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Ada R. Habershon

1861 - 1918 Author of "每當我怕信心失喪， (He will hold me fast)" in 生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986

1880 - 1961 Composer of "[He will hold me fast]" in 生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 After attending a revival meeting by Reuben Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, Harkness became Alexander’s pianist. He came to Christ shortly thereafter (on a bicycle, he said), and made several round the world tours with Torrey and Alexander. Harkness was especially well known for his program The Music of the Cross, and as the author of correspondence courses in hymn playing. He wrote over 2,000 hymns and Gospel songs in his lifetime. (hymntime.com/tch)

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: Vicente Mendoza Translator of "Si la fe me abandonare" in Himnario Adventista Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Charles M. Alexander

1867 - 1920 Person Name: Ch. M. Alexander Author of "Jesus Is My Power" in 50 Favorite Dutch Hymns

Leendert Kooij

Translator of "Jesus Is My Power" in 50 Favorite Dutch Hymns

William B. Boomer

1887 - 1924 Person Name: G. B. Boomer Translator of "El me sostendrá" in El Himnario para el uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Espanola en Todo el Mundo Chair of the hymnal committee for El Himnario: Para el uso de las iglesias evangelicas de habla española en todo el mundo (1931). Noted as "the veteran missionary to Chile" in the publisher's note in this hymnal.