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Mary Smail

Author of "Prepare the way" in Songs of Fellowship

Thomas A. Smail

b. 1928 Person Name: Tom Smail Author (v. 2) of "Thou art worthy" in Complete Mission Praise

Ian Smale

Person Name: Ian Smale (b. 1949) Author of "Father God, I wonder" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Uses pseudonym Ishmael. See also Ishmael, 1949-

E. C. Small

Translator of "The sun is sinking fast" in Laudamus

Fred Small

Author of "Everything Possible" in Worship in Song

G. L. Small

Author of "The way is rough and you are sad and weary"

Howard Don Small

1932 - 2007 Person Name: Howard Don Small, b. 1932 Arranger of "VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS" in The Hymnal 1982

1817 - 1888 Person Name: James Gridley Small Author of "I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!" in Church Hymnal Small, James Grindly, son of George Small, J.P. of Edinburgh, was born in that city in 1817. He was educated at the High School, and the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity under Dr. Chalmers, and in 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland. In 1847 he became the minister of the Free Church at Bervie, near Montrose. He died at Renfrew, Feb. 11, 1888. His poetical works were (1l) The Highlands and other Poems, 1843, 3rd ed. 1852; (2) Songs of the Vineyard in Days of Gloom and Sadness, 1846 ; (3) Hymns for Youthful Voices, 1859; (4) Psalms and Sacred Songs, 1866. His well-known hymn "I've found a Friend; oh such a Friend" (Jesus, the Friend), appeared in his Psalms & Sacred Songs, 1866. It is found in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Mary Small

Author of "Sweetly Sleeping"

Samuel W. Small

Author of "The holy morning wakes the day"

M. J. Smalley

Author of "O Galilee, Sweet Galilee!"

F. Smallwood

Composer of "BRIGHTON" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures

R. E. Smallwood

Author of "It's a Wonderful World to Me"

Richard Smallwood

b. 1948 Arranger of "SMALLWOOD" in The New Century Hymnal Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC. Bert Polman

William Smallwood

1831 - 1897 Person Name: W. Smallwood Composer of "ANTWERP" in Small Church Music

Elsie Gamble Smalts

Person Name: Elsie GAmble Smalts Author of "Jesus Is Coming"

James W. Smalts

Person Name: J. W. Smalts Author of "I'll Meet Them"

Smart

Author of "Great Source of boundless power and grace!" in Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston

Christopher Smart

1722 - 1771 Person Name: Christopher Smart, 1722-1771 Author of "Awake, arise, lift up your voice" in The Hymnal 1982 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)

David William Smart

b. 1927 Person Name: David W. Smart Composer of "CALDWELL CHURCH" in Hymns for the Living Church

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