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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Beyond" in Sing Out the Glad News 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.

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Composer of "[Beyond these chilling winds and gloomy skies]" in Sing Out the Glad News William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Nancy A. Wakefield Priest

Person Name: Nancy Priest Wakefield Author of "O Heavenly Land" in Bells of Heaven

W. A. Ogden

1841 - 1897 Composer of "[Beyond these chilling winds and gloomy skies]" in Bells of Heaven William Augustine Ogden USA 1841-1897. Born at Franklin County, OH, his family moved to IN when he was age six. He studied music in local singing schools at age 8, and by age 10 could read church music fairly well. Later, he could write out a melody by hearing it sung or played. He enlisted in the American Civil War in the 30th IN Volunteer Infantry. During the war he organized a male choir which became well known throughout the Army of the Cumberland. After the war, he returned home, resumed music study, and taught school. He married Jennie V Headington, and they had two children: Lowell and Marian. He worked for the Iowa Normal School, Toledo Public School System. Among his teachers: Lowell Mason, Thomas Hastings, E E Baily and B F Baker, president of the Boston Music School. He wrote many hymns, both lyrics and/or music. He later issued his first song book, “The silver song” (1870). It became quite popular, selling 500,000 copies. He went on to publish other song books. Ogden also taught music at many schools in the U S and Canada. In 1887 he became superintendent of music in the public schools of Toledo, OH. His works include: “New silver songs for Sunday school” (1872), “Crown of life” (1875), “Notes of victory” (1885), “The way of life” (1886), “Gathering jewels” (1886). He was known as a very enthusiastic person in his work and a very congenial one as well. He died at Toledo, OH. John Perry

Stephen Jesse Oslin

1858 - 1928 Person Name: S. J. Oslin Composer of "[Beyond these chilly winds and gloomy skies]" in The Eureka Tidings of Joy Stephen Jesse Oslin (1858-1928) was "a teacher, preacher, poet, musician, composer, author and publisher" from Walker County, Alabama. Beginning his teaching career in Arkansas, he studied with W. D. C. Botefuhr in Fort Smith during the 1880s and briefly published a music journal, The Tempo, from that city. Most of his early career, however, was spent in the Indian Territory (today eastern Oklahoma), where he served as the western correspondent for the Ruebush-Kieffer Musical Million. In 1905 Oslin incorporated the Eureka Publishing Company, in Stigler, I.T., where he published songbooks, a paper called The Eureka Messenger, music theory texts, and held sessions of the Eureka Music Normal. His singing classes and music normals were taught by a cadre of teachers in Arkansas, Texas, and Alabama as well. In 1918 he moved the business to Mena, Arkansas, where it continued operating through the 1920s. He died near Little Rock in 1928. Oslin's greatest influence was as a teacher: among his students were Will W. Slater, Will M. Ramsey, J. A. McClung, and Albert Brumley. Shaw, D. A. "Sketch of Rev. Oslin and his life work," The Mountain Eagle (Jasper, Alabama), Oct. 4, 1905, page 4. Newspapers.com. FamilySearch, "The Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 March 2025), Stephen Jesse Oslin (2DXR-1QZ), Details. (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/2DXR-1QZ) "The Eureka Publishing Company." Corporation information, Oklahoma Secretary of State, filing number 1911001385. (https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInformation.aspx?id=1911001385) Kehrberg, Kevin Donald. "I’ll fly away": the music and career of Albert E. Brumley. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Kentucky, 2010. "Eureka Publishing Company & S. J. Oslin." Worldcat.org public list. (https://search.worldcat.org/lists/cb6b58df-8035-4205-863e-90abb04d2623) --David Russell Hamrick

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