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S. J. Vail
1818 - 1883 Composer of "[Vi skal sove, men ei evigt]" in Evangeli harpe In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music.
--Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.
S. J. Vail
Jaroslav J. Vajda
1919 - 2008 Author of "Up through Endless Ranks of Angels" in The Worshiping Church Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988.
Bert Polman
Jaroslav J. Vajda
Luciano Valdebenito Delherbe
b. 1970 Person Name: Luciano Valdebenito Delherbe, n. 1970 Adapter of "[Impulsaste la vida en nuestra tierra]" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)
Luciano Valdebenito Delherbe
Margarita de Valdés
Author of "Los Niños Son De Cristo" in Himnos de Suprema Alabanza a Jesus
Margarita de Valdés
Valdimar Briem
1848 - 1930 Person Name: Valdimar Briem, 1848-1930 Author of "How Marvelous God's Greatness" in Lutheran Book of Worship Born: February 1, 1848, Grund, Iceland.
Died: May 3, 1930, Stóri-Núpur, Iceland.
Briem attended the Theological Seminary in Reykjavik, was ordained in 1873, and in 1880 became pastor of the Stóri-Núpur parish, where he served for three decades. In 1909, he became vice-bishop of Skálholt. The 1886 Icelandic hymnal has 102 original hymns by Briem, and 39 of his translations.
Lyrics:
Hve dryalegur er Drottinn
(How Marvelous God’s Greatness)
Lord, Let Thy Spirit
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Valdimar Briem
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