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James Theodore Houston

1847 - 1929 Trad. (port.) of "Oh! vinde, fiéis" in Hinário Luterano Born in 1847. He was a missionary in Bahia, Brazil under the Presbyterian Board of New York, he later was transferred to Rio de Janeiro. He collaborated on the hymnal Hinos e Cânticos Sagrados published by John Boyle in Rio de Janeiro, 1888. After 28 years of ministry, he returned to the United States and died in Oakland, CA at the age of 82. [Source?]

Paul Roth

Author of "O Come All Ye Thankful" in The Brethren Songbook

Kirkham

Author of "The foundation standeth sure" in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Elizabeth Poston

1905 - 1987 Person Name: E. P. Descant of "ADESTE FIDELES" in The Cambridge Hymnal Elizabeth Poston (24 October 1905 – 18 March 1987) was an English composer, pianist, and writer. See more in: Wikipedia

William Lester

1889 - 1956 Person Name: William Lester, b. 1889 Composer (descant) of "ADESTE FIDELES" in Worship and Service Hymnal Lester, Thomas William; b. 9-17-1889, Leicester, d. 12-4-56, Berrien Springs, Mich.; English organist and composer; came to the US in 1902

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

1788 - 1879 Person Name: S. J. Hale Author of "Father in Heaven" in Popular Hymns Number 2 Hale, Sarah Josepha, née Buell, born at Newport, New Hampshire, 1795, and married to David Hale, a lawyer, who died in 1822. Mrs. Hale edited The Ladies' Magazine, Boston, from 1828; and Godey's Ladies’ Book, Philadelphia, from 1837, besides publishing several works. Her hymn, “Our Father in heaven, we hallow Thy name" (The Lord's Prayer), appeared in Mason & Greene's Church Psalmody, 1831, No. 553, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Mrs. Hale, who was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died in 1879. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Young

1657 - 1757 Person Name: W. Young Author of "While thou, O my God, art my help and defender" in Worship in the School Room

G. Darlington Richards

Person Name: G. D. R. Composer (descant) of "ADESTE FIDELES" in The Hymnal for Boys and Girls

Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. Ray Author of "Wonderful Love" in The Revival Helper Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry