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George W. Crofts

1842 - 1909 Person Name: G. W. Crofts Hymnal Number: 50 Author of "My Jesus Knows" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns We have little data on Crofts, except that he was a minister. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "Cling to Jesus" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)

L. D. Santee

Hymnal Number: 14 Author of "The Beautiful Land" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns

Edward M. Fuller

Hymnal Number: 17 Composer of "[Hark! Hark! my soul! angelic songs are swelling]" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns Early 20th Century

George B. Nevin

1859 - 1933 Person Name: Geo. B. Nevin Hymnal Number: 94 Composer of "[O Paradise! O Paradise!]" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns Born: March 15, 1859, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Died: April 17, 1933, Easton, Pennsylvania. A member of the Nevin musical family, George’s cousins were composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin; his son, Gordon Balch Nevin, also became a composer. George spent most of his life in the town of Easton. His output consisted mainly of cantatas, and included such works as The Crown of Life and The Incarnation. He was also known for his setting of Sidney Lanier’s poem A Ballad of Trees and the Master, and wrote a number of hymns as well. For nearly 30 years, he ran a wholesale paper business in addition to composing. Nevin was also a historian and lecturer, and sometimes gave lectures on subjects related to music history to local historical societies. Sources: New York Times, April 18, 1933, p. 16 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/e/v/nevin_gb.htm

Margaret Moody

Hymnal Number: 46 Author of "Who Shall Abide?" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns

Mrs. M. P. A. Crozier

b. 1834 Hymnal Number: 63 Author of "Only a Little While" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns Maria Polly Alger Crozier USA 1834-1912. Born in Honeoye, NY, she attended school in Rochester, NY, and graduated from McGrawville College, McGraw, NY. She married Owen Russell Loomis Crozier, and they had 6 sons: Arthur, Ernest, Alfred, Hubert, Galen, Charles, and 2 daughters: Nanna and Jenny. IN 1854 they moved to MI, where they became teachers in the public schools of Grand Rapids. She wrote for the “Advent Harbinger” and the “Children's Friend” publications and contributed poems to journals such as “The Sybill”, “The Household Advocate” and “The Morning Star”. She died in Grand Rapids, MI. John Perry

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 37 Author of "Speed It On!" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

Frederick George Scott

1861 - 1944 Person Name: Fred Scott Hymnal Number: 23 Author of "God's Loving Hand" in One Hundred Gospel Hymns Scott, Frederick George. (Montreal, Quebec, April 7, 1861--January 19, 1944, Quebec City). Anglican. Bishop's University (Lennoxville, Que.), B.A., 1881; M.A., 1884; D.C.I., 1901. Pastorates (all in Quebec) at Montreal, 1884-1886; Drummondville, 1887-1896; Quebec, 1896-1933. During his time as Canadian Army chaplain on the Western Front (1914-1919), he formed close ties with thousands of soldiers, whose subsequent dispersal all across Canada ensured a warm reception for his writings, and his message. He published ten volumes of verse, a novel, and The Great War as I Saw It, which was widely influential. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives