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John Curwen

1816 - 1880 Person Name: John Curwen, 1817-1880 Author of "Oh, What has Jesus Done for me?" in Hymnal and Order of Service Curwen, John, son of the Rev. S. Curwen, of an old Cumberland family, born at Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Nov. 14, 1816, and educated at Coward College, and University College, London. In 1838 he became assistant minister in the Independent Church, Basingstoke; co-pastor at Stowmarket in 1841, and pastor at Plaistow, Essex, in 1844. There he developed and promoted the Tonic Sol-fa method of teaching to sing, using it in his own schools and church, and lecturing upon it in various parts of the country. Resigning his ministry through ill health, in 1867, he established a printing and publishing business in order the better to create a Tonic Sol-fa literature. In 1853 he assisted in founding the Tonic Sol-fa Association, for the promotion of that method of singing, and in 1862 the Tonic Sol-fa College. He died May 25, 1880. Besides a number of works explanatory of the Tonic Sol-fa system, Mr. Curwen was the compiler of Sacred Songs, 1840, and Hymns & Chants, 1844. In 1846 these were combined as The Child's Own Hymn Book. This was enlarged in 1865, and recast as The New Child’ s Own Hymn Book in 1874. As a Sunday-school hymn-book this collection has been exceedingly and deservedly popular. For it Mr. Curwen composed two hymns:— 1. I'm a little Pilgrim. Pressing Heavenwards. This was written in place of another with the same first line, whose author had refused permission for its use in Mr. Curwen's book. The time and chorus usually sung with it are American. 2. 0 what has Jesus done for me? Passiontide. This was also written in place of another having the same line. These are the only hymns known to be his The Sabbath Hymn Book, Lond. 1859, was also edited by Mr. Curwen. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Phil Perkins

Author of "Come to Bethlehem" in New Hymns of Hope

Samuel Willoughby Duffield

1843 - 1887 Person Name: Samuel W. Duffield Translator of "O Quanta Qualia" in Laudes Domini Duffield, Samuel Augustus Willoughby, son of G. Duffield, jun., was born at Brooklyn, Sept. 24, 1843, and graduated at Yale College, 1863. In 1866 he was licensed, and in 1867 ordained as a Presbyterian Minister, and is now [1886] Pastor of West¬minster Church, Bloomfield, New Jersey. He published in 1867 a translation of Bernard's Hora novissima (q.v.): Warp and Woof; a Book of Verse, 1868 (copyright, 1870); and The Burial of the Dead (in conjunction with his father), 1882. In the Laudes Domini, N.Y., 1884, the following translations and an original hymn are by him:— 1. Holy Spirit, come and shine. A translation of "Veni Sancte Spiritus." 1883. 2. O Christ, the Eternal Light. A translation of "Christe lumen perpetuum." 1883. 3. O land, relieved from sorrow. On Heaven, written in 1875. 4. O what shall be, O when shall be. A translation of "O quanta qualia." 1883. 5. To Thee, O Christ, we ever pray. A translation of "Christe precamur annue." 1883. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Duffield, S. A. W. , p. 315, ii. He died May 12, 1887. His English Hymns, Their Authors and History, was published in 1886, and his Latin Hymn-Writers and their Hymns posthumously, edited by Dr. R. E. Thompson, in 1889. (See p. 1526, i.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Margaret S. Haycraft

1855 - 1936 Person Name: M. S. Haycraft Author of "For Evermore" in Give Thanks and Sing Haycraft, Margaret Scott, née MacRitchie, born at Newport Pagnell, Bucks, now (1906) resides at Bournemouth. She contributes to various periodicals, has written many services of song, and several vols. of prose and verse. At the request of the Rev. C. Bonner she contributed the following (with a few shorter pieces) to the Christian Endeavour Hymnal, 1896, the Sumday School Hymnary, 1905, and the Junior Hymnal, 1906. 1. Bless the Lord for ever, Still his praise prolong. Praise to God. 1896, No. 16. 2. Green the hills and lovely. Boyhood of Jesus. Written 1904; 1905, No. 201. 3. In golden light of early days. Children's Praises. 1906, No. 58. 4. Let there be light at eventide. Parting Hymn. 1896, No. 165. 5. Thou art my Shepherd, Caring for all my need. Ps. xxiii. This is in W. B. Bradbury's New Golden Shower, 1866, p. 107, and Clarion, 1867, p. 219, marked as by Miss Thalheimer (in Hymns and Choral Songs, Manchester, 1904, No. 207, as "O God, my Shepherd"). Mrs. Haycraft revised sts. i., ii., and wrote an original final st. This is the Sunday School Hymnary text, 1905. [ Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Arthur J. Jamouneau

