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George Ratcliffe Woodward

1848 - 1934 Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Harmonizer of "ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN" in Christian Science Hymnal Educated at Caius College in Cambridge, England, George R. Woodward (b. Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, 1848; d. Highgate, London, England, 1934) was ordained in the Church of England in 1874. He served in six parishes in London, Norfolk, and Suffolk. He was a gifted linguist and translator of a large number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German. But Woodward's theory of translation was a rigid one–he held that the translation ought to reproduce the meter and rhyme scheme of the original as well as its contents. This practice did not always produce singable hymns; his translations are therefore used more often today as valuable resources than as congregational hymns. With Charles Wood he published three series of The Cowley Carol Book (1901, 1902, 1919), two editions of Songs of Syon (1904, 1910), An Italian Carol Book (1920), and the Cambridge Carol Book

Robert F. Douglas

Scripture: Isaiah 54:17 Arranger of "THE BATTLE" in The Worshiping Church Pseudonym. See also Fettke, Tom

Reid Lancaster

Scripture: Isaiah 54:7 Arranger of "[In heavenly armor we'll enter the land]" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition)

Edith McNeill

1920 - 2014 Person Name: Edith McNeil Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Author of "The steadfast love of the Lord never changes" in Singing the Faith Composer: Not much is known about Edith McNeill (1920-2014), except that she was a long-time member of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) in Houston, Texas, and that her husband was a professor at the University of Texas. The Church of the Redeemer, founded in the 1920s in a depressed inner city area, went through a charismatic renewal in the early 1960s under the leadership of pastor Graham Pulkingham and his wife Betty, a composer and musician who was the spark behind many worship songs that arose out of that community, some of which are still sung today, including songs like “The Steadfast Love of the Lord” and “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” by Kathleen Thomerson. The worship life of this congregation was very influential, and the Pulkinghams with a group of members left Redeemer in the early 1970s to begin an international ministry known as the Community of Celebration. -Emily Brink (from correspondence with Mimi Farra of the Community of Celebration)

James Gallaher

1792 - 1853 Person Name: Gallagher Scripture: Isaiah 54:8 Author of "In wrath, a moment" in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs Gallagher. Under this name the hymn "The sun himself shall fade" (Trust) is given in Songs for the Sanctuary, N. Y., 1865. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Johan Nordahl Brun

1745 - 1816 Person Name: Johan N. Brun Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Author of "Our Lord and God, Oh, Bless This Day" in The Lutheran Hymnal

George Taylor Rygh

1860 - 1942 Person Name: George T. Rygh Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Translator (sts. 1, 4) of "Our Lord and God, Oh, Bless This Day" in The Lutheran Hymnal

Carl Døving

1867 - 1937 Person Name: Carl Döving Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Translator (sts. 2, 3) of "Our Lord and God, Oh, Bless This Day" in The Lutheran Hymnal Born: March 21, 1867, Norddalen, Norway. Died: October 2, 1937, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Decorah, Iowa.

Fritz Reuter

1863 - 1924 Scripture: Isaiah 54:10 Composer of "REUTER" in The Lutheran Hymnal

Randall Keith DeBruyn

b. 1947 Person Name: Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947 Scripture: Isaiah 54:6-10 Arranger (choral) of "[Could the Lord ever leave you]" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

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