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Hughes M. Huffman

b. 1942 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Composer of "SARAH (Huffman)" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Born: 1942, Morgan, North Carolina. Huffman was educated at Wheaton College, Illinois; Northern Baptist Seminary, Oak Brook, Illinois; and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. He served as minister of music at Christ Church, Oak Brook, Illinois (1965-77), and at the First Presbyterian Church of Covina, California (1988). He composed over 20 hymn tunes and arrangements. His works include: The InterVarsity Hymns II, 1976 (co-editor) Carols, 1978 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

H. A. Manville

Person Name: Helen A. Manville Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of "Land Of Rest" in The Cyber Hymnal

Agnes L. Rosacker

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of "Hide Not Thy Face" in The Cyber Hymnal

Moir A. J. Waters

1906 - 1980 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of "O God whose calls to serve thee find" Waters, Moir Alexander James. (Ujjain, India, January 15, 1906--January 15, 1980, London, Ontario). United Church of Canada. University of Toronto, B.A., 1928; ordination after study at Emmanuel College, 1931. Pastorates in Toronto, 1931-1932, 1945; Newton-on-Ayr (Scotland), 1932-1933; London (Ont.), 1933-1940, 1959-1973; Victoria, British Columbia, 1945-1955; Burlington, Ont., 1955-1959. He spent 1940-1945 in India, not far from where his father had built a hospital with the local maharajah's blessing, teaching at Indore Theological Seminary and evangelizing in nearby villages. After his retirement, he published privately three small collections of hymns he had written since returning to Canada, of which only one for Advent, "Herald! sound the note of judgment," had already become widely known. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Charles Armstrong Fox

1836 - 1902 Person Name: C. A. Fox Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of ""Stand Still and See"" in The Church Hymnal Fox, Charles Armstrong, B.A., of St. John's Coll., Cambridge, from 1875 Incumbent of Eaton Chapel, London, to his death in 1902, contributed the following hymns to the 1902 edition of Hymns of Consecration and Faith:— 1. "Stand still and see" yea, see to-day. Confidence. 2. Thou wilt show me, Mighty Father. The Way of Life. 3. Trust and tremble—that is all. Trust in God. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Quarles

1624 - 1665 Person Name: John Quarles (1624-1665) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of "Fountain of Knowledge, Living Breath" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Quarles, John, son of Francis Quarles, was born in Essex in 1624, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He bore arms within the garrison at Oxford on behalf of Charles I. and subsequently (it is said) he was raised to the rank of captain in the King's service. On the downfall of the King, Quarles retired to London, and devoted himself to literature for a livelihood. He died there during the great Plague, 1665. He published several works including (1) Jeremiah's Lamentations Paraphrased, with Divine Meditations, 1648; and (2) Divine Meditations upon Several Subjects whereunto is annexed God's Love to Man’s Unworthiness, with several Divine Ejaculations. London, 1655 (Wood's Athenae Oxon.). From the Ejaculation, Mr. Darling adapted two hymns for his Hymns for the Church of England. In the 1889 ed. these are:— “O King of kings, before Whose Throne" (Holy Trinity); and "O Thou Who sitt'st in heaven and seest" (Visitation of Sick). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

E. F. Horner

1864 - 1928 Person Name: E. F. Horner, 1864-1928 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Composer of "ALDERSGATE STREET" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Born: February 11, 1864, Greenwich, London, England. Died: October 8, 1928, Paddington, London, England. As of 1881, Horner was living at home in Lambeth, Surrey, and working as a druggist’s assistant. In 1901, he still lived in Lambeth and taught music. Horner studied under Frederick Bridge, and played the organ in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. --www.hymntime.com/tch ==================== Horner, Egbert Foster. b. Greenwich, London, 11 Feb 1864; d. Paddington, London, 8 Oct 1928. He was a pupil of Frederick Bridge* at the Royal College of Music. He taught harmony and counterpoint at Trinity College, London, where he was Director of Examinations (1917-27). He was also an external examiner for Durham and Birmingham Universities. He was organist of St Alphege’s, Southwark (1884-86), of St Barnabas’, Tunbridge Wells (1886-90), St John’s Westminster (1890-1919), and Holy Trinity. --www.hymnology.co.uk/ (excerpt)

J. Howgate

Person Name: John Howgate, fl. c. 1820 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Composer of "WORSLEY" in Singing the Faith

A. L. Peace

1844 - 1912 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Composer of "PROCLAMATION (Peace)" Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so at Canterbury Cathedral (1886), Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888), and Newcastle Cathedral (1891). He composed orchestrations, sonatas, cantatas, and concert and church service anthems. He was an arranger, author, and editor. He died at Blundelsands, Liverpool, England. John Perry

Edith F. B. MacAlister

1875 - 1950 Person Name: Edith Florence Boyle Macalister, 1873-1950 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Author of "Lord Jesus, be thou with us now" in The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.)