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Haruo Harold Aihara

Transliterator (of Japanese) of "Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound" in Voices United

Daniel Patterson Airhart

1849 - 1927 Person Name: D. P. Airhart Author of "Keeping near the Savior"

E. Aikin

Author of "Blest, who the fellowship of sin"

Geoffrey Ainger

1925 - 2013 Author of "Born in the Night, Mary's Child" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

R. F. Aingell

Person Name: R. F. Aingell, Jr. Author of "Some Day We'll Meet Our Mother" in Temple Bells

1841 - 1919 Person Name: Arthur C. Ainger Author of "God is working His purpose out" in The Hymnal Ainger, Arthur Campbell, M.A., son of the Rev. F. A. Ainger, incumbent of Hampstead, Middlesex; born in 1841, educated Trinity College, Cambridge, 1st Class Class. Trip. 1864, Assistant Master at Eton 1864-1901. Author of Eton Songs, 1901-2; Carmen Etonense, Vale, &c, and joint author with H. G. Winkle, M.A., of an English-Latin Verse Dictionary. Mr. Ainger's hymns in common use are the following :— 1. God is working His purpose out. [Missions.] Written and first published in 1894, with Dedication to Archbishop Benson. It was given in Church Hymns, 1903, Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904, and other collections. 2. God of our Fathers, unto Thee. [National Thanksgiving.] Included in English Hymnal, 1906. 3. Let all our brethren join in one. [Harvest.] Included in C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903. 4. Let God arise to lead forth those. [In Time of War.] Written in 1900, and first printed in the Times the same year. Subsequently pub. by Novello & Co., with music by Sir J. Stainer, and included in Church Hymns, 1903, and Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904. 5. Like a mighty man rejoicing in his strength. [Missions.] Written by request for the S.P.G. Centenary, and published in the Centenary collection of Hymns, 1901. 6. Not ours to mourn and weep. [Lent. For the Young.] First published in the Public School Hymn Book, 1903. 7. On them who here, 0 Lord. [Holy Matrimony.] A Wedding Hymn, published with music by Novello & Co., 1903. A most acceptable addition to hymns for Holy Matrimony. 8. Praise the Lord: to-day we raise Hymns of thankfulness and praise. [For Victory] Written in 1902, and first printed in the Times, and t' en, with music, by Novello & Co. Included in Church Hymns, 1903. 9. Praise the Lord! to-day we sing. Birthday of our Founder King. [For Founder's Day.] Written for use at Eton, and included in Eton Songs, 1891-2, as "Hymn for Founder's Day." Admirably suited, with slight change in the opening line, for any Public School. 10. Uprose the stately temple. [Dedication of a School Chapel]. Written in 1891, and published in his Eton Songs, 1891-2. Mr. Ainger has written several other hymns, including one for the Coronation of King Edward VII., a Thanksgiving Hymn for his recovery from sickness (Skeffingtons), and others not in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ann Maria Ainslie

Author of "Great God, before thy throne I bow" Ainslie, Ann Maria, was the author of Letters from the Dead to the Living, and Moral Letters, the 2nd edition of which was published at Edinburgh, 1812. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Marion Paul Aird

1815 - 1888 Author of "Far, Far Away" Aird, Marion Paul, born at Glasgow, 1815, where she resided for some time, and then proceeded to Kilmarnock, where her Home of the Heart and other Poems Moral and Religious were published 1846-1863, her Heart Histories, Violets from Greenwood, &c, in prose and verse , 1853, and Sun and Shade, 1860. Miss Aird is included in J. G. Wilson's Poets and Poetry of Scotland, 1876, vol. ii. p. 389. Very few of her hymns are in common use, amongst these is "Had I the wings of a dove, I would fly?” --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== The Modern Scottish Minstrel The following is from Volume V of The Modern Scottish Minstrel; Or, The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century in Six Volumes: Marion Paul Aird The accomplished and amiable author of "Heart Histories" and other poems, Marion Paul Aird, is a native of Glasgow. Her paternal ancestors were respectable yeomen in the Carrick district of Ayrshire. Her mother, a niece of Hamilton Paul, formerly noticed, was descended from a race of opulent landowners in the district of Cunningham. In her youth, Miss Aird had her abode in a romantic cottage at Govan Hill, in the vicinity of Glasgow. For a number of years she has resided in Kilmarnock. She early studied the British poets, and herself wrote verses. In 1846 she published a duodecimo volume of poems and lyrics, entitled "The Home of the Heart, and other Poems;" this was followed in 1853 by a volume of prose and verse, under the title of "Heart Histories." She has two new volumes of poetry ready for the press. Her poetry is largely pervaded by religious fervour and devoted earnestness. --http://www.scotsites.co.uk/ebooks/modernminstrelmarionpaulaird.htm