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Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Topics: Commitment and Dedication; Compromiso y Dedicación; Entrega; Surrender; Offering of Heart, Life, and Self; Ofrenda del Corazón, vida y Propio Ser Translator of "Yo quiero ser, Señor amado (I Want to Be What You Would Make Me)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

William Boyd

1847 - 1928 Person Name: W. Boyd, 1847- Topics: Self-Dedication Composer of "PENTECOST" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book William Boyd Jamaica 1847-1928. Born at Montego Bay, he studied under Sabine-Baring Gould, and attended Worcester College,Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1877, eventually becoming Vicar at All Saints Church, Norfolk Square, London. John Perry

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750 Person Name: J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Topics: Self-Dedication Arranger of "LIEBSTER JESU" in Magnify the Lord Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Italian masters. His own compositions spanned almost every musical form then known (Opera was the notable exception). In his own time, Bach was highly regarded as organist and teacher, his compositions being circulated as models of contrapuntal technique. Four of his children achieved careers as composers; Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin are only a few of the best known of the musicians that confessed a major debt to Bach's work in their own musical development. Mendelssohn began re-introducing Bach's music into the concert repertoire, where it has come to attract admiration and even veneration for its own sake. After 20 years of successful work in several posts, Bach became cantor of the Thomas-schule in Leipzig, and remained there for the remaining 27 years of his life, concentrating on church music for the Lutheran service: over 200 cantatas, four passion settings, a Mass, and hundreds of chorale settings, harmonizations, preludes, and arrangements. He edited the tunes for Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, contributing 16 original tunes. His choral harmonizations remain a staple for studies of composition and harmony. Additional melodies from his works have been adapted as hymn tunes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Sebastian Temple

1928 - 1997 Person Name: Sebastian Temple (1928-1997) Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Dedication; Offering of gifts; Offering of self Author of "All that I am, all that I do" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Sebastian Temple (1928-1997) grew up in South Africa and later moved to London, where he worked for the BBC on news broadcasts relating to South Africa. Sebastian converted to Catholicism and spent much of his time composing music for worship. He is best remembered for "The Prayer of St. Francis," which was played at the funeral of Princess Diana. --http://www.ocp.org/artists/587

H. A. Walter

1883 - 1918 Person Name: Howard Arnold Walter Topics: Consecration Dedication of Self Author of "I Would Be True" in Christian Service Songs

Graham Kendrick

b. 1950 Person Name: Graham Kendrick (b. 1950) Topics: Commitment; Dedication of people; Devotion; Discipleship; Love for God; Self-offering Author of "Knowing you, Jesus" in Ancient and Modern Graham Kendrick (b. England, August 2, 1950), the son of a Baptist minister in Northamptonshire, is one of the most prolific Christian singer-songwriters in the United Kingdom. He’s written music for over thirty years, and to date has released thirty-eight albums. He is best known for his songs “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “Knowing You,” and “The Servant King.” Kendrick has received honorary doctorates in divinity from Brunel University and Wycliffe College. In 1987 he helped co-found the March for Jesus, which today is a global phenomenon in which Christians take their faith to the streets in a celebration of Christ. In 1995 Kendrick received a Dove Award for his international work, and he remains an active advocate for Compassion International, which is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world, and also is a contributor to CompassionArt, an organization with the aim of generating income from works of art to assist in the relief of suffering around the planet. Laura de Jong

C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Person Name: C. A. M. Topics: Consecration Dedication of Self Author of "In Thee Do I Live" in Christian Service Songs Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Tom Colvin

1925 - 2000 Person Name: Tom Colvin (1925-2000) Topics: Our Response to Christ In Dedication; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs; Offering of self Translator of "Humbly in your sight we come together, Lord" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Tom Colvin (b. 1925; d. 2000) was trained as an engineer and worked in that profession in Burma and Singapore from 1945 to 1948. After studying theology at Trinity College, Glasgow University, he was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1954. He served as missionary in Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1954 to 1958, in Ghana from 1958 to 1964, and again in Nyasaland from 1964 to 1974. His work there included preaching, education, and community development. After completing his missionary work, Colvin became a minister in the United Reformed Church of England and served an inner-city church in London. He returned to Africa in 1984 as a development consultant to the Zimbabwe Christian Council. Colvin's writings include Christ's Work in Free Africa (1964) and three collections of hymns, many written in collaboration with African Christians–Free to Serve (1966), Leap My Soul (1976), and Fill Us with Your Love (1983). Bert Polman

F.-H. Barthélémon

1741 - 1808 Person Name: François H. Barthélémon Topics: Self-Dedication Composer of "MORNING HYMN" in Magnify the Lord French violinist, composer, teacher, he became active in England, playing in an Italian comedy orchestra and led a band. He wrote opera, ballet, theatre music and ballads, popular songs, masques, concertos and 6 symphonies. John Perry

Margaret Pleasant Douroux

b. 1941 Topics: Self-Dedication Author of "Give me a clean heart so I may serve thee" in Magnify the Lord Margaret Pleasant Douroux (b 21 March 1941, Los Angeles, CA), daughter of Earl Amos Pleasant (1918–1974) and Olga Mae Williams (1920–2006), one of six siblings. Earl was a singer who toured with Mahalia Jackson before he became the founder (1945) and longtime pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Inglewood, CA. Olga was an accompanist; Margaret likewise took an interest in music, playing piano for Sunday School classes until she was able to play for adult choirs. Through her father’s musical connections, she met influential gospel musicians such as Mahalia Jackson, Joe May, Sallie Martin, Thurston Frazier, and James Cleveland. In 1963, she married Donald Douroux, and they had one daughter, Mardy. She earned a degree in music from Cal State L.A. (1963), plus master’s degrees from the University of Southern California (1968, 1973), and a doctorate from the University of Beverly Hills (1979). After the death of her father, she joined her brother Earl in starting Greater New Bethel Baptist Church in Inglewood, California (1976). At the time, she was a school psychologist for Los Angeles City Schools. She had previously worked as an elementary school teacher and a guidance counselor. Magaret retired as music director of Greater New Bethel in 2015. Her career as a songwriter began when she wrote “Give Me a Clean Heart” (1970). —Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025)