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Anonymous

Person Name: Anónima Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Author of "Oh Buen Jesús, You Creo Firmemente (Lord Jesus Christ, My Faith Has This Foundation)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song 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.

Michael Joncas

b. 1951 Person Name: Michael Joncas, b. 1951 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Author of "Within Our Hearts Be Born" in Gather Comprehensive

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Arranger of "OH BUEN JESÚS" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

S. Ralph Harlow

1885 - 1972 Person Name: Samuel R. Harlow Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Author (st. 4-6) of "I Would Be True" in Timeless Truths Born: July 20, 1885, Boston, Massachusetts. Died: August 21, 1972, Northampton, Massachusetts. Buried: Abels Hill Cemetery (also known as Chilmark Cemetery), Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Harlow attended Harvard University, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, & Hartford Theological Seminary. Ordained a Congregational minister in 1912, he was a chaplain and sociology teacher at the International College in Smyrna, Turkey (1912-22). When World War I broke out, he served as YMCA director for the American forces in France. In 1923, he joined Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, serving over 30 years as a professor of religion and social ethics. He traveled overseas as a lecturer for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and was a visiting professor at Pierce College in Athens, Greece (1945-46). --www.hymntime.com/tch

Mary Louise Bringle

b. 1953 Person Name: Mary Louise Bringle, n. 1953 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Translator of "Oh Buen Jesús, You Creo Firmemente (Lord Jesus Christ, My Faith Has This Foundation)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Laurence Housman

1865 - 1959 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Author of "Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation" in Rejoice in the Lord Housman, Lawrence, author and artist, was born July 18, 1867, at Bromsgrove, Worcs. His devotional poetry is principally in his Spikenard, 1898, and Bethlehem, 1902. To the English Hymnal, 1906, he contributed eight translations (142, 188, 191, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234); also three original hymns, with a fourth previously published, viz.:— 1. Lord God of Hosts, within Whose hand. St. George. 2. The Maker of the sun and moon. Christmas. From Bethlehem, 1902, p. 75. 3. The Saint who first found grace to pen. St. Mark. 4. When Christ was born in Bethlehem. Holy Innocents. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================== Born: July 18, 1865, Bromsgrove, Hereford, England. Died: February 20, 1959, Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Buried: St. Mary’s, Bathwick, Smallcombe, near Bath. Housman studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He had great success as an illustrator, but when his eyesight began to fail, he turned to writing books and plays. He wrote 80 books during his lifetime. He often seemed to fall afoul of the censors, though, for religious and political reasons. A committed socialist and pacifist, in 1907, he helped found the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. He was also an honorary associate of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League. His works include: Jump-to-Glory Jane, by Meredith Goblin Market, by Christiantina Rossetti, 1893 The End of Elfintown, by Jane Barlow, 1894 Spikenard, 1898 The Sensitive Plant, 1898 Bethlehem, 1902 The Blue Moon, 1904 Angels and Ministers, 1921 Little Plays of St. Francis, 1922 Victoria Regina, 1937 The Unexpected Years, 1937 (autobiography) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Joseph Y. Peek

1843 - 1911 Person Name: Joseph Y. Peek, 1843-1911 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Composer of "PEEK" in Hymnal of the Church of God

H. A. Walter

1883 - 1918 Person Name: Howard Arnold Walter, 1883-1918 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Author of "I Would Be True" in Hymnal of the Church of God

Stephen P. Starke

b. 1955 Person Name: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955 Meter: 11.10.11.10.10 Translator of "O Gracious Lord, I Firmly Am Believing" in Lutheran Service Book Rev. Stephen P. Starke has always had a heart for hymns. At a young age, Starke played hymns out of The Lutheran Hymnal and read through the hymnal to pass the time before Sunday services. Pastor Starke graduated from Concordia University Chicago with a BA. While completing his MDiv from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, he attempted his first hymn text and was encouraged to write more. Since that time, he has written more than 175 hymns inspired by music and the Scriptures. He has been commissioned to write hymns for special occasions, including the 125th anniversary of Concordia University Wisconsin, as well as his daughter’s wedding. Because of his extensive work as a hymnwriter, Pastor Starke received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Concordia University, Irvine, California, and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. It is through the medium of hymns that Pastor Starke desires to preserve and pass on the truths of the Gospel for generations to come.