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Charles H. Purday

1799 - 1885 Person Name: C. H. Purday Hymnal Number: 303 Composer of "NOTTING HILL" in The Tribute of Praise Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers. Bert Polman

Calvin S. Harrington

1826 - 1886 Person Name: Prof. C. S. Harrington Hymnal Number: 592 Composer of "HOMEWARD BOUND" in The Tribute of Praise Born: May 17, 1826, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Died: February 16, 1886, at his home in Middletown, Connecticut. Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut. Harrington graduated from Wesleyan University in 1852. From 1852 to 1855, he taught Latin at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Sanbornton Bridge, New Hampshire; from 1855 to 1860, he served as president of the seminary. From 1861 to 1863 he was a professor of Greek at Wesleyan University; from 1863 to his death, he was a professor of Latin there. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

William Boyce

1711 - 1779 Person Name: Boyce Hymnal Number: C1 Composer of "[Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord]" in The Tribute of Praise William Boyce (baptised 1711 – d. 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. See also in: Wikipedia

George Nelson Allen

1812 - 1877 Person Name: Allen Hymnal Number: 240 Composer of "CROSS AND CROWN" in The Tribute of Praise George Nelson Allen (1812-1871), studied at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Oh OH and with Lowell Mason in Boston. Allen gave a strong musical foundation to Oberlin College in its earliest years; in addition to being Professor of Music he also served as Professor of Geology and Natural History, Secretary and Treasurer. In 1835 he compiled The Oberlin Social and Sabbath Hymn Book, in which appeared his most well known tune MAITLAND (also known as CROSS AND CROWN or WESTERN MELODY) with the text "Must Jesus bear the cross alone?". This was adapted by Thomas A. Dorsey in 1938 for his hymn "Precious Lord, take my hand". hand." He composed anthems and wrote some additional music for Isaac Woodbury's Oratorio "Absalom." He compiled a small 3" x 4" hymnal that every student should keep in his pocket that went through several printings. Mary Louise VanDyke

Henry K. Oliver

1800 - 1885 Person Name: H. K. Oliver Hymnal Number: 46 Composer of "FEDERAL STREET" in The Tribute of Praise Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875). Bert Polman

S. J. Vail

1818 - 1883 Hymnal Number: 610 Composer of "[Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?]" in The Tribute of Praise In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music. --Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.

John Reading

1645 - 1692 Hymnal Number: 565 Composer of "PORTUGUESE HYMN" in The Tribute of Praise b. c1645, Lincoln; d. 1692, Winchester; English composer and organist; organist to Winchester Cathedral from 1675 to 1681; Adeste fideles has been attributed to him.

David Paine

Hymnal Number: 675 Composer of "[And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried]" in The Tribute of Praise

S. Hubbard

Hymnal Number: 205 Composer of "PARSONS" in The Tribute of Praise Dr Stephen Grosvenor Hubbard MD USA 1816-1904. He compiled songbooks, some with William McDonald, President of Emmaus Bible College, also a teacher of the Plymouth Brethren. We suspect this same Hubbard authored and presented a biography of the life and writings of Dr Henry Bronson to the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1895. Song books created included: “Hymns and tunes designed for social devotion” (1842), “Songs of Canaan”, “Musical gems”, Temperance melodies”, “The new temperance melodist”and “The Wesleyan sacred harp” (1856). “A collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class, and camp meetings, choirs, and congregational singing”. McDonald, himself, published over 84 books, including “Believers Bible Commentary”. John Perry

Elizabeth Howard Cuthbert

1800 - 1857 Person Name: Mrs. Cuthbert Hymnal Number: 306 Composer of "HOWARD" in The Tribute of Praise Howard was a native of Dublin, Ireland. --www.hymntime.com/tch/