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J. C. Embry

Author of "In deep eternity, outlying" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book

1889 - 1956 Person Name: William Lester, b. 1889 Composer (descant) of "PILGRIMS" in Worship and Service Hymnal Lester, Thomas William; b. 9-17-1889, Leicester, d. 12-4-56, Berrien Springs, Mich.; English organist and composer; came to the US in 1902

Federico J. Pagura

1923 - 2016 Person Name: F. J. Pagura Author of "Al Cristo Ved, de Dios el Hijo Eterno" in Cántico Nuevo Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross

Keri Evans

Person Name: K. E. Translator of "Clyw, f'enaid, clyw! mae nefol gân yn tonni (Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling)" in Mawl a chân = praise and song

Barbara B. Hart

1916 - 2016 Person Name: Barbara B. Hart, 1916- Author of "A Christian Home" in His Fullness Songs

Ronald Arbuthnot Knox

1888 - 1957 Person Name: Ronald A. Knox Author of "Awake, Awake, Put On Thy Strength, O Zion" in Rejoice in the Lord UK

Cyril Alington

1872 - 1955 Person Name: C. A. Alington Author of "Awake, Awake, Put On Thy Strength, O Zion" in Rejoice in the Lord Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, England, Cyril A. Alington (b. Ipswich, England, 1872; d. St. Leonards, Hertfordshire, England, 1955) was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1901. He had a teaching career that included being headmaster at Shrewsbury School and Eton College. He was dean of Durham from 1933-1951 as well as chaplain to the king of England. His writings include literary works and Christianity in England, Good News (1945). Many of his hymns appeared in various twentieth-century editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Alejandro Cativiela

Author of "Al Cristo Ved, de Dios el Hijo Eterno" in Cántico Nuevo

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 - 1882 Author of "Out from the heart of nature rolled" in Jubilate Deo Emerson, Ralph Waldo, son of an Unitarian Minister, was born at Boston, U.S., May 25, 1803. He was educated for the Unitarian Ministry, and acted, 1829-32, as one of their ministers. Ultimately he left the ministry, and devoted himself to lecturing and literature. As a philosopher, essayist, and poet he rose to a distinguished position. He died at Concord, Massachusetts, April 27, 1882. His published works include Poems, 1846; Orations, Lectures, and Addresses, 1844; Representative Men, 1850; English Traits, 1856, &c. His hymns are not numerous. They include:— 1. Out from the heart of nature rolled. The Everlasting Word. This is part of his poem The Problem, published in the Dial, July, 1840; and then in the 1st ed. of his Poems, 1846. It was included in the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 636; and Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, No. 112. 2. We love the venerable house. The House of God. Written in 1833, for the Ordination of the Rev. Chandler Bobbins, who succeeded Emerson as Minister of the Second (Unitarian) Church, Boston. It is in the Hymns of thd Spirit, 1864, No. 224; and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)