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B. M. Lawrence

Person Name: Benjamin M. Lawrence Author of "Hymn of Peace and Progress"

C. A. Roberts

Composer of "[Rejoice and sing that God is great!]" in Hymns for Worship

Robert H. Washburne

Person Name: Washburne Author of "Let Every Heart Rejoice and Sing" in Brotherhood Hymns

J. Clark

Author of "We'll take the World for God" in Garden of Spices

Edwin T. Pound

Person Name: E. T. P. Composer of "[Let every heart rejoice and sing]" in Songs for All

1842 - 1918 Person Name: R. A. Kinzie Composer of "[Let ev'ry heart rejoice and sing]" in Gospel Light Richard Abel Kinzie (last name also spelled Kenzie, Kensey, Kinsey) was born in Ohio in 1842 and raised in Geneseo, Illinois. He served as a bugler during the Civil War for the 9th Illinois Cavalry and in the postwar era for the 13th U.S. Infantry. Kinzie taught music in Geneseo after the war, and by the 1880s had moved to Kansas where he taught at the State Normal School in Emporia. He later taught music and sold pianos and organs in Cherryvale, Kansas. He died in 1918. Source: FamilySearch, "The Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 March 2025), Richard Abel Kinsey (GWYQ-9J2), Details. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GWYQ-9J2

Martin W. Knapp

1853 - 1901 Person Name: M. W. Knapp Author of "Be Glad and Sing" in Tears and Triumphs, No. 2 Born: March 27, 1853, Albion, Michigan. Died: December 7, 1901, Cincinnati, Ohio, of typhoid fever. Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. At age 17, Knapp began studies at a Methodist college in Albion, Michigan. He worked on the family farm in the summer, studying Greek and Latin at night, and attending classes in Albion in the winter. In 1877, the Methodist Michigan Conference assigned him a circuit. He went on to a career in ministry, founding the magazine God’s Revivalist in 1888; the International Holiness Union and Prayer League in 1897; and God’s Bible School (later known as God’s Bible School and College) in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1900. His works include: Christ Crowned Within, 1886 The Double Cure Out of Egypt into Canaan, or Lessons in Spiritual Geography Diary Letters; A Missionary Trip Through the West Indies and to South America The River of Death and Its Branches Pentecostal Preachers Revival Kindlings, 1890 Revival Tornadoes; or, Life and Labors of Rev. Joseph H. Weber (McDonald, Gill & Company, 1890) Impressions—How to Tell Whether They Are from Above or Below (Revivalist Publishing House; sixth edition, 1892) Lightning Bolts from Pentecostal Skies; or, Devices of the Devil Unmasked, 1898 Holiness Triumphant, or, Pearls from Patmos, 1900 Bible Songs of Salvation and Victory, with R. E. McNeill (Cincinnati, Ohio: M. W. Knapp, circa 1902) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Millard H. Smith

Person Name: M. H. S. Author of "Some Sweet Day" in Glad News No. 2

M. W. Bassford

1978 - 2023 Author of "Rejoice and Sing that God Is Great!" in Hymns for Worship Matthew William Bassford, born in New Jersey and died in Texas. Minister and hymnologist of the churches of Christ. - Garrett Herndon, from https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/matthew-bassford and https://www.ingodsimage.com/2023/10/matthew-w-bassford-1978-2023/, accessed 3/20/2025