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Federico J. Pagura

1923 - 2016 Author (estr.) of "Cuando las bases" in Celebremos Su Gloria Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross

1828 - 1902 Person Name: George W. Warren Composer of "TIDINGS" in El Himnario George W. Warren (b. Albany, NY, 1828; d. New York, 1902) received his general education at Racine College in Wisconsin, but as a musician he was largely self-trained. An organist in a number of Episcopal churches, he played the organ for thirty years (1870-1900) at St. Thomas Church in New York City. Warren composed anthems and liturgical service music; his hymn tunes were collected in Warren's Hymns and Tunes as Sung in St. Thomas Church (1888). Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Love thyself last. Look near; behold thy duty" in The Evangelical 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.

Mary Ann Thomson

1834 - 1923 Person Name: Mrs. Mary Ann Thomson Author of "Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace" in Christian Song Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Philadelphia, was born in London, England, December 5, 1834. She has written about forty hymns, which have appeared mostly in the Churchman, New York, and in the Living Church, Chicago. Four of her hymns are found in the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, 1892. Of the origin of the missionary hymn by Mrs. Thomson which is found in our Hymnal she writes as follows: I wrote the greater part of the hymn, "O Zion, haste," in the year 1868. I had written many hymns before, and one night, while I was sitting up with one of my children who was ill of typhoid fever, I thought I should like to write a missionary hymn to the tune of the hymn beginning "Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling," as I was fond of that tune; but as I could not then get a refrain I liked, I left the hymn unfinished, and about three years later I finished it by writing the refrain which now forms part of it. By some mistake 1891 is given instead of 1871 as the date of the hymn in the (Episcopal) Hymnal. I do not think it is ever sung to the tune for which I wrote it. Rev. John Anketell told me, and I am sure he is right, that it is better for a hymn to have a tune of its own, and I feel much indebted to the composer of the tune "Tidings" for writing so inspiring a tune to my words. Hymn Writers of the Church by Wilber F. Tillett and Charles S. Nutter, 1915 ================== Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Phila., was born in London, England, Dec. 5, 1834. She has written several hymns and poems. To 1895, eight of these appeared in The Churchman (New York); and thirty-four in The Living Church (Chicago). Of her hymns the following were included in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged .. . The P. E. Church, U.S.A., 1892 :— 1. Now the blessed Dayspring. [Annunciation B. V. M.] Begins with stanza ii. of "Through the sins and sorrows," which appeared in The Living Church, March 29, 1890. 2. O King of saints, we give Thee praise and glory. [All Saints.] First published in The Living Church, Nov. 8, 1890. In the first ed. of The Book of Praise, N.Y., 1894, it was attributed to Bp. W. W. How in error. 3. O Sion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling. [Missions.] No. 249 in The Hymnal, &c., 1892. 4. Saviour, for the little one. [Burial of a Child.] The Hymnal, &c., 1892, No. 247. Mrs. Thomson's Christmas Carol, "Lo! amid the shades of night," appeared, with music by B. Cecil Klein, in The Churchman, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1891, and separately at Phila. in 1892. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: V. Mendoza Author of "Pueblo Cristiano, Tu Mision Realiza" in Himnos Selectos Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

John Page Hopps

1834 - 1911 Person Name: J. Page Hopps Author of "Father of mercy, Father of love" in The Spirit of Praise Hopps, John Page, was born in London, Nov. 6, 1834, and educated at the G. Baptist College, Leicester. Commencing public work in 1856, after a brief ministry at Hugglescote and Ibstock, in Leicestershire, he became colleague with George Dawson at the Church of the Saviour, Birmingham. From 1860 to 1876 he ministered to Unitarian congregations at Sheffield, Dukinfield, and Glasgow. Since 1876 he has preached in Leicester. Mr. Hopps has published many books and pamphlets, chiefly volumes of Sermons and Lectures. Most of his smaller works are controversial. In 1863 he commenced a monthly periodical called The Truthseeker. He has compiled the following hymnbooks for Congregational, Mission, or School purposes:— (1) Hymns for Public Worship and the Home, 1858; (2) Hymns of Faith and Progress, c. 1865; (3) Hymns for Public Worship, 1873; (4) One hundred Hymns for Sunday Schools, 1873; (5) Hymns, Chants and Anthems for Public Worship, 1877; (6) The Children's Hymn Book, 1879; (7) The Young People's Book of Hymns, 1881; (8) and six different editions of Hymns for Special Services (for Sunday afternoon and evening gatherings in the Temperance Hall and Floral Hall, Leicester). Mr. Hopps has himself written various hymns, some of considerable merit. Several have appeared in Congregational, Baptist, Unitarian and other collections. Among the best known are the following:— 1. Cold and cheerless, dark and drear. Winter. 2. Father, lead me day by day. Child's Prayer for Divine Guidance. 3. Father, let Thy kingdom come. God's Kingdom desired. 4. God bless the little children. Prayer for Children. 5. We praise Thee oft for hours of bliss. The blessings of Sorrow. These hymns are from his Hymns, Chants, and Anthems, &c. 1877, and the Hymns for Special Services. The most popular is No. 2. [Rev. W. R .Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

