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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "Ye Who Rose to Meet the Lord" in The Church Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Composer of "RAWLINS" in Redemption Songs William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Composer of "CHILDREN'S PRAISE" in The Cyber Hymnal Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

George Bennard

1873 - 1958 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "Have Thy Way, Lord" in The Cyber Hymnal George Bennard (1873-1958) was born in Youngstown, OH. When he was a child the family moved to Albia, Iowa. He served with the Salvation Army in Iowa for several years before he was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His hymn "Speak, my Lord" appears in Triumphant Service Songs (Chicago: Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co., 1934). He wrote words and tune for his best known hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" in 1913. Mary Louise VanDyke

Martha J. Lankton

1820 - 1915 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "I Will Go" in Redemption Songs Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

H. Fleetwood Sheppard

1824 - 1901 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Composer of "ST. MEINRAD"

Caroline L. Rice

1819 - 1899 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "Wilt Thou Hear the Voice of Praise?" in The Cyber Hymnal Rice, Caroline Laura. Nutter, in his Hymn Studies, &c, 1884, says that "Wilt Thou hear the voice of praise?" (For Sunday School Use), was “contributed to this Hymnal [Meth. Episcopal] in 1877. It was written originally for a Sunday-school celebration; . . .Caroline Laura Rice, b. in 1819, is the wife of the Rev. William Rice, D.D., of Springfield, Mass." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================== Rice, Caroline Laura. (1819--August 29, 1899). She was the wife of William Rice, D.D., minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New England Conference. Because of a throat ailment Dr. Rice left the ministry and settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he established the Springfield Public Library and was its librarian for thirty-seven years. Caroline Rice was the mother of four children, one of her sons for many years being a professor at Wesleyan University and another a prominent Methodist Episcopal preacher in New England. She wrote a number of hymns for children. "Wilt thou hear the voice of praise," three eight-line stanzas, appeared again in The Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1905. Sources: Nutter, Charles S., Hymn Studies; Nutter and Tillett, Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church; correspondence with Paul North Rice, grandson of Caroline Rice. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Joel A. Erickson

Person Name: J. A. E. Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "Send the Holy Fire" in Timeless Truths

Charles Harford Lloyd

1849 - 1919 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Composer of "DAYBREAK" Born: October 16, 1849, Thornbury, Gloss, England. Died: October 16, 1919, Slough, England. Buried: Windsor Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Lloyd attended Thornbury Grammar School and Rossall School, and was a Scholar of Magdalen School, Hertford College, Oxford (BMus 1871, BA 1872, MA 175, DMus 1891). He served as organist at Gloucester Cathedral (1876); Christ Church, Oxford (1882, succeeding Samuel Wesley); precentor of Eton College (1892); organist of the Chapel Royal (1914); and editor of Church Hymns (1903). Sources: Frost, p. 680 Music: Credo Domine Lundy Sacramentum Unitatis Savile St. Frideswide http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/l/o/lloyd_ch.htm

Abel C. Thomas

1807 - 1880 Meter: 7.7.7.5 D Author of "Thou, Whose Wide Extended Sway" in The Cyber Hymnal Thomas, Rev. Abel Charles. (Exeter, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1807--September 27, 1880, Tacony, Penn.). A Universalist minister whose most important pastorate was at the Lombard Street Church, Philadelphia, 1830-1839, and again 1848-1863. A controversial writer and speaker. He edited Hymns of Zion, Philadelphia, 1839, the first Universalist hymn book to contain tunes. Five of his hymns are included in Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895: 1. Far as Creation's bounds extend, 2. God of creation, our Father and Saviour, 3. O, where shall rest be found, 4. Praise ye the Lord, 5. Thou, whose wide extended sway. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives