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George H. Carr

Person Name: G. H. C. Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "The Old Book And The Old Faith" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2 20th Century

Margaret Mae Simpson

1878 - 1958 Person Name: Margaret M. Simpson Hymnal Number: 56 Composer of "[To the regions beyond I must go, I must go]" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2

1872 - 1904 Hymnal Number: 81 Composer of "[How can I look on Calv'ry's cross]" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2 Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562] NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm

Neal A. McAulay

b. 1854 Person Name: N. A. McAulay Hymnal Number: 62 Author of "How Could It Be?" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2 McAulay, Neal A. (Nova Scotia, March, 1854--?). Born of Scottish parents "in the English town of Nova Scotia." At age 21 he moved to Boston and from there to Portland, Maine, in 1876. Converted in 1877; went to Chicago in 1882, and entered McCormick Theological Seminary in 1883 (B.D., 1886). Pastorates in Presbyterian churches in Wilton, Iowa (1886-1907) and Lyons, Louisiana (1907-?). In 1889 began writing gospel hymns. --Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.

Helen Miller Allem

Hymnal Number: 91 Composer of "[O come, let us sing unto the Lord]" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2

Mari Ruef Hofer

1858 - 1929 Hymnal Number: 86 Translator of "Come, All Ye Shepherds" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2 Born: July 18, 1858/9, Littleport, Iowa. Died: December 31, 1929, Bakersfield, California (she died while traveling by train from Los Angeles, California, to Portland, Oregon). Hofer was educated at the Mt. Carroll, Illinois, Seminary and the University of Chicago. She taught music in the public schools of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; and Rochester, Minnesota. She also taught at the Pestalozzi-Froebel Teacher’s College, Chicago; the University of California, the University of Georgia, and the University of Tennessee, and managed musical programs for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Her works include: Christmas in Peasant France (Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy, 1900) Children’s Singing Games Old and New, 1901 The New Volume of Rhythms, Marches and Games, 1904 Mother Nature and Her Children Story of Bethlehem: A Christmas Play with Music, 1912 Christmasse in Merrie England, 1915 Seasonal Festivals and Pageants (Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy, 1916) Old Tunes New Rimes and Games (A. Flanagan, 1917) Music for the Child World (Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy, 1926) All the World a Dancing (Chicago, Illinois: Clayton F. Summy, 1925) Popular Folk Games and Dances (A. Flanagan, 1929) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Foss L. Fellers

1887 - 1924 Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "[Give me a passion for souls, dear Lord]" in Clayton's Collection of Choir Melodies No. 2 Born: May 4, 1887, Findlay, Ohio. Died: June 16, 1924. Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio. Fellers taught music at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois (circa 1910-24), and wrote and published some piano arrangements for hymns. Sources: Hustad, p. 239 Music GIVE ME A PASSION FOR SOULS --www.hymntime.com/tch/