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Austin C. Lovelace

1919 - 2010 Adapter of "CHINA" in Ecumenical Praise LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO. Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)
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Narayan Vaman Tilak

1862 - 1919 Author of "As the Lyre" in Ecumenical Praise Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India
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Bliss Wiant

1895 - 1975 Arranger of "[As the lyre to the singer]" in E. A. C. C. Hymnal Bliss Wiant (1895-1975) was educated at Wittenberg College and Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920), Boston University (M.A. 1936), and Peabody College (Ph.D. 1946). He also studied at Harvard University and Union Theological Seminary, New York City After ordination (1923), Wiant became head of the music department at Yenching University, Peking (1923-1951). He was pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Delaware, Ohio (1953-1955), then minister of music at Mahoning Methodist Church, Youngstown, Ohio. After serving with the Methodist Board of Education, he became director of music at Scarritt College. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 =============================== Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mary Louise VanDyke (8 January 1987) outlining activity in the 1960s and 1970s is available in the DNAH Archives.
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Nicol Macnicol

1870 - 1952 Translator of "As the Lyre" in Ecumenical Praise After a distinguished career in the University of Glasgow and the (then) Free Church of Scotland Theological College, Macnicol was appointed to the Western India mission of the Free Church of Scotland (later United Free) and for five years worked in Bombay, being in charge of the Wilson High School (where he lived in the boys’ hostel) and also doing general evangelistc work. In 1900 he was transferred to Poona, where he entered into a heritage of goodwill among both Christian and non-Christians... As an evangelistic missionary in Poona, a city famous not only for its orthodox Hinduism but also for producing leaders in so many spheres of religious and social reform, Macnicol was in close touch with the thought and life of Hindu India. Excerpt from International Review of Mission, Volume 41, Issue 3, pages 353–356, July 1952 ====================== Nicol Macnicol is the author of Hindu Scriptures and Psalms of Maratha Saints: One Hundred and Eight Hymns Translated From the Marathi [1920]
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