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Frances Maria Cowper

1727 - 1797 Author of "My span of life will soon be done" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) Cowper, Frances Maria, née Madan, wife of Major Cowper, sister of Martin Madan, and cousin of Cowper the Poet, was born in 1727, and died in 1797. Her poetical pieces were published as Original Poems on Various Occasions. By a Lady. Revised by William Cowper, Esq., of the Inner Temple, 1792. From this work her hymn, "My span of life will soon be done" (Death Anticipated) is taken. The cento "Bear on, my soul; the bitter cross," is a part of this hymn. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Frances Annette (Coan) Percy

1843 - 1918 Person Name: Frances A. Percy Author of "O Father, hear my morning prayer" in The Book of Common Praise

Sir William Mure

1594 - 1657 Author of "The Lord Is My Shepherd" in Revival Hymns and Choruses Mure, Sir William, eldest son of Sir William Mure of Rowallan Castle, Ayrshire, was born at Rowallan in 1594. In the Civil War he sided against the king; and in 1644, accompanying: those sent under the Solemn League and Covenant to the help of the Parliament, was wounded at the battle of Marston Moor. He died at Rowallan in 1657. In 1628 he published a translation of Robert Boyd's Hecatombe Christiana, at Edinburgh, in a volume con¬taining also an original poem entitled Doomesday, and three sonnets entitled Fancies Farewel. His manuscript Version of the Psalms, which seems to have been begun in 1629 and completed in 1639, was recommended to the use of the committee who compiled the Scottish Psalter of 1650. A complete manuscript of this version was found about 1825, with various other poetical manuscripts by him, among the old family papers in Bowallan Castle. These manuscripts were kindly searched for by Lord Donington in 1884, but could not be discovered among the family papers now in Loudoun Castle, Ayrshire. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

George W. Hangford

Person Name: Hanaford Author of "Speak gently,—it is better far" in Sacred Songs For Public Worship 19th Century We have little data on Hangford, except that he once held a position in India, and died between 1847 & 1867. Presumably he was British; his only known hymn was published in the London Magazine in 1848. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

C. M. F.

Person Name: Psalm 23 Author of "The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want" in Reformation Glory

Daniel Hughes

Person Name: D. H. Translator of "Mor hyfryd, Arglwydd, a fu'r awr (Sweet was the hour, O Lord, to Thee)" in Mawl a chân = praise and song

Abiel A. Livermore

1811 - 1892 Person Name: A. A. Livermore Author of "A holy air is breathing round" in Common Praise Livermore, Abiel Abbot, D.D. was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, Oct. 30, 1811, and graduated at Harvard in Arts, in 1833; and Divinity, 1836. The latter year he was ordained as a Unitarian Minister, and became Pastor at Keene, New Hampshire, 1836; Cincinnati, 1850; Yonkers, New York, 1857. In 1863 he removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, as the President of the Theological School. Dr. Livermore is the author of various works, and was the chief editor of the Cheshire Pastoral Association's Christian Hymns, 1844, one of the most widely circulated and estimable of American Unitarian collections. To that collection he contributed "A holy air is breathing round" (Holy Communion), which has passed into several collections, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907), p. 680

R_Simpson

Person Name: R. Simpson Composer of "[When all Thy mercies, O my God]" in Song Sermons for General Use and Special Services

Alexander Cruden

Author of "Why thus impatient to be gone?" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.)

Flavil Hall

1876 - 1952 Person Name: F. H. Author of "The Living Way" in The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship Flavil Hall was born June 22, 1876 near Trion, Georgia. He began preaching for the Church of Christ there in 1896, and later attended the Nashville Bible School. His gospel meeting work was extensive, and led him to extended stays in Michigan and Ohio as well as in the Southeast. Though primarily a pulpit minister, Hall's firm opposition to instrumental music in worship caused him to devote considerable time to teaching singing schools, sometimes in conjunction with his gospel meetings, in order to build up congregational singing and train song leaders. Hall died August 16, 1952 in Greenville, Alabama. He authored two collections of devotional poetry, Pearls of Truth (Cincinnati: F. L. Rowe, 1913), and Pearls of Grace and Glory (Pine Apple, AL, 1950), and Hall's Rudiments of Music (Cincinnati: F. L. Rowe, 1925). Scott Harp, "Flavil Hall", History of the Restoration Movement. https://therestorationmovement.com/_states/georgia/hall,fj.htm --David Russell Hamrick