Nossa Morada na Rocha Está

Translator: S. E. McNair

Stuart Edmund McNair (March 8, 1867 – January 10, 1959) was an English-born missionary and hymnist whose most significant work was carried out in Brazil. Born in Brighton, England, and raised in Croydon, McNair was influenced early in life by the biblical teaching of John Nelson Darby. Trained as a civil engineer, he devoted himself to Christian ministry. In 1891 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where he became involved in evangelical work and contributed to the development of the hymnal later known as Hinos e Cânticos. McNair arrived in Brazil in 1896 and engaged in extensive evangelistic and teaching ministry, particularly in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo. He traveled widely, established Bible Schoo… Go to person page >

Author: Priscilla J. Owens

Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)… Go to person page >