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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: E. O. E. Arranger of "[No evil shall befall thee]" in The New Praiseworthy Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry
E. O. Excell

Michael Costa

1808 - 1884 Person Name: Eli Composer of "[No evil shall befall thee]" in The New Praiseworthy [Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa] Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 14, 1808, Na­ples, It­a­ly. Died: 1884, Hove, East Sus­sex, Eng­land. Buried: Ken­sal Green Cem­e­te­ry, Lon­don, Eng­land. Costa learned the ru­di­ments of mu­sic from his ma­ter­nal grand­fa­ther, Gi­a­co­mo Trit­to; he was placed at the Real Col­le­gio di Mu­si­ca in Na­ples, and af­ter a publ­ic ex­am re­ceived a schol­ar­ship from Fer­di­nand I, King of the Two Si­ci­lies. He com­posed his first can­ta­ta at age 15, and went on to write sym­pho­nies, or­a­tor­ios, op­er­as, and quar­tets. He event­u­al­ly moved to Lon­don, where he was knight­ed in 1869. In 1871, he be­came "di­rect­or of the mu­sic, com­pos­er, and con­duct­or" at Her Ma­jes­ty’s op­e­ra. --www.hymntime.com/tch/
Michael Costa

Minot J. Savage

1841 - 1918 Author of "No Evil Shall Befall Thee" Savage, Minot Judson, D.D., was born at Norridgewock, Maine, June 10, 1841, and educated at Bangor Seminary, where he graduated in 1864. From 1867 to 1873 he was a Congregational Minister, and then he joined the Unitarians, and has now (1900) a charge in Boston. He has published several works, including Poems, Boston, 1882. He also edited, with H. M. Dow, Sacred Songs for Public Worship, Boston, 1883, to which he contributed 46 original hymns. In hymnals other than this, of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Dost thou hear the bugle sounding. Consecration to Duty. 2. Father, we would not dare to change Thy purpose, &C. Prayer. 3. 0 God Whose law is in the sky. Consecration to Duty. 4. 0 star of truth down shining. Truth. 5. The God that to the fathers revealed His holy will. God unchangeable. 6. The very blossoms of our life. Holy Baptism. 7. What purpose burns within our hearts. Joining in Church Fellowship. 8. God of the glorious summer hours. New Year This is in D. Agate's Sunday S. Hymn Book, 1881, No. 371, and dated 1875. From the Sunny Side, N.Y.. 1875,p. 119. Some of these hymns are given in Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, Glasgow, 1889, and recent American hymnals. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Minot J. Savage

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