James Walch

1837 - 1901 Composer of "TIDINGS" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 James Walch was a musician and composer, born near Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1837. He spent his early life in the town and was organist in several churches there, including the parish church of St George’s. From 1870-1877, he was conductor for the Bolton Philharmonic Society. He also composed at least four published hymn tunes, the best known of which is called “Tidings”. Written in 1875, it’s usually used as the tune to a hymn called “O Zion Haste”. James Walch was a musical instrument dealer by trade, and moved to Barrow-in-Furness in 1877. He later moved to Llandudno Junction in North Wales, where he died in August 1901 and was buried locally. His wife later donated money to pay for the organs in two local churches, St Paul's Llandudno and All Saints Deganwy, in his memory. Three decades later, an article in the London Gazette reported on a dispute arising from his will, and mentioned that he had a son, Harry West Walch, who was a pianist and lived in Hereford. St Paul's Church, Llandudno newsletter; used by permission of Christ Dearden (Walch's wife paid for the organ at St. Paul's Church)

Myrtle Fillmore

Author of "Publish glad tidings" in Unity Song Selections

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Mod. por of "¡Despierta, Oh Sión!" in Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Eugene Butler

b. 1894 Arranger of Last vs. Harmony of "TIDDINGS" in Hymns for the Family of God

Martin E. Leckebusch

b. 1962 Person Name: Martin Leckebusch Author of "We Worship You, Whose Splendor Dwarfs the Cosmos" in Psalms for All Seasons

Julia Morgan

Composer of "TIDINGS" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II

James Welch

Person Name: James Welch, 1837-1901 Composer of "ANGELIC SONGS" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Pablo Sywulka B.

b. 1940 Author (coro) of "Cuando las bases" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Jann Aldredge-Clanton

b. 1946 Author of "Come, Mother Eagle, teach us to soar" in Inclusive Songs for Resistance and Social Action

Solomon L. Ginsburg

1867 - 1927 Person Name: Salomão Luiz Ginsburg, 1867-1927 of "As Boas Novas Anunciai" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão Born in Poland in 1867, Ginsburg was a Baptist pastor and missionary to Brazil for thirty-five years. He wrote A Wandering Jew in Brazil: An Autobiography

Leland Bryant Ross

b. 1954 Person Name: Ros' Haruo Translator of "Hastu, Cion'! Plenumu la mision" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta American Baptist layman. Amateur hymnologist and polyglot. Translator of many hymns into, and author of a few in, Esperanto, as well as some hymns in English. 13 texts (incl. 3 original) in Adoru, plus two in Espero Katolika's supplement. Edited the largest online Esperanto hymnal, TTT-Himnaro Cigneta, now accessible via the Wayback Machine at archive.org, (https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113553/http://geocities.com/cigneto/pretaj.html) as well as in large part here on Hymnary.org. Lives near Seattle.

Henry Allon

1818 - 1892 Person Name: Henry Allon, 1818-1892 Author of "Hark! Hark, My Soul! (Allon)" in The Cyber Hymnal Allon, Henry, D.D., an Independent Minister, born at Welton, near Hull, October 18, 1818, and educated at Cheshunt College, Herts. In 1844 he became co-pastor with the Rev. T. Lewis of the Union Chapel, Islington, and succeeded to the sole pastorate on the death of Mr. Lewis in 1852. In 1865 Dr. Allon became co-editor with Dr. Reynolds of the British Quarterly Review, and in 1877 the sole editor of that journal. His Memoir of the Rev. J. Sherman, published in 1863, and his Sermons on The Vision of God, 1876, are well known. As a composer of hymns he is represented by one hymn only, "Low in Thine agony," a good hymn for Passiontide, contributed to his Supplemental Hymns, 1868, No. 24. His services to Hymnody, especially in the musical department, have been of value. In addition to acting as co-editor of the New Congregational Hymn Book 1859, he published Supplemental Hymns, 1868, enlarged ed. 1875; Children's Worship, 1878; and The Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886. His musical compilations are the Congregational Psalmist, London, 1858, in conjunction with Dr. Gauntlett, in which his Historical Preface and Biographical Notes display considerable research and accuracy (various eds. 1868, 1875, 1883, raising the original 330 to 650 tunes); 2nd sect, of the same, Chant Book. 1860; 3rd sect, Anthems for Congregational Use, 1872; 4th. sect, Tunes for Children's Worship, 1879. These musical works, together with his essay, "The Worship of the Church," contributed to Dr. Reynolds's Ecclesia, 1870; and his most valuable lectures delivered in connection with the Y. M. C. A. in Exeter Hall;--Church Song in its Relation to Church Life, 1861-2; and Psalmody of the Reformation, 1863-4,-—have done much towards raising the musical portion of Nonconformist worship to a higher and more cultured position. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Levi B. Salmans

Translator of "Canta las nuevas, nuevas de amor" in Culto Cristiano

Vasile Prodan

1894 - 1949 Translator of "O Sionae Cu Vestea Ta Grăbeşte" in The Cyber Hymnal

G. Tabor Thompson

Author of "Publish Glad Tidings" in Songs of Summerland Thompson, G. Tabor. (19th century). Little information has been available on this author, except that he succeeded J.H. Burke as song leader under A.B. Simpson at the New York Gospel Tabernacle about 1890. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

Alejandro Cativiela

Translator of "Aprisa, ¡Sion!" in Himnario Bautista

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