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J. Wesley Watts

Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Composer of "[There's a sunny side where no ills betide]" in Timeless Truths

1873 - 1944 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Composer of "HIGHFIELD" Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.gmahalloffame.org

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Translator of "De Tal Manera Me Amó" Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

George S. Schuler

1882 - 1973 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Composer of "SCHULER" in The Worshiping Church

Jean Perry

1865 - 1935 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Author of "I Know of a Name" in Hymns for the Living Church

Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Author of ""What Must I Do?"" in Hymns for the Living Church Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary

D. S. Hakes

Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Composer of "STANDARD" in The Church Hymnal

B. F. White

1800 - 1879 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Arranger of "THE HAPPY SAILOR" Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman

I. E. Reynolds

1879 - 1949 Person Name: Isham E. Reynolds, 1879-1949 Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Author of "Jesus Is the Friend You Need" in Baptist Hymnal 1956

Ron Hamilton

1950 - 2023 Person Name: Ron Hamilton, 1950- Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Author of "The Praise Song" in Rejoice Hymns In honor and memory of Ron ("Patch the Pirate") Hamilton (1950-2023), the American Christian musician, lyricist, composer, and president and owner of Majesty Music, who passed away last week on April 19, the posts this week will be about him. After finishing high school, in 1969 Ron went on to Bob Jones University (BJU) in Greenville, SC, where he received a BA in Church Music in 1973, followed by an MA in Church Music Composition. While at BJU Ron met Shelly Garlock at vesper choir, directed by her father, Dr. Frank Garlock; it was "love at first sight" and six years later, on May 31, 1975, they were married. They have five children: Jonathan, Tara, Alyssa, Megan, and Jason. Immediately, they began working at Majesty Music, a Christian music publishing house founded by Dr. Garlock. (Sources: Patch the Pirate Facebook page, Wikipedia) One of Ron Hamilton's songs that depicts well his life is "Faithful Men": I am looking to Jesus, giving all in the race, Pressing upward to gain the heavenly prize. Faithful men are my witness, who have struggled and died; And they watch from the grandstand in the skies. (Refrain) Faithful men have gone before us, Faithful men who fight and stand; I want to follow in their footsteps, Guided by those faithful men. Jacob joined with the faithful; Joseph followed behind; Moses ran with the mighty men of old. There were David and Daniel; then came Peter and Paul. Now they chant as they run on streets of gold. Refrain (Majesty Hymns, p. 380) --from an obituary on the Facebook group "Hymns and Hymnwriters"

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