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E. H. Stokes

1815 - 1897 Topics: Confession and Forgiveness Author of "Santo Espíritu, desciende" in Mil Voces para Celebrar He was president of the Ocean Grove Campmeeting Association.

Person Name: Frank De Vries Topics: Faith Confession of Versifier of "The Apostle's Creed" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Frank DeVries was born in 1929 in Langsa, Indonesia. He grew up in Holland, emigrated to Canada in 1952, and in 1953 married Celia, his childhood sweetheart. He and his wife are the parents of six children, two of which are deceased. After obtaining Royal Conservatory degrees in theory and harmony, Frank and his wife moved to Grand Rapids where Frank graduated from Calvin College in 1962. Upon their return to Canada Frank taught at Pacific Christian School in Victoria, BC, and was principal at the John Knox Christian School in Wyoming, Ontario and the Houston and Vancouver Christian Schools both in BC. The author of two short novels (God. Noun or Verb? in 2006 and Frans in 2008) he has contributed articles to many Christian magazines and periodicals, and as well has composed and had published many children’s songs and hymns. He and his wife currently live in Abbotsford, BC. Canada, where they attend the Gateway Christian Reformed Church. Frank DeVries

Christopher J. Ellis

b. 1949 Topics: liturgical Confession Songs Author of "Almighty God, we come to make confession"

Henry K. Oliver

1800 - 1885 Topics: Evangelistic Confession Composer of "FEDERAL STREET" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875). Bert Polman

Joseph D. Little

Topics: Prayer and Confession Composer of "[I have a Friend so precious]" in Victorious Life Hymns Late 19th Century

John Michael Talbot

b. 1954 Topics: Gathering Songs of Confession and Lament; Gathering Songs Songs of Confession and Lament; The Service of the Word Songs of Confession Author of "Lord Have Mercy" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship

Sarah Williams

1838 - 1868 Topics: The Christian Life Penitence and Confession Author of "Because I knew not when my life was good" in The Hymnal of Praise Williams, Sarah, only child of Robert Williams, born in London c. 1838, and died April 25, 1868. She contributed to the periodicals and published Rainbows in Springtide, 1866, and Twilight Hours, 1868. The hymn “Because I knew not when my life was good" (Repentanc), in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, is from her Twilight Hours, 1868, p. 150, st. iv., v., vii. being omitted. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John L. Newkirk

Topics: Confession of Sin Author of "There never was one like Jesus" in Alleluia

Emily R. Brink

b. 1940 Person Name: Emily R. Brink, b. 1940 Topics: Responses To Confession Arranger and Composer (descant) of "O WALY WALY" in Lift Up Your Hearts Emily R. Brink is a Senior Research Fellow of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Adjunct Professor of Church Music and Worship at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her main areas of responsibility are conference planning and global resources. She is program manager of the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship, which draws more than 70 presenters and 1600 participants from around the world. She also travels widely to lecture and to learn about worship in different parts of the world, especially in Asia, where she has lectured in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. Her areas of interest include congregational song from all times and places; psalmody; hymnal editing. She was editor of four hymnals and consults with a wide range of churches on worship renewal issues. Dr. Brink is active in the American Guild of Organists, serving in both local and national offices, as well as in the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (president from 1990 1992) and named a Fellow of the Hymn Society in 2004 in recognition of distinguished services to hymnody and hymnology. --internal.calvinseminary.edu/