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Robert Keen

Person Name: R. Keene Author of "How Firm a Foundation" in Concordia Robert Keen (or Keene) was the leader of music and the Carter Lane Baptist Church in London when John Rippon was the pastor. It was during this time that Rippon collected and published his Selections in 1787. He is the likely author of "How Firm a Foundation."

Josiah Hopkins

1786 - 1862 Person Name: J. Hopkins Author of "Oh, Turn Ye" in Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 Hopkins, Josiah , D.D., was born at Pittsford, Vermont, April 13, 1786. From 1809 to 1830 he was pastor of a Congregational Church, at New Haven, Vermont; and from 1830 to 1848 of the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, New York. He died at Geneva, New York, July 27, 1862. He was the editor of Conference Hymns , Auburn, 1846, and contributed hymns to the Christian Lyre , N. Y., 1830. From the latter work his hymns in common use are taken:— 1. 0 turn ye, 0 turn ye, for why will ye die. Expostulation. 2. Why sleep we, my brethren. Expostulation. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Lorenzo Lyons

1807 - 1886 Person Name: Laiana (Lorenzo Lyons), 1807-1886 Haw. of "HO'ONANI KAKOU IAIA" in Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii Lorenzo Lyons also known as Makua Laiana, missionary to Hawaii. Dianne Shapiro

William T. Brooke

1848 - 1917 Person Name: William . Brooke, 1848-1917 Translator of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Brooke, William Thomas, born Jan. 9, 1848, and educated at the City of London School. After entering commercial life he felt a warm interest in hymnology, and from his intimate acquaintance with Daniel Sedgwick he gradually learnt all that Sedgwick had to teach. His hymns and translations were contributed to religious newspapers and periodicals. Many are still unpublished, but hymns of his will be found in the Monthly Packet, 1872; the Methodist Sunday School Hymnal, 1879; the Methodist Hymns for Missions, 1882; his own Churchman's Manual of Privte and Family Devotion, 1882; and in the Altar Hymnal, 1884. Following in Sedgwick's steps, he has authenticated the texts and authorship for several compilations (e.g.) Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book,1879; the Congregational Book of Praise for Children, 1881, and others. Originally a Baptist, he became in 1867 a member of the Church of England. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Linda Mawson

b. 1947 Arranger of "ADESTE FIDELES" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship

José Joaquín de Mora

1783 - 1864 Person Name: Mora Translator of "Es digno el Cordero" in Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal

William Knox

1789 - 1825 Person Name: Knox Author of "Acquaint thee, O mortal, acquaint thee with God" in Good-Will Songs Born: August 17, 1789, Firth, Lilliesleaf, Roxburgh, Scotland. Died: November 12, 1825, Edinburgh, Scotland. Buried: New Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland. Knox, William, born at Firth, Lilliesleaf, Roxburgh, Aug. 17, 1789, and educated at the parish school, and the grammar school at Musselburgh. For some time he was engaged in farming at Wrae, near Langholm, Dumfriesshire; but not succeeding to his satisfaction, he left Wrae in 1817, and finally settled in Edinburgh in 1820, where he subsequently obtained employment as a contributor to the public journals. He died in Edinburgh, Nov. 12, 1825. His poetical works were, (1) The Lonely Hearth, North Shields, 1818 ; (2) Songs of Israel, 1824; (3) The Harp of Zion, 1825; and (4) these three works, together with a short Memoir, as his Poems, &c, Lond., J. Johnson, 1847. The Songs and Harp are mainly paraphrases of portions of Holy Scripture. A few have come into use as congregational hymns, as, "A voice comes from Ramah," "Acquaint thee, O mortal," "O sweet as vernal dews that fall" (Ps. cxxxiii.), and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)