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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Hymnal Number: 43 Composer of "[When the cold breath of sorrow blights our joys]" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)

Thomas Shepherd

1665 - 1739 Hymnal Number: 151 Author of "Must Jesus Bear the Cross" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 Shepherd, Thomas, son of William Shepherd, sometime Vicar of Tilbrook, Bedfordshire, and subsequently a Nonconformist Minister at Oundle, and at Kettering, was born in 1665. Taking Holy Orders he held for some time preferment in Huntingdonshire, and in Buckinghamshire. Seceding from the Church of England, he became, in 1694, pastor of the Castle Hill Meeting House (Independent), Nottingham, of which Dr. Doddridge was subsequently pastor. In 1700 he removed to Bocking, near Braintree, Essex, where he began his work in a barn. A chapel was erected for his congregation in 1707. He died Jan. 29, 1739. His publications consisted chiefly of Sermons, His Penitential Cries were a continuance of those by John Mason, who wrote the first six and the version of Ps. 86, and were published with Mason's Songs of Praise in 1693. It must be noted that in D. Sedgwick's reprint of the Songs, and the Penitential Cries, in 1859, Mason's Cries are under the head of Songs, &c, pp. 49-61, and those under Penitential Cries, are all by Shepherd. Some of these Cries are still in common use including, "My God, my God, my Light, my Love " (Longing for God) ; and "When wilt Thou come unto me, Lord" (Communion with God desired). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John B. Sumner

1838 - 1913 Person Name: Rev. John B. Sumner Hymnal Number: 68 Composer of "[My Father is rich in houses and lands]" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Hymnal Number: 66 Arranger of "[We are tossed about and driv'n on the restless sea of time]" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)

William Shrubsole

1760 - 1806 Hymnal Number: 133 Composer of "[All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 William Shrubsole (bap. 1760, d. 1806), organist. United Kingdom.When young, he sang in the choir at Canterbury Cathedral, He became organist at Bangor Cathedral, when he was dismissed for attending non-comformist meetings. He then became organist of Spa Fields Chapel, London, holding that post until his death. He was a successful teacher. He was an alto singer and sung at Westminster Abbey and Drury Lane churches. He knew Edward Perronet, who wrote the words to the hymn he composed music for. Perronet left Schrubsole property in his will. John Perry Not to be confused with W. (William) Shrubsole 1759-1829 bank clerk and hymn writer.

A. A. Payn

1868 - 1946 Hymnal Number: 64 Author (vs. 2 & 3) of "The Church in the Wildwood" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 Pseudonym. See also Miles, C. Austin, 1868-1946

Elsie Duncan Yale

1873 - 1956 Hymnal Number: 3 Author of "Help to Make a Happy World" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 Born: October 21, 1873, Brooklyn, New York. Died: January 30, 1956, San Bernardino County, California. Pseudonym: Grace Gordon. Elsie’s father was New York Shipping Commissioner Charles C. Duncan. --www.hymntime.com ====================== Elsie Duncan Yale is a published author. Published credits of Elsie Duncan Yale include Challenge to youth: An unusual service for children's day with complete pageant and Christmas at Jollyville Junction: A play for young folks. --www.jacketflap.com Pseudonym: Grace Gordon

George Keith

1638 - 1716 Person Name: G. Keith Hymnal Number: 148 Author of "How Firm a Foundation" in New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 George Keith, according to D. Sedgwick, was the author of "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord." Little is known about Keith, save that he was a publisher, a son-in-law of Dr. Gill, and the composer of several hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.