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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 - 1882 Person Name: Ralph Waldon Emerson, 1803-1882 Author of "Not gold, but only men can make" in The Beacon Song and Service book Emerson, Ralph Waldo, son of an Unitarian Minister, was born at Boston, U.S., May 25, 1803. He was educated for the Unitarian Ministry, and acted, 1829-32, as one of their ministers. Ultimately he left the ministry, and devoted himself to lecturing and literature. As a philosopher, essayist, and poet he rose to a distinguished position. He died at Concord, Massachusetts, April 27, 1882. His published works include Poems, 1846; Orations, Lectures, and Addresses, 1844; Representative Men, 1850; English Traits, 1856, &c. His hymns are not numerous. They include:— 1. Out from the heart of nature rolled. The Everlasting Word. This is part of his poem The Problem, published in the Dial, July, 1840; and then in the 1st ed. of his Poems, 1846. It was included in the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 636; and Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, No. 112. 2. We love the venerable house. The House of God. Written in 1833, for the Ordination of the Rev. Chandler Bobbins, who succeeded Emerson as Minister of the Second (Unitarian) Church, Boston. It is in the Hymns of thd Spirit, 1864, No. 224; and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Allen Eastman Cross

1864 - 1942 Author of "What doth the Lord require of thee" in The New Church Hymnal Born: December 30, 1864, Manchester, New Hampshire. Died: April 23, 1942, Manchester, New Hampshire. Cross attended Phillips Andover Academy, Amherst College and the Andover Theological Seminary. He pastored in Cliftondale, Massachusetts (1892-96); Springfield, Massachusetts (1896-1901); at the Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts (1901-12); and Milford, Massachusetts (1916-25). His works include: Pass on the Torch, 1929 Thunder Over Jerusalem/, 1936 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Granton Douglas Hay

b. 1943 Person Name: Granton Douglas Hay , b. 1943 Author of "The Christ who died but rose again" in The Hymnal 1982

E. Urner Goodman

1891 - 1980 Author of "O God of Love, Who Gavest Life" in Hymnal of the Church of God Goodman, E. Urner. (Philadelphia, 1891-1980). Served as Director of United Church Men in the National Council of Churches. Previously National Program Director of the Boy Scouts of America. Graduated from the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy and attended Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ============================= E. Urner Goodman recently retired as Director of United Church Men in the National Council of Churches where he had served since its organization. Previous to that for twenty years he was National Program Director of the Boy Scouts of America. Born in Philadelphia in 1891, he was graduated from the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy and attended Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. He early identified himself with Christian work and was active in the Men and Religion Forward Movement in his young manhood. Before coming to the National Council of Churches he was active as a Presbyterian layman and helped to organize the National Council of Presbyterian Men. He is the author of the hymn "Christ Calls the Sons of Men," which was introduced during Church Men's Week in 1953. --Fourteen New Rural Hymns, 1955. Used by permission. ============================= [Goodman] wrote this hymn ["As within the pillared temple"] while serving as Director of Christian Education in the Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church of St. Augustine, Florida. --Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission.

Dorothy Fay Ross

Author of "As Did the Christ" in Hymnal of the Church of God Ross, Dorothy Fay. Native of Kansas; graduated from Southwestern College (Winfield), 1949. Four years of church work in state of Washington, returned to Kansas in 1953. Served on the staff of First Methodist Church, Winfield, Kansas. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

G. A. Gordon

1853 - 1929 Person Name: George A. Gordon, 1853-1929 Author of "O Will of God Beneath Our Life" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: January 23, 1853, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Gordon emigrated to America with his sister in 1871. His works include: The Christ of To-day, 1895 The Witness to Immortality in Literature, Philosophy and Life (New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1897) The New Epoch for Faith (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901) Revelation and the Ideal (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1913) Aspects of the Infinite Mystery, 1916 Humanism in New England Theology, 1920 My Education and Religion, an Autobiography, 1925 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ================ George Angier Gordon, Congregational divine, was born in Scotland, 1853. He was educated at Harvard, and has been minister of Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts, since 1884. His pulpit style is conspicuous for its directness and forcefulness, and he is considered in a high sense the successor of Philip Brooks. He was lecturer in the Lowell Institute Course, 1900; Lyman Beecher Lecturer, Yale, 1901; university preacher to Harvard, 1886-1890; to Yale, 1888-1901; Harvard overseer. He is the author of "The Witness to Immortality" (1897), and many other works. --biblehub.com/library/various/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_10/

Nofal Istifan

1868 - 1953 Person Name: نوفل اسطفان Author of "جميع أطيار السما" in كتاب الترانيم الروحية للكنائس الإنجيلية نوفل اسطفان

Alton George Demmons

Author of "Creator, Spirit, Living Word" in Voices United

Ilyas Saleh

1839 - 1885 Person Name: الياس بن موسى بن سمعان صالح Author of "حميد الرب العلي إلهنا عظيم" in بهجة الضمير في نظم المزامير (Psalter) إلياس بن موسى بن سمعان صالح المعروف بإلياس صالح اللاذقي Syrian poet, writer, and historian.

Pamela-Rae Yeager Maloney

b. 1945 Person Name: Pamela-Rae Yaeger Maloney Author of "Maker of all to you we give" in The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ Maloney, Pamela-Rae Yeager. (Fostoria, Ohio, July 30, 1945-- ). Presbyterian. Bowling Green State University [Ohio], B.S., 1967. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1971. Ordained 1971. "Maker of all, to you we give" was written at the request of a professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Dr. Ford Battles. --Letter from Pamela-Rae Yeager Maloney to Mary Louise VanDyke, 24 February 1988. DNAH Archives