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Mark Edwards

Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Arranger of "CAMACHA" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal

C. W. Pearce

b. 1856 Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Composer of "ST. NICHOLAS" in Redemption Songs

Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Author of "Saviour, to Thee I Come" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 20th Century Hott, a minister in the United Brethren Church, was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (now Shenandoah University), Winchester, Virginia (1887-96). His works include: Christ the Teacher (Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1900) --www.hymntime.com ================= Hott, George P.: Residence, Dayton; clergyman, educator, author; a frequent contributor to magazines, and a writer of a number of excellent hymns; author of “Christ the Teacher.” --www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Lewis Gilbert Wilson

1858 - 1928 Person Name: Lewis G. Wilson Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Author of "O God, our dwelling place" in The Beacon Song and Service book Wilson, Rev. Lewis Gilbert. (Southboro, Massachusetts, February 19, 1858--April 24, 1928, Floral City, Florida). he studies at Dartmouth, Harvard, and Meadville Theological School, and in 1883 was ordained minister of the Unitarian church at Leicester, Mass. Later he served the Unitarian church at Hopedale, Mass., and from 1907-1915 was Secretary in the American Unitarian Association. While there he was a member of the committee which edited The New Hymn and Tune Book published in 1914 by the Association. This book included three of his hymns, beginning 1. O God, our dwelling place, 2. O troubled sea of Galilee, 3. The works, O Lord, our hands have wrought, all three of which were written in 1912. The first was these is also included in Hymns of the Spirit, 1937. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Ambrose N. Blatchford

1842 - 1924 Person Name: Ambrose M. Blatchford Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Author of "Softly the Silent Night" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, B.A., born at Plymouth, 1842, and educated for the Unitarian Ministry at Manchester New College, London. He also graduated at the London University as B.A. In 1866, he became junior colleague to the late Rev. William James, Minister of Lewin's Mead Meeting, Bristol, and on the death of Mr. James, in 1876, the sole pastor. Mr. Blatchford's hymns were written for the Sunday School anniversary services at Lewin's Mead Meeting, on the dates given below, and were adapted to existing melodies. They were first printed as fly-leaves and include:— 1. A gladsome hymn of praise we sing. Praise. 1876. 2. Awake to the duty, prepare for the strife. Duty. 1878. 3. Lord, without Thy constant blessing. Divine Help. 1875. 4. Night clouds around us silently are stealing. Evening. 1878. 5. O Lord of Life, for all Thy care. Praise. 1875. 6. O'er the wide and restless ocean. Life & Hope. 1878. 7. Once more the shadows fall. Evening. 1880. 8. Softly the silent night. Evening. 1875. Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 were first published in W. B. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880, and Nos. 3, 7. and 8 in the Sunday School Hymn Book of the Sunday School Association, Lond., 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, p. 145, i. Since 1866 Minister of Lewin's Mead, Bristol. His Songs of Praise for School and Church, a collection of 56 hymns, was published in 1897. Additional hymns by him are:— 1. On weary hearts descending. Close of School Anniversary. 2. Silent and soft, the first faint gleam of day. Christmas. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Thomas H. Ingham

1878 - 1948 Person Name: T. H. Ingham Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Composer of "DAWN" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

James Carter

b. 1853 Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Composer of "ROBINSON (Carter)" 19th Century

A. J. Foxwell

Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Composer of "CARTON (Foxwell)"

Henry Bennett

1813 - 1868 Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Composer of "JESUS IS MINE (Bennett)" Bennett, Henry, born at Lyme Regis, April 18, 1813, and died at Islington, Nov. 12, 1868. His hymns, written at various dates, were collected and published as follows:— (1) Hymns by H. B., Lond.: Printed for the Author, 1867. This contained 25 pieces. (2) Hymns by the late Henry Bennett, 2nd ed., 1869. This was published by request, with additional hymns (32 in all, and 6 unfinished). From these editions of his Hymns, “Cling to the Mighty One," and "I have a home above," are in extensive use. The following are also in common use:— 1. Jesus, my [the] Holy One. Jesus for Men. 2. Lord Jesus, hide Thy people. Jesus All in All. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)