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Walter Russell Bowie

1882 - 1969 Person Name: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882- Topics: Dedication Self Author of "Lord, Christ, when first thou camest to men" in The Hymnal Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States). See also in: Wikipedia

Graham Maule

1958 - 2019 Person Name: Graham Maule (b. 1958) Topics: Christian Initiation; Children and All-Age Worship; Commitment; Dedication of people; Forgiveness; Penitence; Self-offering; Stages of Life; Vocation Author of "Take this moment, sign and space" in Ancient and Modern

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Topics: Consecration Dedication of Self Author of "The Inner Circle" in Christian Service Songs Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911

Adam M. L. Tice

b. 1979 Person Name: Adam M. L. Tice, n. 1979 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

Ella S. Armitage

1841 - 1931 Topics: Dedication Self Author of "O Lord of light, and love and power" in The Hymnal E. S. A. The initials of Ella Sophia Armitage, née Bulley, daughter of S. M. Bulley, of Liverpool, and granddaughter of T. Raffles, D.D. (p. 948, ii.). She was born at Liverpool, March 3, 1841, and married in 1874 to the Rev. E. Armitage, M.A., now (1891) Theological Professor in the Congregational United College, Bradford. Mrs. Armitage has published: (1) The Childhood of the English Nation; (2) The Connection of England and Scotland; (3) The Education of a Christian Home; and (4) a Service of Song entitled The Garden of the Lord, Lond., Novello, 1881. In the last work there are 16 of her original hymns. Mrs. Armitage's hymns in common use include:— 1. Eternal Love, Whose law doth sway. Holy Matrimony. Written in 1879 for the marriage of George F. Armitage. 2. Except the Lord the temple build. Laying Foundation-Stone of Sunday School. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, in 1875 for the laying of the foundation-stone of a new Sunday school. 3. In our dear Lord's garden. Christ’s love for Children, Written at Waterhead in 1881, and published in The Garden of the Lord. 4. It is the Lord Himself who tends. Christ the Divine Gardener. Written for The Garden of the Lord, 1881. 5. March on, march on, ye soldiers true. Missions. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, circa 1886, for a missionary meeting. 6. Not only for the goodly fruit-trees tall. Christ's care of Children. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, for The Garden of the Lord, 1881. 7. 0 Father, in Thy Father's heart. Holy Baptism. Written for the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887. 8. 0 Lord of all, we bring to Thee our sacrifice of praise. Sunday School Festival. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, circa 1879, for a Whitsuntide Sunday school festival. 9. 0 Lord of life, and love, and power. Living to God. Written at Waterhead, Oldham, in 1875, for the opening of a new Sunday school, and published in The Garden of the Lord, 1881. All these hymns are in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887; Nos. 2, 8, in the Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 ; Nos. 3, 4, in the S. S. Union Service Book for Church & School, 1891; and Nos. 1, 5, and 9 in Hunter's Hymns of Faith & Life, Glasgow, 1889. Taken as a whole, Mrs. Armitage's hymns are exceptionally good. --John Julian Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Armitage, Ella S., p. 1560, ii., under E. S. A. Since 3892, the following additional hymns by Mrs. Armitage have come into common use: 1. O Lord of Hosts, the fight is long. [Temperance.] Written by request for Horder's Hys. Suppl. to Existing Collections., 1894, No. 1226. It is also in The Methodist Hymn Book., 1904, and Horder's Worship Song, 1903. 2. Praise for the Garden of God upon earth. [Flower Services.] Published in her Garden of the Lord, 1881. It is an unusually good hymn for Flower Services. 3. The day of prayer is ending. [Evening.] Published in Horder's Hymns Suppl., &c, 1894, and hisWorship Song, 1905. 4. Though home be dear, and life be sweet. [Earth not our Home] Written for a Service of Song (not published), and included in Horder's Hymns Supplement, 1894, and his Worship Song, 1905. It is all in The Pilgrim Hymnal, Boston, U.S.A., 1904. Mrs. Armitage's hymns are becoming widely used, both in America and at home. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Henry Hopkins

1861 - 1945 Topics: Self-Dedication Composer of "GRAND ISLE" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 John Henry Hopkins, born in Vermont, he was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1891. He served mostly in the Chicago diocese. He died in Grand Isle, Vermont. Dianne Shapiro from The Great Forty Years: in the Diocese of Chicago A.D. 1893 to 1934 (The Centenary Fund of the Diocese of Chicago, Inc.: 1936 and Find a Grave website (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33095210/john-henry-hopkins) (accessed 5/22/2024)

Jack Copley Winslow

1882 - 1974 Person Name: Jack Copley Winslow (1882-1974) Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Dedication; Offering of self; Scripture Author of "Lord of creation, to you be all praise!" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John (Jack) Copley Winslow (b. Hanworth, Middlesex, England, 1882; d. Godalming, Surrey, England, 1974)Winslow was educated at Balliol College in Oxford and Wells Theological College, and was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1908. After serving at Wimbledon and lecturing at St. Augustine's College in Canterbury, he worked as a missionary in India (1914-1934). He returned to England and served as parish priest and chaplain at a number of churches, including Lee Abbey in Lynton (1948-1962). His publications include The Church in Action (1936), The Christian Approach to the Hindus (1958), and Modern Miracles (1968). His hymns were published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1950) as well as in various other hymnals. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987

Harry S. Mason

1881 - 1964 Topics: Consecration Dedication of Self Composer of "[Are ye able, said the Master] (Mason)" in Christian Service Songs Harry Silvernale Mason

Charles A. Dickinson

1849 - 1907 Person Name: Charles A. Dickinson, 1849-1906 Topics: Dedication Self Author of "Blessed Master, I have promised" in The Hymnal Charles Albert Dickinson was born July 4, 1849. He spent the first sixteen years of his life living on his family farm in Westminster, Vermont. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1872. He then went on to graduate from Harvard College in 1876 and Andover Seminary in 1879. Dickinson served as pastor of Payson Memorial Church in Portland, Maine and Kirk Street Church in Lowell, Massachusetts before assuming his thirteen-year post at Berkeley Street Church in Boston, MA. in 1887. Under Dickinson's auspices, Berkeley Street Church became Berkeley Temple and greatly expanded its community outreach and so-called "rescue work," including the establishment of New England Kurn Hattin Homes for "homeless and neglected boys and girls" in Dickinson's hometown of Westminster, Vermont. Dickinson passed away in January of 1907 after an illness. Jaimie Scanlon ======================= Dickinson, Charles Albert, D.D., an American Congregational Minister, born at Westminster, Vermont, July 4, 1849, and graduated at Harvard University in 1876. He held various charges to 1899 when he retired through ill health, and returned to Ceres, California. His hymn-writing has been mainly for the young. Several of these hymns are in the Christian Endeavour Hymnal and other collections. The most widely known are "O golden day, so long desired," and "Blessed Master, I have promised" (Consecration to Christ). This latter was written Jan. 4, 1900. [Rev. C. L. Noyes, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Henry Sloane Coffin

1877 - 1954 Topics: Self-Dedication Author (st. 2) of "God himself is with us" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940