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Clara H. Scott

1841 - 1897 Person Name: Clara H. Fiske Scott Composer of "[Blest is the man who trusts the Lord]" in The Cyber Hymnal Clara Harriett Fiske Jones Scott USA 1841-1897. Born at Elk Grove, IL, daughter of a farmer, the family moved to Chicago in 1856. Clara enrolled in the first Chicago Musical Institute, after founders, Chauncy M Cady and William Bradbury, opened it in 1858. Following her graduation from the program, she found employment at the new Lyons Girl’s Seminary (also founded in 1858) in Lyons, IA. While working there, she met Henry Clay Scott, who worked for Scott & Ovington Brothers wholesale crockery company. The two married in 1861 in McGregor, IA. They had two daughters, Medora and Mary. The family moved to Austin, IL, near Chicago in the 1870s. She become a composer, hymnwriter, and publisher. She was the first woman to publish a volume of anthems, ‘The Royal anthem book’ in 1882. Horatio Palmer, a friend, helped her publish her songs. She issued three collections of songs. In 1895 she and her husband, now an invalid, moved to Chicago. In 1897 she was returning to her friend’s house after attending a funeral in DuBuque, IA. She was driving a horse-drawn buggy with two friends, Martha Hay and D D Myers. The buggy’s hold-back strap snapped, spooking the horse, who raced forward, colliding with a coping stone, causing the buggy to roll. Clara and Martha were thrown out and both died instantly. The third lady, D D, was severly injured. Clara’s funeral was well-attended by music writers, teachers, professors, publishers, and friends. Two of her own compositions were sung by a quartet of close friends. She died at Dubuque, IA. John Perry
Clara H. Scott

