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John H. Sammis

1846 - 1919 Person Name: J. H. Sammis Scripture: Matthew 1:2 Author of "Jesus Saves and He Alone" in Evangelistic Songs John H. Sammis was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Logansport, Indiana when ye was 22, where he was converted to Christianity. He was active in the Y.M.C.A., serving as secretary for the Terre Haute Association and later becoming State Secretary. After this, he studied at Lane and McCormack seminaries and was ordained in the Presbyterian church at Glidden, Iowa. He also pastored churches in Indianapolis, Grand Haven, MI, Red Wing and St. Paul, Minn. In 1909 he became associated with the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He wrote more that 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Herman G. Stuempfle

1923 - 2007 Person Name: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Scripture: Matthew 1:4-11 Author of "Jesus, Tempted in the Desert" in RitualSong Rev. Dr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 83, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, after a long illness. Born April 2, 1923, in Clarion, he was the son of the late Herman G. and Helen (Wolfe) Stuempfle, Sr. Stuempfle lived most of his life in Gettysburg, PA. He served as President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He attended Hughesville public schools, and was a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He received additional advanced degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a doctoral degree at Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. He retired in 1989. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was the author of several books and numerous articles and lectures on preaching, history, and theology. He was also among the most honored and respected hymn writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was known for his leadership in community and civic projects. Always taking an active stance on social issues, he participated in the creation of day care centers, served on the Gettysburg interchurch social action committee, helped create and support prison ministries and a homeless shelter, and tutored young people in the after school program of Christ Lutheran Church, where he was a long time member. --Excerpts from his obituary published in Evening Sun from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2007

John Stainer

1840 - 1901 Scripture: Matthew 1:18 Arranger of "THE FIRST NOEL" in The Worshiping Church

Robert Carlton Savage

1914 - 1987 Person Name: Roberto C. Savage Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23 Translator of "Oh ven, bendito Emanuel" in Celebremos Su Gloria Robert Carlson Savage was born in Wisconsin in 1914. He served as a missionary in Colombia and then worked 24 years for HCJB radio in Quito, Ecuador. He edited and compiled several songbooks and hymnals, including Himnos d Fe y Alabanza in 1966. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992

Esteban Sywulka B.

b. 1942 Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23 Author ( es. 4) of "Oh ven, bendito Emanuel" in Celebremos Su Gloria

David Schubert

b. 1942 Person Name: David Arthur Schubert, 1942-u Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Translator of "Saviour of the nations, come" in Together in Song

Isaac Nicolau Salum

1913 - 1993 Person Name: Isaac Nicolau Salum, 1913-1993 Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Author of "Rest Quietly, Rest Sweetly" in When Breaks the Dawn

Martin A. Seltz

b. 1951 Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Translator (stanzas 3, 4) of "Savior of the Nations, Come!" in Voices Together

Christopher Smart

1722 - 1771 Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Author of "Where Is This Stupendous Stranger" in Voices Together Smart, Christophe, M.A., was born at Shipburn, Kent, in 1722, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he gained the Seatonian prize for five years, four of which were in succession, (B.A. 1747.) He removed to London in 1753, and gave some attention to literature: but neglecting both his property and his constitution, he became poor and insane. He died in the King's Bench, 1771. His Poems were published in 2 vols. in 1771. From that work "Father of light conduct my feet" (Divine Guidance), and "I sing of God the mighty Source" [God the Author of All), have been taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)