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S. D. Goodale

Topics: Christ, Love of; Testimony for Christ Composer of "[O weary one, by night distressed]" in The Gospel Hymn Book Early 20th Century

1855 - 1935 Person Name: Claude W. Foss Topics: Church Year Pentecost; Fourth Sunday after Easter; Whitmonday; Trinity, Tenth Sunday; Doxologies; Spiritual Blindness; Comfort; Comforter; Covenant Christ's; Prayer for Love; Sanctification Translator of "Come, Holy Spirit, from Above" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Born: August 28, 1855, Geneva, Illinois. Died: February 8, 1935, Rock Island, Illinois. Son of Swedish immigrants, Foss attended the Red Wing College institute at Red Wing, Minnesota, then entered Augustana College at Rock Island, Illinois, in 1879. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in June 1883. In 1884, he became professor of history and political science at Augustana College. In 1888 he became vice-president of the college, and served until 1900. On the death of Dr. T. N. Hasselquist he was acting president until the election of Dr. Olof Olsson as president in 1891. Upon Olsson’s death, Foss again served as acting president until Dr. Gustav Andreen became president. In addition to his academic positions, Foss was on the board of directors of the Augustana Book Concern, the Board of Home Missions for the Augustana Synod, and was treasurer of the Synod’s Board of Foreign Missions. In 1908, the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America sent him as a commissioner to inspect its mission field in southern India, where he traveled extensively (1908-09). Upon completing his work in India, he inspected the Synod’s mission in Persia in 1909, and traveled in Egypt, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, southern Russia, and south and central Europe. Foss also found time to edit the Lutheran Quarterly Review, the Augustana Journal, and the Olive Leaf, and contributed to various other magazines and periodicals. His largest literary work was Glimpses of Three Continents, a travelogue through India, the Bible lands and Europe (Augustana Book Concern, 1912). Foss belonged to the American Institute of Civics, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Historical Association, and the Swedish Historical Society of America. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Elena García

Topics: Musical Style Vals; Musical Style Vals; Musical Style Vals; Musical Style Vals; Musical Style Vals; Musical Style Vals; Discipleship; First Communion; Global Family; Love for Others; Ministry/Mission; People of God; Social Concern; Unity; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Mystagogia; The Liturgical Year Thursday of the Lord's Supper at the Evening Mass; The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Adapter (Spanish) of "Pan de Vida" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

David Frazier

Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Church; Community; Dedication of a Church; Life in Christ, Christian Life; Love for Others; Obedience; People of God; Petition, Prayer; Unity Author of "I Need You to Survive" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.)

Nathan Grieser

Topics: Marriage; Commitment; Discipleship; Following Christ; Heritage 16th-Century Anabaptist; Jesus Christ Love of; Love for Others; Marriage; Praise; Union with Christ Author of "Jesus Christ Is Love Divine" in Voices Together

Ada Roeper-Boulogne

b. 1931 Topics: Angels; Biblical Names and Places David; Church Year Easter; Church Year Transfiguration; Conflict; Cry to God; Despair; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Rock; God as Shield; God as Creator; God as Deliverer; God's Triumph; God's Armor; God's Power; God's Promises; God's Strength; Gratitude; Grave; Hope; Innocence; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Judgment; Life Stages Death; Love for God; Pain; Prayer; Royal Psalms; Spiritual Warfare Author of "How I Love You, Lord My God" in Psalms for All Seasons Ada Roeper-Boulogne (b. Haarlem, the Netherlands, 1931) received her elementary education at the Dutch-Chinese Christian School in Central Java, Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies), where her father, an organist and rebuilder of organs, served as a missionary and teacher. After Japan conquered Indonesia during World War II (1942), Roeper-Boulogne's family was placed in a concentration camp and remained there until 1945. Because a teacher organized a children's choir in the camp, even there Roeper-Boulogne was not totally devoid of music. In 1946 the family returned to the Netherlands and in 1951 immigrated to St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Roeper-Boulogne has translated several Dutch songs and is the author of "Little Children Be Happy," which was published in Bible Steps (1983). Bert Polman

Alexander Gondo

Person Name: Alexander Gondo, b. 1936 Topics: Freedom; Gathering; God the Father/Creator; Jesus Christ; Love of God for Us; Praise Author of "Uyai Mose (Come All You People)" in Gather (3rd ed.)

Carlton L. Fellows

b. 1954 Person Name: Carlton L. Fellows, b. 1954 Topics: Jesus Christ Our Love For Jesus Author of "Time in Praise" in Total Praise

T. Brian Coleman

Person Name: T. Brian Coleman, 1920-1998 Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Faith, Trust, Love; Comfort; Creation and Nature; Freedom; Goodness of Jesus Christ; Peace of Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Works to/for the believer Composer of "OASIS" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Eric T. Myers

Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth; Light; Love of God for Us Arranger of "BRING A TORCH" in Glory to God Eric T. Myers-- Eric serves as Pastor of Frederick Presbyterian Church in Frederick, Maryland. Before ordination, he served as Director of Music and Organist at churches in South Carolina and Virginia. He holds degrees from Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music, Columbia Theological Seminary, University of Notre Dame, and a PhD from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; he has served as adjunct faculty at Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. --www.presbyterianhymnal.org/