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H. D. Winant

Hymnal Number: 10296 Author of "Be Silent To God" in The Cyber Hymnal

J. S. Giekie

Hymnal Number: 406 Composer of "BARFORD" in The Cyber Hymnal

John M. Aiton

Hymnal Number: 8546 Composer of "VIONICA" in The Cyber Hymnal Eureka Carols (1901) identifies him as Dr. John M. Aiton, Creedmoor, Texas.

1839 - 1912 Person Name: Thomas Bowman Stephenson Hymnal Number: 6416 Author of "Sweetly Dawns the Sabbath Morning" in The Cyber Hymnal Stephenson, Thomas Bowman, D.D., LL.D., son of the Rev. John Stephenson, was born at Newcastle on Dec. 22, 1839, and educated at Wesley College, Sheffield, subsequently graduating at the University of London. In 1860 he entered the Wesleyan Ministry, and has since laboured in Norwich, Manchester, Bolton, and London. The great work of his life has been the establishment and maintenance of The Children's Home at Victoria Park, London, and its branches at Bolton, Birmingham, and the Isle of Man, and in Canada. Dr. Stephenson has written for Magazines and Reviews, and published a small work on Sisterhoods, and a Memorial Sketch of the late James Barlow. He has written several hymns, of which the following are most widely known:— 1. Fading like a lifetime ends another day. Evening. Written circa 1873, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 487, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. 2. Hear us, Saviour, bowed before Thee. Children's Hymn. Written for a Festival at the Children's Home, circa 1879. 3. 0 Father, Whose spontaneous love. Easter, or Missions. Appeared in The General Hymnary for Missions, &c, 1889, No. 266, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines. 4. Onward, o'er Time's great ocean. Life a Voyage. Written during a voyage across the South Sea. 5. Sweetly dawns the Sabbath morning. Sunday Morning. Written circa 1875, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 504, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. 6. This is the glorious gospel word. Jesus saves. Called forth by a religious Convention at Brighton, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 314, in 5 st. of 8 1., and in The General Hymnary, 1889, No. 431, with an additional stanza (st. iv.). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Stephenson, T. B. , p. 1092, ii. Dr. Stephenson was President of the Wesleyan Conference in 1891, and became warden of the Wesley Deaconess Institute in 1903. His hymn,"Lord, grant us like the watching five," is in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Worthington

1725 - 1790 Person Name: John Worthington, 1725-1790 Hymnal Number: 13710 Author of "Weep, Zion, Weep" in The Cyber Hymnal

Sóror. Violante do Céu

1601 - 1693 Person Name: Violante do Céu Hymnal Number: 11373 Author of "While To Bethlehem We Are Going" in The Cyber Hymnal

G. H. Gregory

Hymnal Number: 7075 Composer of "[A virgin did come from lowliest home]" in The Cyber Hymnal Ware Parish Church-- An organ recital, given on May 8th, 1888 by Mr. G. H. Gregory, Mus. Bac. Oxon, F. C. O. The Musical World, Volume 68

Will A. Aders

Hymnal Number: 8458 Composer of "[Savior, when my life has ended]" in The Cyber Hymnal

Conrad Speece

1776 - 1836 Hymnal Number: 547 Author of "Blest Jesus, When Thy Cross I View" in The Cyber Hymnal Speece, Conrad, D.D., b. at New London, Va., Nov. 7, 1776; ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore, April 22, 1804; and died Feb. 17, 1836. Full particulars concerning him are given in W. H. Foote's Sketches of Virginia, 2nd series, 1855. His hymn, "Blest Jesus, when Thy cross I view" (Good Friday), is dated Oct. 6, 1800, and was first printed in The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, vol. ii. It was included in the Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns, 1831, 1843, and 1901, and is still found in some modern collections. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)