder was pastor. He began preaching at Foleshill, near Coventry, in 1782, and in 1795 he began his stated ministry there, retaining the same to his death on Aug. 31, 1809. Two biographical notices of him appeared in the Evangelical Magazine (Oct. 1809, and March 1847), and also several of his hymns. Two of his hymns appeared in Burder's Collection, 1784, and another in the 2nd edition the same year. His best known hymns are, "Come, Thou soul-transforming Spirit,” and "Hark! the voice of love and mercy;" q.v. He published no poetical work or collection of hymns. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

W. M'K Darwood

1835 - 1914 Person Name: Rev. W. M'K. Darwood Topics: Calvary Author of "Calvary" in Full Redemption Songs Rv William McKendree Darwood DD United Kingdom 1835-1914. Born at Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, he emigrated with his parents at age 13 to the U.S. and resided in IN, where he received education, often getting up at 4 a.m. to study. This resulted in him completing studies in about two years. Converted at 19, he eventually pastored at Methodist Episcopal churches in the Northwest IN Conference in 1869, From the Asbury Church, Terre Haute, IN, he moved to NY in 1880 to pastor St. Paul's Church, Peekskill, NY,, after which he went to Old Bedford St. Church, New York City and pastored there, He held other pastorates around the city, including the Washington Heights Church in Yonkers and the 18th Street Church. He received a DD degree from Baker University in1887. In 1904 he requested a transfer to Katonal, NY to pastor there. After several years he retired, having pastored for 21 years. During this time he held about 145 weeks of revival services, from which more than a 1000 souls were converted and added to the church. In his prime, he was in great demand to speak at camp meetings. He probably preached in more NYC churches than any other minister, having visited nearly all the Manhattan Island churches as well. He wrote several hymn lyrics. He died at Little River, CT. He left a wife and daughter, Antoinette. John Perry

Jacopone, da Todi

1230 - 1306 Person Name: Jacopone di Benedetti de Benedictis, d. 1306 Topics: Calvary Author of "Near the cross was Mary weeping" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Jacobus de Benedictis, commonly known as Jacopone, was born at Todi in Umbria, early in the 13th century, his proper name being Jacopone di Benedetti. He was descended from a noble family, and for some time led a secular life. Some remarkable circumstances which attended the violent death of his wife, led him to withdraw himself from the world, and to enter the Order of St. Francis, in which he remained as a lay brother till his death, at an advanced age, in 1306. His zeal led him to attack the religious abuses of the day. This brought him into conflict with Pope Boniface VIII., the result being imprisonment for long periods. His poetical pieces were written, some in Italian, and some in Latin, the most famous of the latter being "Cur mundus militat sub vana gloria" (possibly by Walter Mapes), and the "Stabat Mater dolorosa." Archbishop Trench says of him:— “An earnest humourist, he carried the being a fool for Christ into every-day life. The things which with this intent he did, some morally striking enough, others mere extravagances and pieces of gross spiritual buffoonery—wisdom and folly, such as we often find, side by side, in the saints of the Roman Calendar—are largely reported by Wadding, the historian of the Franciscan Order, and by Lisco, in a separate monograph on the Stabat Mater, Berlin, 1843, p. 23. These often leave one in doubt whether he was indeed perfectly sound in his mind, or only a Christian Brutus, feigning folly, that he might impress his wisdom the more deeply, and utter it with more freedom." Sacred Latin Poetry, 3rd ed., 1874, p. 268. Sketches of the life and writings of Jacopone, drawn entirely from the original sources (Trench), have been published as follows:— (1) By Mohnike, Studien Stralsund, 1825, vol. i. pp. 335-406; (2) by Ozanam, Les Poétes Franciscains en Italie au Treizieme Siecle, Paris. In addition there are articles in the Biographie Universelle; Macmillan’s Magazine, Aug., 1873; and the Encyclopedia Britannica , 9th ed. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================ See also in: Wikipedia

Peter Christian Lutkin

1858 - 1931 Person Name: Peter C. Lutkin, 1858-1931 Topics: Calvary (The Cross) Composer of "[Into the woods my Master went]" in The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal

James Walch

1837 - 1901 Person Name: J. Walch Topics: Calvary; Calvary Composer of "ST. GEORGE'S, BOLTON" in Laudes Domini James Walch was a musician and composer, born near Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1837. He spent his early life in the town and was organist in several churches there, including the parish church of St George’s. From 1870-1877, he was conductor for the Bolton Philharmonic Society. He also composed at least four published hymn tunes, the best known of which is called “Tidings”. Written in 1875, it’s usually used as the tune to a hymn called “O Zion Haste”. James Walch was a musical instrument dealer by trade, and moved to Barrow-in-Furness in 1877. He later moved to Llandudno Junction in North Wales, where he died in August 1901 and was buried locally. His wife later donated money to pay for the organs in two local churches, St Paul's Llandudno and All Saints Deganwy, in his memory. Three decades later, an article in the London Gazette reported on a dispute arising from his will, and mentioned that he had a son, Harry West Walch, who was a pianist and lived in Hereford. St Paul's Church, Llandudno newsletter; used by permission of Christ Dearden (Walch's wife paid for the organ at St. Paul's Church)

Sidney Lanier

1842 - 1881 Person Name: Sidney Lanier, 1842-1881 Topics: Calvary (The Cross) Author of "Into the Woods" in The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal Lanier, Sidney, born at Macon, Ga., Feb. 3, 1842, and educated at Oglethorpe College, Ga., where he graduated in 1860. He was one of the earliest volunteers in the Confederate Army, and after the war he devoted himself to music and literature. He died at Lynn, N.C., Sep. 7, 1881. His Poems were collected and pub. by his widow (New York), in 1884. Two of his hymns are:— 1. Thou God, Whose high eternal love. [Holy Matrimony.] This is dated "Macon, Sep. 1865," and is found in his Poems, p. 233. 2. Into the woods my Master went. This is a poem rather than a hymn, and might pass for a carol. It is given as No. 745 in the Methodist Hymnal, N.Y., 1905. In early life Lanier was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but gradually lost sympathy with organised Christianity. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ============ See also in: Wikipedia

Giuseppe Concone

1801 - 1861 Person Name: fr. Concone Topics: Calvary; Calvary Arranger of "CONCONE" in Laudes Domini b. Sept. 12, 1801, Turin, d. June 1, 1861, Turin; composer and singing teacher LOC Name Authority Files

Christian Ignatius LaTrobe

1758 - 1836 Person Name: Rev. C. I. La Trobe, 1758-1836 Topics: Calvary Composer of "LA TROBE" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born: February 12, 1758, Fulneck (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England. Died: May 6, 1836, Liverpool, England. La Trobe, Christian Ignatius, eldest son of Benjamin La Trobe, was born at the Moravian Settlement, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, 1758, and educated in England and at the Brethren's College, Niesky, Silesia. Taking orders in the Moravian Church, he became in 1784 Secretary to their Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, and in 1795 Secretary to the Unity of the Brethren in England. He died at Fairfield, near Liverpool, May 6, 1836. He is best known through his Selection of Sacred Music, in six volumes, which appeared in 1806-25. His hymnological contributions consist of a few translations from the German. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Topics: Calvary Composer of "[The agonies of Calvary]" in Tabernacle Hymns Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)