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Otis L. McCoy

1897 - 1995 Arranger of "[I've wandered far away from God]" in Church Hymnal McCoy, Otis Leon. (Ninety-Six, South Carolina, February 17, 1897--?). Church of God. Minister, music editor, and songwriter. Graduate of James D. Vaughan Conservatory. Organized the music department of the Church of God Publishing House as Tennessee Music and Printing Company in 1931. Served as music editor for a total of 23 years. Retired in 1961 and continued to be quite active as a tenor soloist. Best known songs: "Naturalized for Heaven" and "Send Me." --Charles L. Towler, DNAH Archives

Edgar L. Maxwell

1878 - 1940 Person Name: Edgar L. Maxwell (1878-1940) Vers. esp. of "De Dios vagaba lejos yo" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día

C. Fistler

Author of "Herr, ich komme Heim" in Silberklänge

Massimiliano Tosetto

1877 - 1948 Person Name: Massimiliano Tosetto, 1877-1948 Translator of "Apri Il Nostro Cuor" in The Cyber Hymnal

William Kuhn

Person Name: Wm. Kuhn Author of "Herr, ich komme heim" in Neue Zions-Lieder

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Author of "Lord, I'm Coming Home" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 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

L. O. Sanderson

1901 - 1992 Person Name: L.O.S. Arranger of "Lord, I'm Coming Home" in Church Gospel Songs and Hymns See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym). ================== Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ. Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn. Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls