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Fidelia H. DeWitt

Person Name: Mrs. Fidelia H. DeWitt Hymnal Number: 71 Author of "Dropping Pennies" in Primary School Carols

1835 - 1910 Hymnal Number: 66 Composer of "[Two little eyes to look to God]" in Primary School Carols Born: 1835, Greenville, New York. Died: June 5, 1910, New York City. Son of Cyrus Earle and Amanda Hedden Ford, Stephen wrote several battle hymns during the American civil war which were sung by Union soldiers. He was a partner in a shirt and collar making company, Ide & Ford, in Troy, New York (1865-72). In his later years, he was known as an author, editor, composer and critic. He was living in Schenectady, New York, in 1908. His works include: Sunday-School Teaching (Hitchcock & Walden, 1868) Melodies for Little People (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1891) The King’s Birthday: A Carol Service for Christmas (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1893) The Stone Rolled Away: An Easter Missionary Service (Curts & Jennings, 1897) Recitations, Song and Story for Sunday and Day Schools, Primary and Intermediate Departments (Eaton & Mains, 1900) The Junior League Songster Bible Wonders and Aids to Bible Study (New York: Bible Wonders Company) Methodist Year Book, 1902 (editor) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Emily M. C. Shapcote

1828 - 1909 Person Name: Mrs. E. Shepcote Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "Jesus, Holy, Undefiled" in Primary School Carols Shapcote, Emily Mary, née Steward (p. 1589, ii., as Mrs. Shepcote), was b. at Liverpool in 1828, and m. in 1856 the Rev. E. G. Shapcote (1852, curate of Odiham, Hants, later Missionary in S. Africa under the S.P.G.). In 1866 she was received into the Church of Rome, and her husband two years later. She now (1906) resides at Torquay. The Hymns for Infant Children (p. 1589) were pub. by Masters in 1852 (not 1840), those marked E being by Mrs. Shapcote, those marked A by her aunt, Mary Steward, those marked C by her sister, Eleanor Steward. Her more recent hymns appeared principally in her Eucharistic Hours, 1886. Those in common use include:— 1. Heavenly Father, from Thy throne. [Litany.] In 1852 as above, No. 20, the second St. beginning, "Jesus, Saviour, holy, mild." In Church Hymns, 1871 and 1903, and others, it is given, with many slight alterations, as "Jesus, holy, undefiled" (p. 1589, ii.). 2. 0 Jesus, dearest Lord, I cry to Thee. [Holy Communion.] In 1886 as above, p. 112, dated Clapham, 1876. It was rewritten by Dr. H. A. Rawes in his Little Handbook of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Ghost, 1879, as "O Jesus, hidden God, to Thee." 3. Queen of the Holy Rosary. [B. V. M.] Written about 1882, and included in St. Dominic's Hymn Book, 1885 and 1901, A. E. Tozer's Catholic Hymns, 1898, &c. Her translation of "Salve mundi salutare " is noted at p. 1697, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Geo. F. Rosche

1855 - 1935 Hymnal Number: 29 Composer of "[Songs of praise we bring to our Savior King]" in Primary School Carols George F. Rosche In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, Rosche was publishing Gospel songs books, in German and English, in Chicago, Illinois. His works include: Perlen und Blüthen, with C. A. Weiss (Chicago, Illinois, 1890) Songs of Praise and Worship, (Chicago, Illinois, 1913) Music-- Children’s Praise Crown Him Have Faith in God He Keepeth Me, Ever Homeland, The Homeland of Jesus I’m Nearer My Home Lord, My Heart Is Rested Mercy at the Cross Resting in the Arms of Jesus Some Day, Somewhere There Never Was a Friend Like Jesus --hymntime.com/tch

Theobald Butler

Person Name: Lord J. Butler Hymnal Number: 32 Composer of "[Jesus, high in glory]" in Primary School Carols

Ida F. Leyda

1866 - 1943 Hymnal Number: 50 Author of "God's Gift of Day and Night" in Primary School Carols Buried: Harrison Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa. Leyda’s husband apparently had a publishing company in Wapello, Iowa, and (perhaps later) Chicago, Illinois. Her works include: Junior Hymns and Carols. A Book of Hymns and Services for the Junior Department, 1911 Carols: A Book of Songs and Services for the Beginners and Primary Grades of the Sunday School, 1914 Melodies; for Children’s Voices in the Home and Sunday School (Chicago, Illinois: Leyda Publishing Company, 1916) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/e/y/leyda_if.htm

H. A. Henry

1856 - 1932 Hymnal Number: 61 Composer of "[Work for Jesus, little ones]" in Primary School Carols See also Gabriel, Chas H., 1856-1932

Emmanuel Poppen

1874 - 1974 Person Name: Emanuel Poppen Hymnal Number: 20 Composer of "[Christ our Lord is ris'n today]" in Primary School Carols Rev. Emanuel Poppen; b. 1874, Dundee, Perth col, Ontario. Luth. pastor, Ohio Synod, Sydney, Ohio Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908