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H. P. Danks

1834 - 1903 Person Name: Hart P. Danks Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Composer of "NO NIGHT THERE*" in Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

1867 - 1953 Person Name: Enrique S. Turrall Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Author of "La Palabra del Señor" in Celebremos Su Gloria Enrique S. Turrall worked in Spain. He saw a need for hymns that expressed life's emotional experiences. He wrote and translated hymns for funerals, weddings and other special occasions. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712 - 1778 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Composer of "GREENVILLE" in Small Church Music Jean Jacques Rousseau; b. 1712, Geneva; d. 1778, Paris. Born in the city-state of Geneva in the Swiss Confederacy, his mother died whenhe was 9 days old. Rousseau's father was a watchmaker, but got into trouble with local officials and left the town, leaving his son with an uncle who had Rousseau and his own son board with a Calvinist minister for 2 years. He was later apprenticed to a notary and then to an engraver, who beat him. He ran away from Geneva at 16. In nearby Savoy, he sheltered with a Roman Catholic priest. He was sent to Italy to convert to Catholicism. He supported himself as a servant, secretary, and tutor. His life was filled with personal and political upheaval, and his writings infuriated many, to the point he had to leave several habitations. He had many friends and enemies due to his philosophies on life, religion, and God. He was concerned with decay of society (having experienced the French Revolution) and became a philosopher, writer, botanist, and composer, he influenced the Enlightenment period through his political philosophy, both in France and across Europe, including aspects of the French Revolution and overall development of modern political and educational thought. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was the most popular of philosophers. He believed that self-preservation was the highest virtue and that we should study to understand how society operates and where pitfalls lie. His personal family life was very chaotic as a result of his outspoken opinions and writings. He returned to his Calvinistic beliefs in later life, but digressed from them on several issues important to that church. John Perry

Franklin L. Sheppard

1852 - 1930 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Author of "Christ Thy Lord Is Waiting Now" in The Cyber Hymnal Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school hymnal Alleluia (1915), edited by Sheppard (Babcock and Sheppard were friends). After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sheppard entered the family foundry business in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1875. He was organist at Zion Episcopal Church and later was an elder and music director of the Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. President of the Presbyterian Board of Publications, Sheppard also served on the committee that prepared the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1911. In the history of hymnody he is remembered primarily for arranging the tune TERRA BEATA for “This Is My Father's World.” Bert Polman

J. H. Cornell

1828 - 1894 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Composer of "[Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings]" in The Lutheran Hymnary An organist for St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Church, Cornell compiled the Congregational Tune Book in 1872. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Paul Leddington Wright

b. 1951 Person Name: Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Arranger of "KELVINGROVE" in Singing the Faith

George C. Martin

1844 - 1916 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Composer of "DEO GLORIA"

Harriet E. Jones

1823 - 1915 Person Name: H. E. Jones Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Author of "How they Sing Up Yonder!" in Redemption Songs Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: April 18, 1823, Pompey Hollow, Onondaga County, New York. Died: 1915, Binghamton, New York. Buried: Oran Community Church Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Daughter of Eleazer Rice, Jones lived in Onondaga County, New York. Her girlhood was spent on a farm, receiving what education the country schools and one term at high school could provide. She was always fond of reading, and was a great singer, with a clear ringing voice. On July 7, 1844, she married a son of Rev. Zenas Jones; her husband died in 1879. Her song writing career began when her poetry came to the attention of Dr. M. J. Munger, who asked if she could write some Sunday school hymns for him. She went on to write for Daniel Towner, J. C. Ewing, the Fillmore brothers, and others. --hymntime.com/tch

W. Arnold

1768 - 1832 Person Name: William Arnold, 1768-1832 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Composer of "JOSIAH" in Singing the Faith

Mary Butler

1841 - 1916 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Author of "Looking upward ev'ry day" in Elmhurst Hymnal Butler, Mary. The following hymns in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book 1881:—"Looking upward every day " (Onwards), and "O help me, Lord, this day to be" (Morning), are signed with this name. Beyond this we have no information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Butler, Mary, p. 1555, ii., is a granddaughter of Bp. Samuel Butler, of Lichfield, 1836-39; and daughter of Thomas Butler, M.A., sometime Rector of Langar, Notts, and Prebendary of Clifton in Lincoln Cath. “Whiteness of the winter's snow" (All from God), in The Council School Hymn Book 1905, is also by Miss Butler. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)