1865 - 1927 Composer of "[Tho' here we list no more]" in Give Thanks and Sing Born: December 26, 1865, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Died: December 7, 1927, Hull, England. Jamouneau came from a Huguenot line from the Poitou region of France. In 1897, he married Eva Mawer in Louth, Lincolnshire; at the time, he was listed as a Professor of Music in Kingston upon Hull. Jamouneau established himself as a publisher and composer, putting out over 150 works, from hymns to a full opera. --www.hymntime.com/tch

R. J. Stevens

Arranger of "[O magnify my Master, exalt His holy name]" in Hymns for Worship

Bob Gilman

Author of "Bind us together, Lord" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Bob Gillman United Kingdom 1946-present, Born at West Ham, East London, England, he attended a local Catholic school, SW Ham Technical School, after which he attended Abbs Cross Technical School, Hornchurch. He attended the Central Baptist Church at West Ham, expressing faith in Christ at age 13. Musically inclined, he learned to play the guitar and banjo. He also composed songs. He authored a children’s book (for ages four-seven): ‘Tales of Upchurch Station’, reflecting his interest in steam trains. He did this while managing a printing company. He passed exams that permitted him to work with the London underground as a signalman. He finished his career in that employ. He described how churches in the early 1970s were experiencing new spiritual awakening, Pentecostal style, and that it even affected the Church of England. At All Souls, Langham Place, its minister, Michael Harper, was inspired to write a couple of booklets on the experiences he and others were having, and the Biblical basis for it. The movement resulted in house churches developing, as in the days of early Christianity. One such meeting Gillman attended on a Tuesday evening in a home, he was eager to learn about what God was doing through this outpouring of the Holy Spirit. He was struck by the warmth, vibrancy, and joy being experienced as the Holy Spirit became manifest. While the group prayed, he felt the words come to mind, “Bind us together”. A song formed in his mind, and he sang it before the group. In days ahead he added two more verses to his song (others have added verses also). Later, he was involved in a multi-church Christian musical which was touring the London area. After a performance, the group was sitting, relaxing, and he sang his song. They all joined in. The song was then passed from person to person and church to church. He learned in time that the song was being sung around the world. No information found about wife, family, or current whereabouts. John Perry

Brian S. Howard

b. 1930 Person Name: Brian Stanley Howard (1930- ) Composer of "LUDGROVE" in Hymns of Faith

William W. Vansant

Person Name: W. W. V. Author of "Waving Palms of Victory" in Songs for All

Alfred Edersheim

1825 - 1889 Person Name: Alfred Edersheim, 1825-1889 Translator of "Jesu, Name Of Sweetest Thought" in The Cyber Hymnal Edersheim, Alfred, D.D., son of wealthy Jewish parents, was born at Vienna, March 7, 1825. He was the first Jew to take prizes at the University of Vienna. During the time he was a student he embraced Christianity, and subsequently studied theology at the universities of Edinburgh and Berlin. He was for some time a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1875 he was ordained by the Bishop of Winchester. He was Curate of Christchurch, Hants; Vicar of Loders, Dorset; Warburtonian Lecturer at Lincoln's Inn; and Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at the University of Oxford. He died suddenly at Mentone, March 16, 1889. Dr. Edersheim's publications were very numerous, the most important of which are given in Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1889. His Jubilee Rhythm, from which his translations are taken, was published in 1867, and not 1847, as in a misprint on the titlepage. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)