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M. M. Wells
1815 - 1895 Person Name: Marcus M. Wells, 1815-1895 Author of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide" in Hymnal of the Church of God Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide." "On a Saturday afternoon, October 1858, while at work in my cornfield, the sentiment of the hymn came to me," writes Wells. "The next day, Sunday, being a very stormy day, I finished the hymn and wrote the tune for it and sent it to Prof. I. B. Woodbury." Isaac Woodbury was the editor of the New York Musical Pioneer, and the original text and tune were first published in that periodical's November 1858 issue.
Bert Polman
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Wells, Marcus M. Concerning this author and his hymn we have no information beyond the following facts:—
Holy Spirit, faithful Guide. [Whitsuntide.] Appeared in The Sacred Lute, by T. E. Perkins, N.Y., undated [1864], p. 373, with music. Both words and music are attributed therein to M. M. Wells. The hymn has since been repeated in several English and American collections, including I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. It is dated 1858.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
M. M. Wells
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide" in The Greatest Hymns 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.
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Don Hustad
1918 - 2013 Person Name: Donald P. Hustad, b. 1918 Arranger of "FAITHFUL GUIDE" in Worship and Service Hymnal
Don Hustad
Richard W. Beaty
1799 - 1883 Person Name: R. W. Beaty Composer of "TICHFIELD" in Redemption Songs Beauty, Richard William, born in Dublin about 1799; educated in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin; appointed about 1824 organist and musical instructor at the Molyneux Asylum for Blind Women; organist of the Free Church, Great Charles Street, 1828 to 1877; master of the choristers in Christ Church Cathedral from 1830 to 1872; composer of songs and other works; died in Dublin, 1883. Beaty composed the tune TENDERNESS, No. 398 S.H., 382 F.C.H., 337 U.P.H. (there named "Caritas"), for the children of Lady Harberton's School, Dublin, in 1830. It is, however, seldom assigned to him.
--James Love, Scottish Church Music: Its Composers and Sources (1891)
Richard W. Beaty
Richard DeLong
1951 - 1994 Person Name: Richard L. DeLong Arranger of "CORLEY" in The Sacred Harp
Richard DeLong
John Wilson
1595 - 1674 Person Name: John Wilson, 17th century Composer of "CORLEY" in The Sacred Harp
John Wilson
G. L. Lindsey
1874 - 1950 Composer of "[Holy Spirit, faithful Guide]" in New Melodies Green Lee Jackson Lindsey born in Missouri, died in Oklahoma.
Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)
G. L. Lindsey
