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Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Adapter (st. 3) of "Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation" in The New Century Hymnal Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong

J. H. Arnold

1887 - 1956 Person Name: J. H. Arnold (1887-1956) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Arranger of "PANGE LINGUA" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.)

Michael Saward

1932 - 2015 Person Name: Michael Saward (born 1932) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Adapter of "Praise we offer, Lord of glory" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Michael John Saward (b. Blackheath, Kent, England, 1932) was residentiary Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and a church commissioner and member of the general synod of the Church of England. Educated at Eltham College, Bristol University, and Tyndale Hall, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1956. Saward served in several congregations and was radio and television officer for the Church Information Office (1967-1972). His publications include Leisure (1963), Couldn’t Care Less (1966), Don't Miss the Party (1974), and All Change (1983). Associated with the Jubilate Group for a number of years, he has written some sixty hymns and served as text editor for Hymns for Today's Church (1982). Bert Polman

Julie Tennent

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Adapter of "God the Spirit, We Adore Thee (Article 8)" in Our Great Redeemer's Praise

Fritz Reuter

1863 - 1924 Person Name: Friedrich O. Reuter, 1863-1924 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Composer of "NEW ULM" in Christian Worship (1993)

Friedrich Filitz

1804 - 1876 Person Name: Friedrich Filitz, 1804 - 1876 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Composer (Adapted from) of "MANNHEIM" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Friedrich Filitz PhD Germany 1804-1876. Born at Arnstadt. Thuringia, he was a German composer and musicologist. He collected church music. He also studied philosophy. In 1833 he worked in Berlin as a music critic and at other employment. He was also a music historian. With Ludwig Erck, he published a collection of 15th & 17th Century chorales in 1845. He moved to Munich and published a chorale book in 1847. His legacy of vauable church music was donated to the Bavarian State Library, where it has made many forgotten works available once again. He died in Bonn, Germany. John Perry

Marion Franklin Ham

1867 - 1956 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Author of "Heir of All the Waiting Ages" in Worship in Song Born: February 18, 1867, Harveysburg, Ohio. Died: July 23, 1956, Arlington, Massachusetts. Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ham began his career as a journalist and bank clerk in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ordained a Unitarian minister in 1898, he pastored in Chattanooga (1898-1904); at the First Church in Dallas, Texas (1904-09); and in Reading (1909-34), Waverly (1934-42), and Gardner, Massachusetts (1943-45). The Meadville Theological School in Chicago, Illinois, awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1942, the year he retired. Ham’s works include: The Golden Shuttle, 1896 The Kinchin Stories, 1914 Songs of the Spirit, 1932 Songs of Faith and Hope, 1940 O Mother-Heart, 1941 Keeper of the Flame, 1945 Freedom, 1950 Songs at Sunset, 1951 Songs of a Lifetime, 1953 In a Rose Garden, 1954 www.hymntime.com/tch/

John Barathi

Person Name: S. John Barathi Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Translator of "மகிமையின் எல்லை முதல்" in The Cyber Hymnal

Wayne Hooper

1920 - 2007 Person Name: Wayne Hooper (1920-2007) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Composer of "TENDER SONG (Hooper)" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Born: July 4, 1920, Little Rock, Arkansas. Died: February 28, 2007, at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. Hooper sang baritone with the King’s Quartet group for 18 years, and arranged and composed music for the group for 33 years. He taught music at the Portland (Oregon) Academy and Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska; served as musical director of the Voice of Prophecy broadcast; directed development and marketing for Hosanna House; did arranging and orchestration for Chapel Records; was musical co-editor of the 1985 Seventh-day Adventist hymnal; and co-authored the Companion to the SDA Hymnal. Andrews and La Sierra Universities awarded honorary doctor of music degrees to him. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Edward Jones

1761 - 1836 Person Name: Edward Jones, 1752-1824 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Collector of "RHUDDLAN" in Common Praise (1998) Also: Edward Jones, Maesyplwm.