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Samuel Ecking
1757 - 1785 Translator of "Peace, troubled soul, thou need'st not fear" in The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal Ecking, Samuel, a Baptist, born at Shrewsbury, Dec. 5, 1757, died Jan. 16, 1785, contributed hymns to the Gospel Magazine, in 1778 and 1779, under the signature of "S. E—k—-g." Of these the hymn, "Peace, peace, my soul," is in common use. This hymn is also found in his Essays on Grace, Faith, and Experience.
[William T. Brooke]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Samuel Ecking
Samuel P. Craver
1847 - 1919 Person Name: S. P. Craver Translator of "Cristo muerto y resusitado" in Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal Born: April 26, 1847, Franklinville, New Jersey.
Died: October 31, 1919, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Buried: Cementerio Británico, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Samuel’s parents were James Abbott Craver and Hannah Porch Craver. He and his wife Laura Ellen Gassner and had six children.
Craver was educated at Iowa College (AB, BD, DD, 1871); Boston Theological College (1875); and Iowa Wesleyan College (1887).
In 1875, Craver became a Methodist Episcopal missionary in Mexico, serving there for 20 years. He was a charter member of the Methodist Mexico Conference, and founder of the Methodist Church at Guanajuato. He also worked in Paraguay.
In 1895, Craver was transferred to South America, serving as a pastor, several times district superintendent, and president of the theological seminary in Buenos Aires (1895-1919).
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Samuel P. Craver
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