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Felician Martin von Zaremba

1794 - 1874 Person Name: Felician von Zaremba Hymnal Number: 396 Author (St. 3) of "The work is thine, O Christ" in Hymnal Felician Martin von Zaremba was born in Zaroy bei Grodno, Poland (modern Hrodna in Belarus). He studied in Dorpat and Moscow. He gave up a diplomatic career after contacts with the Pietist movement and became a missionary with the Basel Mission and worked with August Heinrich Dittrich in the Caucusus in the 19th Century. Czar Alexander I was sympathetic to evangelical missions, but his successor Nicholas I ended the Caucusus mission by mandate in 1833. Zaremba worked, however, from 1822-1838 in the region, moving into Armenia. He founded an evangelical printing press and college in Armenia. He coined the expression: "The Orient can only be reached by the Orient." He moved twice back and forth between the Caucasus and Basel, working with and for the mission agency, and died in Basel. He authored three books. Fred Foster (historian) via email

Alvin F. Brightbill

Hymnal Number: 602 Composer of "BOUNDING HEART" in Hymnal

J. Randall Zercher

b. 1940 Hymnal Number: 411 Composer of "UNION" in Hymnal

Philip K. Clemens

Hymnal Number: 168 Composer of "CHRISTOPHER DOCK" in Hymnal

James W. Bixel

1913 - 1999 Hymnal Number: 155 Composer of "BIXEL" in Hymnal

Biodun Adebesin

b. 1928 Person Name: Biodum Adebesin Hymnal Number: 10 Translator of "Jesus, we want to meet" in Hymnal Adebesin, Biodun Akinremi Olvsoji. (Lagos, Nigeria, January 1, 1928-- ). He began playing piano at the age of nine and continued studying music in school and college. He earned a certificate from Cambridge and was an associate of the Royal College of Music. He performed in jazz, theater, and club bands and orchestras. Adebesin was a teacher, banker, civil servant, and a member of the Nigerian diplomatic service. He authored Okanlawon and Ale Wa Adara and translated "Jesus, we want to meet." --Carlton R. Young, DNAH Archives