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George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[Be our joyful song today]" in Gospel Hymns No. 3 Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

W. Warren Bentley

Person Name: Warren W. Bentley Composer of "[Be our joyful song today]" in Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School

Selina P. Pearce

b. 1845 Person Name: S. P. Pierce Author of "Be our joyful song today" in The Home and School Hymnal Pearce, Selina P., an American Baptist hymn-writer, and author of "Be our joyful song to-day" (Jesus Only), and a Mission hymn, “Hark, 'tis the voice of gladness," is the daughter of a Baptist Minister at Marietta, Ohio, was born at Lowell, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1845. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============================ Pearce, Selina P. (Lowell, Ohio, December 29, 1845--?). Baptist. Daughter of a Baptist minister. High school principal. "Be our joyful song to-day" is found in Sankey, McGranahan, and Stebbins' Gospel Hymns, where it is attributed to "L. Pierce." --Paul A. Richardson, DNAH Archives