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Hugh Martin

1890 - 1964 Person Name: Hugh Martin, 1890-1964 Topics: The Godhead Jesus - God the Son; The Church of Jesus Christ The Scriptures; Songs Suitable for Children Author (v. 6) of "Tell me the stories of Jesus" in Complete Mission Praise Martin, Hugh. (1890--1964). Chair of the Editorial Committee of the Psalms and Hymns Trust of the Baptist Churches of Britain; active in the Christian Student Movement Press which he served from 1929 to 1950. Graduate of Glasgow University. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives =============== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Martin_(minister)

Les Garrett

Topics: Scripture Songs Author of "This Is the Day" in Sing Joyfully Rv Les Garrett New Zealand/Australia. Born at Matamata, New Zealand, he graduated from New Life Word of Faith Bible School at Tuaranga, NZ. He married wife, Marjorie (last name not found), and they had three children: Julie, Joy, and Mark. He moved to Western Australia and became a minister at Christian Family Center, Maddington, Perth, Australia. He also evangelized around the world, preaching at various places in Ireland, India, South Africa, and SE Asia. He traveled often, speaking at churches and various conventions, typically Baptist. For 10 years he lectured at Hebron Bible College, Perth, Australia. He was an author, writing on Bible translation, and published a songbook: ‘Scripture in Song’ (1967). Another, ‘Sound of Loving Waters’, was later published (1974). For a time, he lived at Narrogin, Australia. For 20 years he served his community as an active member of the Angaston Garden Society. He died at Angaston, South Australia. John Perry

Anonymous

Topics: Scriptural Songs Author (st. 3) of "To God with gladness sing" in The Summit Choirbook In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Twila LaBar

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Brent Chambers

b. 1948 Topics: Scripture Hymns and Songs Paraphraser of "In the Presence of Your People" in The Worshiping Church Brent Sinclair Chambers (b. Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 1948) composed this song after experiencing an evening of ethnic music and dance in 1977. Chambers attended the Bible College of New Zealand and Auckland University and then became a self-employed painting contractor and song writer. He has written or co-written over five hundred songs, a number of which have been recorded or published. He based the text on Psalm 22:3, 22 and Psalm 145:7, though the words of the first line could also have been taken from Psalm 52:9b. He named his tune CELEBRATION, and both text and music were published in Scripture in Song (1977), one of the most important Scripture-chorus collections (initially from New Zealand) of the 1970s. The vocable "lai," suggested for the descant line on the repetition of the music, can be replaced with combinations of "ah" and "alleluia." Other stanzas can be added as well. --www.hymnary.org/hymn/PsH/160

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Topics: Bible Songs Scriptures, Law, Sabbath Author of "Give me the Bible, holy message shining" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

Mark Andrews

1875 - 1939 Topics: Scripture Songs Composer of "[Praise, my soul, the King of heaven]" in Sing Joyfully Mark Andrews was born in Erith, Kent, England in 1875 and emigrated to the United States in 1903. Trained at Westminster Abbey under organist John Thomas Ruch, he served as organist for St. Luke’s Episcopal, First Baptist, and First Congregational churches in Montclair, New Jersey. Andrews was a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists and an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, and he taught many pupils who became noted church musicians. A prolific composer of more than three hundred works, Andrews is remembered for hymn tunes such as Audrey (likely memorializing his daughter), Exultation, Fosdick, Whitney, and a distinct tune also titled Lauda Anima, written as an alternative setting for “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven.” His music reflects the English cathedral tradition blended with American congregational song, and several of his tunes remain in hymnals today. J.S. McDuff (from Montclair church archives and early 20th-century hymnals including Hymns of the Living Church 1910, retrieved 9/15/2025)

H. M. Haydn

Person Name: Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806) Topics: Scriptural Songs Composer of "LYONS" in The Summit Choirbook

John Antes

1740 - 1811 Topics: Scripture Hymns and Songs Adapter of "MONKLAND" in The Worshiping Church John Antes (b. Frederick, PA, 1740; d. Bristol, England, 1811) was a missionary, watchmaker, business manager, and composer. Born near the Moravian community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was trained at the Moravian boys' school and later received religious education and further training as a watchmaker in Herrnhut, Germany. From 1770 to 1781 he served as a missionary in Egypt and from 1783 until his death was the business manager of the Moravian community in Fulneck, England. Although music was his avocation, Antes was a fine composer and musician. Among his compositions are a number of anthems, several string trios, and over fifty hymn tunes. Bert Polman