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 Go to person page >
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ST. PHILIPS
BENEDICTION
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NAZARETH
MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…
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