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William Nelson

1906 - 1981 Author of "How swift the wing, how keen the eye" in The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ William Clarence Nelson (1906-1981) was the editor of The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ, 1974 and the author of three of its texts . He was born in Chicago March 12, 1906. After graduation from Mission House Theological Seminary in 1935 he was ordained by the Reformed Church denomination in Glenmont, Ohio. He was Pastor of St. John's E&R Church Glenmont, OH 1935-37; Immanuel E&R Church of Indianapolis, IN 1937-44; and Trinity UCC of Akron, OH 1944-68. He died in Canal Fulton, OH October 16, 1981. Mary Louise VanDyke

Minot J. Savage

1841 - 1918 Person Name: M. J. S. Author of "Father, we would not dare to change" in Sacred Songs For Public Worship Savage, Minot Judson, D.D., was born at Norridgewock, Maine, June 10, 1841, and educated at Bangor Seminary, where he graduated in 1864. From 1867 to 1873 he was a Congregational Minister, and then he joined the Unitarians, and has now (1900) a charge in Boston. He has published several works, including Poems, Boston, 1882. He also edited, with H. M. Dow, Sacred Songs for Public Worship, Boston, 1883, to which he contributed 46 original hymns. In hymnals other than this, of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Dost thou hear the bugle sounding. Consecration to Duty. 2. Father, we would not dare to change Thy purpose, &C. Prayer. 3. 0 God Whose law is in the sky. Consecration to Duty. 4. 0 star of truth down shining. Truth. 5. The God that to the fathers revealed His holy will. God unchangeable. 6. The very blossoms of our life. Holy Baptism. 7. What purpose burns within our hearts. Joining in Church Fellowship. 8. God of the glorious summer hours. New Year This is in D. Agate's Sunday S. Hymn Book, 1881, No. 371, and dated 1875. From the Sunny Side, N.Y.. 1875,p. 119. Some of these hymns are given in Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, Glasgow, 1889, and recent American hymnals. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Simon Zachariah

b. 1951 Translator of "അജ്ഞാതം തൻ ചെയ്തികൾ" in The Cyber Hymnal

Gordon J. Munro

b. 1972 Person Name: Gordon J. Munro (b. 1972) Arranger of "FRENCH (DUNDEE)" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Anna L. Price

Person Name: Mrs. Anna L. Price Author of "Above the Trembling Elements" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite

John Barathi

Person Name: S. John Barathi Translator of "என் கண்களை ஏறெடுப்பேன்" in The Cyber Hymnal

John Hughes

1775 - 1854 Person Name: J. H. Author of "O! anfon Di yr Ysbryd Glân" in Old and New Welsh and English Hymns John Hughes, Pontrobert. Dates from Welsh Biography Online, from the National Library of Wales.

Evan Evans

1795 - 1850 Person Name: E. E. Author of "Fy Nhad sydd wrth y llyw" in Mawl a chân = praise and song See also Ieuan Glan Geirionydd Evans, Evan. [Glangeirionydd.] Born at Trefriw in Caernarvonshire. He is considered the chief Welsh Hymn-writer of this century, as Williams was of the last century. He published two books of hymns and tunes between 1829 and 1841. He was Vicar of Rhyl, and died in 1850. Although his hymn-books and tunes are not in use now, yet many of his hymns are found in every collection in Wales. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)