Susan H. Peterson

1950 - 2004 Person Name: Susan Peterson Author of "Blest Is the Man" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Oc­to­ber 17, 1950, Port An­ge­les, Wash­ing­ton. Died: Ju­ly 23, 2004, Per­al­ta, New Mex­i­co. Susan was the se­cond of two girls in the fam­i­ly. Her fa­ther worked for the Na­tion­al Park Ser­vice, so Su­san en­joyed grow­ing up in Na­tion­al Parks and His­tor­ic Sites across Amer­i­ca. She did her un­der­grad­u­ate work at Stan­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty and earned a BS in ma­the­ma­tics in 1972. The next year she took a one-year grad­u­ate pro­gram at Mult­no­mah School of the Bi­ble in Port­land, Or­e­gon, and re­ceived a Cer­tif­i­cate of Bi­ble up­on com­ple­tion. She de­cid­ed not to pur­sue a ca­reer in com­put­er sci­ence, as she had orig­in­al­ly in­tend­ed, in­stead em­bark­ing on a ser­ies of jobs in which she honed her of­fice skills and gained some mis­sions ex­per­i­ence. She spent 1976 in Tan­za­nia un­der the Af­ri­ca In­land Mis­sion. Up­on her re­turn, she set­tled in Port­land, Or­e­gon, where she learned word pro­cess­ing and did ed­it­ing and proof­read­ing. In 1990, Su­san de­cid­ed to go back to school to learn how to work with vi­su­al­ly im­paired and blind adults. She re­ceived her MA in re­hab­il­i­ta­tion teach­ing of the blind from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ar­kan­sas at Lit­tle Rock in 1991. She then moved to Fort Col­lins, Col­o­ra­do, where she worked as an ed­it­or and desk­top pub­lish­ing tech­ni­cian for 10 years and did vol­un­teer re­habilita­tion teach­ing in her spare time. Much of Susan’s ed­it­ing and desk­top pub­lish­ing work was on books pro­duced by the Mis­sions Com­miss­ion of World Evan­gel­ic­al Al­li­ance, in­clud­ing Work­ing Your Way to the Na­tions, Too Val­u­a­ble to Lose, Send Me!, Glob­al Mis­si­ol­o­gy for the 21st Cen­tu­ry, and Doing Mem­ber Care Well. She al­so worked part time for Emer­gen­cy World, a com­pa­ny that pro­duc­ed train­ing ma­ter­ia­ls for emer­gen­cy re­sponse per­son­nel. Susan moved back to Or­e­gon in 2002, where she continued the same work she did in Col­o­ra­do. For sev­er­al years, Susan worked with Wyc­liffe As­so­ci­ates as part of a team that helped key­board Bi­bles and New Tes­ta­ments that were print­ed be­fore the age of com­put­ers and that need­ed to be put in­to elec­tron­ic for­mat, so that they could be up­dat­ed or adapt­ed for other lan­guage­s. Susan’s ca­reer as a hymn writ­er be­gan in 1997, when she set a goal of writ­ing 100 hymns. Her me­thod was to sel­ect a pass­age of Scrip­ture for each song and then find a hymn tune that seemed to fit the pass­age. She thus com­bined the en­dur­ing Word of God with mel­o­dies that have stood the test of time. Her songs were a bless­ing to her, and she was pleased to be able to share them with others. Lyrics: Alpha, Omega Ascribe to the Lord Our God Be Now Im­i­tat­ors of Your Lord Be Strong in God Behold, These Words Are Trust­worthy and True Blest Are the Poor Blest Is the Man Christ a Blind Man Saw One Day Clothe Your­self with Hu­mil­i­ty Come and Hear the Words of Je­sus Come un­to Me Count It Joy Cursed Is the One Who Trusts in Man Do Not Be Sur­prised Do Not Wor­ry Earth Be­longs to the Lord, The Everyone Should Be Quick to List­en Faith Means We’re Sure Faith of Our Bro­thers For un­to Us a Child Is Born Give Thanks to God the Lord God, Keep Me Safe God Most High, We Praise You God, the Bless­ed and On­ly Rul­er God the Lord Does Ask Hallelujah, Praise the Lord! He Has Giv­en Us His Prom­is­es Hear Now My Praise, O Lord Holy, Ho­ly, Lord God Al­mighty How Can I, Lord, Keep My Way Pure? How Good It Is, Lord How Great the Love How Ma­ny Are Your Works, Lord I Am the Lord, Your God I Am the Vine I Extol You, O Lord I Kneel Be­fore You, Lord I Praise You, Lord If Any Per­son Is in Christ If You Love Me If You Would Come Af­ter Me In You, O Lord, I Put My Trust It Is Good to Praise th’Al­mighty Jesus, the Good Shep­herd Jonah Just Trust in Me Kingdom of Your Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther, The Let Not Your Hearts Be Trou­bled Let Your Mind­set Be the Same Live with Each Other in Love Lord, I Ex­tol Your Name Lord, We Come and Of­fer Praise Lord, You Have Been Our Dwell­ing Lord, You Have Searched Me Lord, You’ve Called Us as Your Ser­vants Love Must Be Sin­cere and Hon­est Lovely, O Lord, Is Your Dwell­ing Place Majestic Is Your Name Man Named Ni­co­dem­us, A My God, in Whom I Trust My Light and My Sal­va­tion My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone Now Let Us Love Each Other Now That You’ve Tast­ed O Come, Let Us Sing O God, You Are My God O Lord, Life Is Sac­red O Lord, You Reign o’er Earth and Sea O Lord, You’re My Shep­herd O May All the Peo­ples Praise You O Shout for Joy Oh, How Ma­jes­tic and Glor­i­ous Oh, the Depth of God’s Wis­dom One Day There’ll Be New Earth and Hea­ven One Named Laz­a­rus Praise Be un­to Our God Ephe­sians Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him Praise, O Serv­ants of the Lord Praise the Lord, My Soul Put Off Your Old Self Whol­ly Rejoice in God Savior, Like a Shep­herd Since Through God’s Mer­cy Since We Are Now Sur­rounde­d Since We Have Con­fi­dence Sing to the Lord Sing with Joy This God’s Our God Though I Speak To Whom Will You Com­pare God? Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart Unto You I Lift My Soul Up Up to the Hills I Look We Now Have Peace with God We Thank You, Lord Wedding Took Place, A Well Done, Good and Faith­ful Ser­vant What Good Can Come? What Shall We Say? Where Can One Look for --www.hymntime.com/tc
Susan H. Peterson

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