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Kevin Prosch

Hymnal Number: 205 Author of "Show Your power, O Lord our God" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Person Name: William Wright, 1859-1924 Hymnal Number: 134 Author of "March on, my soul, with strength" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook William Wright was Director of Music and Organist at Deer Park United Church in Toronto from 1965-2009. He taught at the University of Toronto and at the Toronto School of Theology. Dianne Shapiro

Hester P. Hawkins

1846 - 1928 Person Name: Hester Periam Hawkins, 1848-1928 Hymnal Number: 133 Author of "Heavenly Father, You have brought us" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Hawkins, Hester P., née Lewis, wife of Joshua Hawkins, of Bedford. In 1885, Mrs. Hawkins published The Home Hymn Book, A Manual of Sacred Song for the Family Circle, London, Novello & Co. To this collection she contributed 7 hymns under the signature of "H. P. H." For home use we know of no book of equal comprehensiveness and merit. The music also is well adapted to the family circle. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Hawkins, Hester Periam, p. 1570, i. Her hymns, in the Home Hymn Book, 1885, have almost all passed into other collections. The seven given with her initials "H. P. H." in the Home H. Book are:— 1. Father of all, again we meet. p. 1563, 2. Heavenly Father, Thou hast brought us. Golden Wedding. 3. Kind Shepherd, see Thy little lamb. Evening. 4. O Thou the great Unknown, Unseen. The Thought of God. 5. The twilight softly falling. Sunday Evening. 6. Thy little one, O Saviour dear. Morning. 7. To Thee, the Giver of all good. For Mothers. Mrs. Hawkins informs me that the following in the Home H. Book, 1885, are also by her:— 8. I come to Thee, my Father. Birthdays. 9. In the Name of God our Father. Beginning of Term. 10. Jesu, loving Saviour. The Love of Jesus. 11. Now the days are dark and dreary. Winter. 12. Sweetly o'er the meadows fair. Sunday Evening. 13. The happy days have come again. End of Term. There is a bright and happy home. Heaven. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wade Robinson

1838 - 1876 Person Name: George Wade Robinson Hymnal Number: 510a Author of "Loved with everlasting love" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook George Wade Robinson, born at Cork in 1838, Robinson, George, contributed five hymns to J. Leifchild's Original Hymns, 1842, from which "One sole baptismal sign" (Unity), and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and New College, St. John's Wood, London. He entered the Congregational Ministry, and was co-pastor at York Street Chapel, Dublin, with Dr. Urwick; then pastor at St. John's Wood, at Dudley, and at Union Street, Brighton. He d. at Southhampton, Jan. 28, 1877. He published two vols. of poems, (1) Songs in God's World; (2) Loveland. His hymn, "Strangers and pilgrims here below" (Jesus Only), from his Songs in God's World, is in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, in an abridged form; and "Weary with my load of sin" (Contrition), is in the 1874 Supplement "When to the New Congregational Hymn Book -- exiled seer were given" (New Jerusalem), are taken with alterations. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, John Julian, 1907. Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Kate B. Wilkinson

1859 - 1928 Person Name: Katie Barclay Wilkinson, 1859-1928 Hymnal Number: 512 Author of "May the mind of Christ my Saviour" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Little is known about Kate Barclay Wilkinson’s (b. England, 1859; d. Kensington, England, 1928) life: a member of the Church of England, she was involved in a ministry to girls in London and a participant in the Keswick Convention Movement. She was married to Frederick Barclay Wilkinson. Bert Polman

Jessie Margaret Macdougall Ferguson

1895 - 1964 Person Name: Jessie Margaret Macdougall Ferguson, 1895-1964 Hymnal Number: 60 Author of "We thank You, Lord, for all Your gifts" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

David Fellingham

Person Name: Dave Fellingham, b. 1945 Hymnal Number: 429 Author of "I am He that liveth" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Kenneth W. Coates

b. 1917 Person Name: Kenneth W. Coates, b. 1917 Hymnal Number: 70 Composer of "LANGLEIGH" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Ray Goudie

Hymnal Number: 595 Author of "I will speak out for those who have no voices" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Henry Percy Smith

1825 - 1898 Person Name: Henry Percy Smith, 1825-1898 Hymnal Number: 385 Composer of "MARYTON" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Henry Percy Smith (b. Malta, 1825; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1898) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, and ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1850. He served five churches, including St. Michael's York Town in Farnborough (1851-1868), Great Barton in Suffolk (1868-1882), Christ Church in Cannes, France (1882-1892), and the Cathedral in Gibraltar (1892-1898). MARYTON is his only tune found in contemporary hymnals and is thought to be the only tune he published. Bert Polman