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Person Name: Anon. Author of "The Road to Heaven" in Hymns of Victory 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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E. O. Excell
1851 - 1921 Composer of "[The road to heav’n by Christ was made]" in Triumphant Songs No.4 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
P. P. Bilhorn
1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. Bilhorn Arranger of "[The road to heav'n thro' Christ was laid]" in Crowning Glory No. 2 Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name)
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Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936.
John Perry
P. P. Bilhorn
Herbert H. Booth
1862 - 1926 Person Name: H. H. Booth Composer of "[The road to heav'n thro' Christ was laid]" in Crowning Glory No. 2 Herbert Henry Howard Booth (26 August 1862 – 25 September 1926) was the third son of William and Catherine Booth. He oversaw the Limelight Department's development and he was the writer and director for Soldiers of the Cross.
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Hall Booth
Person Name: Mrs. Hall Booth Author of "The Gospel Railroad" in Lasting Hymns No. 2
Hall Booth
Joshua Gill
Composer of "[The road to heav'n by Christ was made]" in Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement Late 19th Century
A minister, Gill’s works include:
Sacred Melodies: Nos. 1 and 2 Combined (editor with Edward Avis) (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald & Gill, 1886)
Songs of Joy and Gladness, with William McDonald, John Sweney & William Kirkpatrick (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald & Gill, 1886)
The Voice of Triumph (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald & Gill, 1894)
Songs of Redemption (Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Witness Company, 1899)
Hymns of Grace & Glory, with Henry Gilmour & William Kirkpatrick (Cleveland, Ohio: Evangelical Publishing House, 1901)
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Joshua Gill
