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Anna Letitia Waring

1823 - 1910 Person Name: Anna L. Waring Author of "Contentment" in Timeless Truths See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church ================ Waring, Anna Laetitia, daughter of Elijah Waring, and niece of Samuel Miller Waring, was born at Neath, Glamorganshire, in 1820. In 1850 she published her Hymns and Meditations, by A. L. W., a small book of 19 hymns. The 4th edition was published in 1854. The 10th edition, 1863, is enlarged to 38 hymns. She also published Additional Hymns, 1858, and contributed some pieces to the Sunday Magazine, 1871. Her most widely known hymns are: "Father, I know that all my life," "Go not far from me, O my Strength," and "My heart is resting, O my God." The rest in common use include:— 1. Dear Saviour of a dying world. Resurrection. (1854.) 2. In heavenly love abiding. Safety in God. (1850.) 3. Jesus, Lord of heaven above. Love to Jesus desired. (1854.) 4. Lord, a happy child of Thine. Evening. (1850.) 5. My Saviour, on the [Thy] words of truth. Hope in the Word of God. (1850.) Sometimes stanza iv., "It is not as Thou wilt with me," is given separately. 6. O this is blessing, this is rest. Rest in the Love of Jesus. (1854.) 7. O Thou Lord of heaven above. The Resurrection. 8. Source of my life's refreshing springs. Rest in God. (1850.) 9. Sunlight of the heavenly day. New Year (1854.) 10. Sweet is the solace of Thy love. Safety and Comfort in God. (1850.) 11. Tender mercies on my way. Praise of Divine Mercies. (1850.) 12. Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. New Year (1854). 13. Though some good things of lower worth. Love of God in Christ, (1860.) These hymns are marked by great simplicity, concentration of thought, and elegance of diction. They are popular, and deserve to be so. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Waring, Anna L., p. 1233, ii. Of her hymns we have found the following in Lovell Squire's Selection of Scriptural Poetry, 3rd ed., 1848: 1. Father, I know that all my life, p. 367, ii. 2. Sweet is the solace of Thy love, p. 1233, ii. 10. 3. Though some good things of, &c., p. 1233, ii. 13. The statement in J. Telford's The Methodist Hymn Book Illustrated, 1906, p. 271, that Miss Waring contributed to her uncle's (S. M. Waring's) Sacred Melodies, 182G, cannot be correct, as she was then only six years old. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Richard Roberts

1874 - 1945 Person Name: Richard Roberts, 1874- Author of "For Them Whose Ways Are in the Height" in The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America Roberts, Richard. (Festiniog, Wales, May 31, 1874--April 11, 1945, New York). Presbyterian/United Church. University of Wales, B.A., 1894. His ordination (1897) was preceded by work among Welsh coal-miners and followed by a time as assistant to the principal of Bala Theological College. He held three pastorates in London before emigrating first to Brooklyn, N.Y. (1917-1921), then to Montreal (1921-1926), and finally to Toronto (1926-1938). Here the skill of his preaching led to his election as moderator of the United Church for 1935-1936. His hymn "For those whose ways are in the height" was picked up from The Hymnary by the Methodists of Australia, another Dominion with great stretches of territory inaccessible except by air; considering the kind of planes they had to fly, and the weather they had to combat, pilots in both countries needed all the prayers they could get. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Charles Steggall

1826 - 1905 Composer of "MORWELLHAM" in Timeless Truths

Walter Russell Bowie

1882 - 1969 Person Name: Rev. W. Russell Bowie Author of "O Holy City, seen of John" in The Hymnal Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States). See also in: Wikipedia

William John Blew

1808 - 1894 Person Name: William J. Blew Translator of "All Hail, Thou Night, Than Day More Bright" in The Cyber Hymnal Blew, William John, M.A., son of William Blew, born April 13, 1808, and educated at Great Ealing School, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1830, and M.A., 1832. On taking Holy Orders, Mr. Blew was Curate of Nuthurst and Cocking, and St. Anne's, Westminster, and for a time Incumbent of St. John's next Gravesend. Besides translations from Homer (Iliad, bks. i., ii., &c.) and Æschylus (Agamemnon the King), and works on the Book of Common Prayer, including a paraphrase on a translation of the same in Latin, he edited the Breviarium Aherdonense, 1854; and published a pamphlet on Hymns and Hymn Books, 1858; and (with Dr. H. J. Gauntlett) The Church Hymn and Tune Book, 1852, 2nd ed. 1855. Tho hymns in this last work are chiefly translations by Mr. Blew of Latin hymns. They were written from 1845 to 1852, and printed on fly-sheets for the use of his congregation. Many of these translations have come into common use. The following original hymns were also contributed by him to the same work:— 1. Christ in the Father's glory bright. Morning. 2. God's ark is in the field. Evening. The second stanza of this hymn is from Bp. Cosin's Hours, in his Collection of Private Devotions, 1627. 3. Hark, through the dewy morning. Morning. 4. Lord of the golden day. Evening. 5. 0 Lord, Thy wing outspread. Whitsuntide. 6. 0 Thou, Who on Thy sainted quire. Whitsuntide. 7. Sleeper, awake, arise. Epiphany. 8. Sweet Babe, that wrapt in twilight. Epiphany. 9. Ye crowned kings, approach ye. Epiphany. This is written to the tune “Adeste fideles," and might easily be mistaken as a free translation of the "Adeste." Mr. Blew has also translated The Altar Service of the Church of England, in the year 1548, into English. His translations are terse, vigorous, musical, and of great merit. They have been strangely overlooked by the compilers of recent hymn-books. He died Dec. 27, 1894. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Marc-Antoine Muret

1526 - 1585 Person Name: Marc Antoine Muretus Author of "All Hail, Thou Night, Than Day More Bright" in The Cyber Hymnal

Mabel N. McCaw

b. 1899 Person Name: Mabel Niedermeyer Author of "Our Church Helps Us to Worship God" in Hymns for Primary Worship Niedermeyer, Mabel. (Bloomington, Illinois, March 13, 1899--?). Disciples of Christ. Illinois Wesleyan University, B.S. 1924; Yale Divinity School, M.A. 1926; Director of Religious Eduction., Bloomington, Ill., 1928-1936; National Director of Children's Work, United Christian Missionary Society, Indianapolis, 1936-1948. Married C.C. McCaw in 1948, widowed, 1978. Author of fourteen books for children and many children's songs. Her hymn "Our Church Proclaims God's Love and Care" is included in Hymns for Junior Worship (1940) and Christian Worship (1941); several hymns in Hymns for Primary Worship. --Jean E. Garriott, DNAH Archives

Albert Bigelow Paine

Author of "A simple-hearted child was He" in Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together

Solomon S. Allsop

1824 - 1913 Author of "Our Hymn Of Thanks We Sing Today" in The Cyber Hymnal Solomon Smithee Allsop was the son of a Baptist missionary in Jamaica, and husband of Maria Roberts. He returned to England after his father died in 1829. In 1860, Allsop became pastor of a General Baptist church in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. He later served in Longford (near Coventry) and March, then moved to Burton-on-Trent in 1879. New chapels were built in March and Burton-on-Trent in connection with his ministry (the latter was referred to as Solomon’s Temple). While Allsop was pastor at Longford (1864–68), it was the custom to have an original hymn at the Sunday school anniversaries, and he wrote several for these occasions. Allsop became president of the Baptist Annual Association in 1879. He spent the last decade of his life in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, where he was an honorary pastor. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)