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J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal Number: 36 Arranger of "[Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder]" in Melodies of Praise Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sunrise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Savior, Too I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim I’m Living in Canaan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Happens Travel the Sunlit Way Try Jesus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

George James Webb

1803 - 1887 Person Name: G. J. Webb Hymnal Number: 289 Composer of "[Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross]" in Melodies of Praise George James Webb, b. 1803,England; d. 1887, Orange, N. J. Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

A. B. Simpson

1843 - 1919 Hymnal Number: 165 Author of "Launch Out" in Melodies of Praise Albert B. Simpson was the founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Dianne Shapiro

C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Person Name: C. A. M. Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "In the Garden" in Melodies of Praise Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

G. A. Young

1855 - 1935 Person Name: G. A. Y. Hymnal Number: 99 Author of "God Leads Us Along" in Melodies of Praise

John G. Foote

1854 - 1901 Person Name: J. G. F. Hymnal Number: 246 Author of "When I See the Blood" in Melodies of Praise Rv John G Foote USA 1854-1901. Probably born in Salina, IA, John and his brother were Presbyterians. John married Janet Ann Macindoe. He and his brother evangelized in the Chicago area in the 1890s. His hymn was published in 1892, but not copyrighted, as Foote was against copyright. John Perry

Henry Carey

1687 - 1743 Hymnal Number: 297 Composer of "[My country, 'tis of thee]" in Melodies of Praise Henry Carey, b. 1685 (?); d. London, 1743 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

John T. Benson

1861 - 1930 Hymnal Number: 22 Arranger of "[I am weak, but Thou art strong]" in Melodies of Praise Mr. John T. Benson, Sr. was born on February 19, 1861 in the Edgefield community in east Nashville and was brought up in the Tulip Street Methodist Church where his father was a charter member. John T. and his wife were involved in the founding of an independent holiness church that later became the Church of the Nazarene. Mr. Benson served as minister of music, first in the mission and then in the Church. The Bensons wrote some gospel songs, but their greatest contribution was in the publishing and distribution of song books and hymnals. He founded the John T Benson Publishing Company in Nashville. John Sr. died on June 24, 1930 in Nashville. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.gmahalloffame.org/speaker-lineup/john-t-benson-sr/

John J. Husband

1760 - 1825 Person Name: J. J. Husband Hymnal Number: 291 Composer of "[We praise Thee, O God]" in Melodies of Praise Rv John Jenkins Husband United Kingdom 1760-1825. Born in Plymouth, England, he worked as a clerk at Surrey Chapel. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1809 and taught music in Philadelphia, PA. It is surmised that he married Anna Elizabeth Kirkhum, but no other family information was found. An author and composer, he also worked as a clerk at St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1807 he published “A collection of hymns & Psalms for the use of singing school & musical societies”. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Person Name: B. B. McK. Hymnal Number: 236 Author of "The Nail-Scarred Hand" in Melodies of Praise Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more. --© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)