Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 1 - 6 of 6Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Henry Van Dyke

1852 - 1933 Person Name: Henry van Dyke Author of "Jesus, thou divine Companion" in Hymnal for Colleges and Schools See biography and works at CCEL

1722 - 1771 Person Name: Christopher Smart, 1722-71 Author of "O most mighty, O most holy" in Songs of Praise Smart, Christophe, M.A., was born at Shipburn, Kent, in 1722, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he gained the Seatonian prize for five years, four of which were in succession, (B.A. 1747.) He removed to London in 1753, and gave some attention to literature: but neglecting both his property and his constitution, he became poor and insane. He died in the King's Bench, 1771. His Poems were published in 2 vols. in 1771. From that work "Father of light conduct my feet" (Divine Guidance), and "I sing of God the mighty Source" [God the Author of All), have been taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Helen Otte

b. 1931 Reviser of "By Your Name, O God, Now Save Me" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Helen Ann (Brink) Otte Walter (b. Grand Rapids, MI, 1931) versified this psalm in 1982 for the Psalter Hymnal. She received her education at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has worked as a teacher, proofreader, and librarian. She was a member of the Poets' Workshop that worked with the revision committee to prepare psalm versifications for the 1987 Psalter Hymnal. After her first husband died and she remarried, she remained active as a freelance writer, especially of children's stories and dramas, some of which have been published in Reformed Worship under the name Helen Walter. Bert Polman

Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary (Summit, N.J.)

Person Name: DNS Author of "Now he reigns in heavenly glory" in The Summit Choirbook The Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Dominican convent in Summit, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919.

William Charter Piggott

1872 - 1943 Person Name: W. Charter Piggott (1872-1943) Author of "Heavenly Father, may Thy blessing" in The Summit Choirbook William Charter Piggott was pastor of the Bunyan Meeting Church in Bedford from 1905-1911. He was 33 when he began his ministry at the Bunyan Meeting. He left to become an assistant to Charles Sylvester Horne at Whitefield’s Church, Tottenham Court Rd, London. His ministry was especially successful among young people. email to Hymnary information from Bunyan Meeting Bedford 1650-1950 by H B Tibbutt.