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John Otis Barrows

1833 - 1918 Person Name: Rev. John Otis Barrows Author of "O Christ to Thee I Live" in Songs of the Kingdom John Otis Burrows was born on August 4, 1833 in Mansfield, Conn. His father was a farmer and John helped on the farm until he was 21 years old. He had a desire to go to college so he taught for two years at Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden NH during the school year and worked on the farm during his vacations. He then entered Amherst, graduating in 1860 with a B.A. He then studied divinity at East-Windsor Hill, Conn. for one year and at Andover Theological Seminary for two years. He worked as a pastor in New Hampshire for six years, then traveled with his family to Cesarea in Asia Minor as a missionary with the American Board and after six or seven years worked in Constantinople for three or four years before returning to the United States. A illness in the family prevented them from going back overseas. Rev. Burrows returned to pastorates in Atkinson, NH and Newington, Conn. He wrote On Horseback in Cappadocia and In the Land of Ararat: a sketch of the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Barrows Ussher, Missionary to Turkey and a Martyr of the Great War, a book about the life of his daughter (who was married to physician, Clarence Ussher). He wrote poetry later in life. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Magazine of Poetry: a quarterly review," Vol. V, Charles Wells Moulton, Buffalo, NY, 1893 (accessed online 12/28/2017)

R. David Hoffelt

b. 1951 Person Name: R. David Hoffelt, 1951- Author of "Hope and Faith with Joy Ascending" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

Larry Lipkis

b. 1951 Composer of "DES HERRN WORT" in Moravian Book of Worship

Mrs. H. E. Fries

1860 - 1938 Composer of "PENTECOSTAL HYMN" in Moravian Book of Worship

Eugene A. Reardon

Person Name: E. A. Reardon Author of "The Last Call" in Songs of Grace and Glory

Maizie Blaikie

b. 1871 Author of "Easter Song" in The Cyber Hymnal

Ida Whipple Benham

1849 - 1903 Person Name: Ida W. Benham Author of "There's No Other Friend Like Jesus" in The Cyber Hymnal Ida Whipple Benham, peace advocate, born in a farmhouse in Ledyard, Conn., January 9, 1849. She is a daughter of Timothy and Lucy Ann Geer Whipple, and comes from a Quaker family. At an early age she began to write verses. At the age of thirteen years she taught a country school. She was married April 14, 1869, to Elijah B. Benham, of Groton, Conn. She was early made familiar with the reforms advocated by the Quakers, such as temperance, anti-slavery, and the abolition of war. She has lectured on peace and temperance. She was a director fo the American Peace Society, and a member of the executive committee of theUniversal Peace Union. She takes a conspicuous part in the large pece conventions held annually in Mystic, Conn., and she held a monthly peace meeting in her own home in Msytic. She has contributed pomes to the New York "Independent," the Chicago "Advance," the "Youth's Companion," "St.Nicholas" and other prominent periodicals. American Women: fifteen hundred biographies, with over 1,400 photos: a comprehensive encyclopedia of the lives and achievements of American women during the nineteenth century (Rev. ed.) by Frances E. Willard an Mary A Livermore (New York/Chicago/Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897

G. E. Hooker

1893 - 1990 Person Name: Gordon E. Hooker Composer of "[Blood bought saints sing hallelujahs]" in The Gospel Message Choir Born: March 24, 1893, Tasmania. Died: May 7, 1990, California. As of 1930, Hooker was living in Los Angeles County, California. www.hymntime.com/tch/