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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Scripture: Isaiah 1:18 Translator (Korean) of "Just as I Am, without One Plea" in Glory to God In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

David Allen

b. 1941 Person Name: David Allen, b. 1941 Scripture: Isaiah 1 Arranger of "COME LET US REASON" in Sing! A New Creation Pseudonym. See also Fettke, Tom

Oswald Allen

1816 - 1878 Person Name: Oswald Allen, 1816-78 Scripture: Isaiah 1:18 Author of "Today Your Mercy Calls Us" in Lutheran Service Book Allen, Oswald, son of John Allen, banker, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, and great-nephew of James Allen (q.v.); born at Kirkby Lonsdale, 1816, and educated in that town. After residing for a time in Glasgow, he returned to Kirkby Lonsdale, and joined the staff of the local bank; died October 2, 1878. In 1861 (Preface, Oct. 1861), he published Hymns of the Christian Life, Lond., Nisbet. It contains 148 hymns, a few of which are in common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)