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Henry J. Rael

b. 1921 Person Name: Henry J. Rael, 1921-2015 Translator (Spanish, sts. 1-3, 5,6) of "Where Charity and Love Prevail (Donde hay amor y caridad)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

Claire Cloninger

1942 - 2019 Author of "I Hide Your Word Within My Heart" in The Celebration Hymnal

1807 - 1886 Person Name: Laiana (Lorenzo Lyons), 1807-1886 Translator of "KA'A MAU KE AKUA E HANA E" in Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii Lorenzo Lyons also known as Makua Laiana, missionary to Hawaii. Dianne Shapiro

Ernest Edwin Ryden

1886 - 1981 Person Name: E. E. Ryden Author of "With Solemn Joy We Come, Dear Lord" in American Lutheran Hymnal Ernest Edwin Ryden is a distinguished Lutheran clergyman who has been a life-long student of hymns. At present he is pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut. This is the latest of a long series of services he has rendered in the Lutheran Church. For twenty-seven years he was editor of "The Lutheran Companion," the official organ of the former Augustana Lutheran Church. His contributions to hymnody were many. He was a member of the Committee which created the Augustana Hymnal of 1925 to which he contributed eight original hymns and translations. He was co-editor of the Junior Hymnal for which he wrote a number of hymns. He was secretary of the committee which prepared the Service Book and Hymnal. Here again he has contributed new hymns and translations. He is the author of two volumes, "The Story of Our Hymns," and "The Story of Christian Hymnody." In 1949 he was made a Knight of the Royal Order of the North Star by the King of Sweden for his work in the field of hymnological research. He is the author of one of the Children's Hymns published by the Hymn Society. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ============================== In 1948 [Ryden] was one of the official representatives of his Church at the constituting Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

William Boyd Carpenter

1841 - 1918 Person Name: Bishop William Boyd Carpenter Author of "O God, the strength of those who war" in War-Time Hymns William Boyd Carpenter KCVO (26 March 1841, Liverpool – 26 October 1918, Westminster) was a Church of England clergyman who became Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen Victoria. William Boyd Carpenter was the second son of the Rev. Henry Carpenter of Liverpool, perpetual curate of St Michael's Church, Aigburth, who married (marriage license 1837 in Derry) Hester Boyd of Derry, sister of Archibald Boyd, Dean of Exeter. Her father was Archibald Boyd (born about 1764 of Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England), who married Sarah Bodden there on 13 July 1789. Their eldest son was Archibald Boyd. William Boyd Carpenter eventually fathered a total of 5 sons and 6 daughters. He married his first wife, Harriet Charlotte Peers, in 1864; she bore him 8 children. He married a second wife, Annie Maude Gardner, in 1883, who bore him three further children. The eldest Grandson, Francis was the father of Sir Henry Boyd-Carpenter KCVO (11 October 1939) Senior Partner of Farrer & Co,the Royal Solicitors. His second son William became Professor of Oriental Languages at Georgetown University, Washington DC. His grandson Michael (19 February 1932) was Senior Partner of Joseph Sebag & Co Stockbrokers. His fourth son, Archibald (26 March 1873 – 27 May 1937), was a Conservative MP and minister, as was Archibald's son the Lord Boyd-Carpenter (2 June 1908 – 11 July 1998). His children are Viscountess Hailsham. & Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter. Carpenter was educated at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and was appointed Hulsean lecturer at Cambridge in 1878. He held several curacies, was vicar of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, from 1879 to 1884, canon of Windsor in 1882–84, and after 1884 Bishop of Ripon. In 1887 he was appointed Bampton lecturer at Oxford, and in 1895 pastoral lecturer on theology at Cambridge. In June 1901, he received an honorary doctorate of Divinity from the University of Glasgow. In 1904 and 1913 he visited the United States and delivered the Noble lectures at Harvard. He was chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and George V. He resigned his see in 1911 on the grounds of ill-health and became a canon and sub-dean of Westminster. He was interested in eugenic issues and served as President of the Society for Psychical Research in 1912. His publications include: Commentary on Revelation (1879) Permanent Elements of Religion (Bampton lectures, 1889) Popular History of the Church of England (1900) Witness to the Influence of Christ (1905) Some Pages of my Life (1911) Life's Tangled Thread (1912) The Apology of Experience (1913) --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Théodore Monod

1836 - 1921 Person Name: Théodore Monod (1836-1921) Author of "C'est Mon Joyeux Service" in Les Chants du Pèlerin Monod, Theodore, son of F. Monod, Pastor in the French Reformed Church, was born in Paris, Nov. 6, 1836, and educated for the ministry at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He entered the ministry in 1860, and has been many years a Pastor in Paris. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Juanita R. de Balloch

1894 - 1959 Person Name: J. R. de Balloch Translator of "Oriente Ni Occidente" in Himnario Bautista Born: 1894, Spain.

E. Cronenwett

1841 - 1931 Person Name: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D. Author of "As by one's sin fell all our kin" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Cronenwett, Emmanuel, a Lutheran Pastor at Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., contributed to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, Published by Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and other States, 1880, in addition to 20 translations from the German, the following original hymns, some of which rank with the best in the collection:— 1. A holy state is wedded life. Domestic Worship. 2. Faith is wisdom from on high. Faith. 3. Heavenly Father, Jesus taught us. Prayer. 4. Lord, Thine omniscience I adore. Omniscience. 5. O Triune God, Thy blessing great. Domestic Worship. 6. Of omniscient grace I sing. Omniscience. 7. Of Zion's honour angels sing. Ordination. 8. The precepts of the word are pure. Holy Scripture. 9. The Spirit's fruits are peace and love. Fruits of the Spirit. 10. 'Tis a marvel in our eyes. Foundation Stone laying of a Church. 11. To Thee, our fathers' God, we bow. Domestic Worship. 12. Unto Caesar let us render. National Thanksgiving. 13. We have a sure, prophetic word. Holy Scripture. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Eric Schumacher

b. 1976 Author of "How happy is the man who keeps" in Songs for Suffering Saints

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

1815 - 1906 Person Name: Ellen M. Sewell Author of "O Savior! When Thy Loving Hand" in The Cyber Hymnal Sewell, Elizabeth Missing, writer of a number of novels (Cleve Hall, &c), is the author of "O Saviour! when Thy loving hand" (For use at Sea), in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. She was born in 1815. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)