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J. W. Dennis

1866 - 1947 Hymnal Number: d247 Author of "Come, go with me to that bright home" in Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 Born: October 8, 1866, Lebanon, Missouri. Buried: Erick, Oklahoma.

James A. Brown

Hymnal Number: d167 Author of "Pray, pray, the only way" in Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2

Thomas Benton

Hymnal Number: d161 Author of "The army of Zion" in Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2

1809 - 1872 Hymnal Number: d137 Author of "My Friend" in Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 Hope, Henry Joy McCracken, a bookbinder, son of James Hope, was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1809; was in the employ of Messrs. Chambers, Dublin, for many years, and died at Shanemagowston, Dunadry, County Antrim, Ireland, Jan. 19, 1872. His hymn, "Now I have found a Friend" (Jesus the Friend) was privately printed in 1852. It seems to have been suggested by Mrs. Bonar's "Pass away, earthly joy" (p. 162, i.), stanza iv. of which is sometimes associated with it. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)