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George C. Stebbins
1846 - 1945 Composer of "BEN AVON" in The Psalter 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.
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George C. Stebbins
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Author of "All People That Dwell on the Earth" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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John R. MacDuff
1818 - 1895 Person Name: John R. Macduff Author of "Escape From The Perilous Plain" in The Cyber Hymnal Macduff, John Ross, D.D., second son of Alexander Macduff, of Bonhard, near Perth, was born at Bonhard, May 23, 1818. After studying at the University of Edinburgh, he became in 1842 parish minister of Kettins, Forfarshire, in 1849 of St. Madoes, Perthshire, and in 1855 of Sandyford, Glasgow. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Glasgow in 1862, and about the same time also from the University of New York. He retired from pastoral work in 1871, lived at Chislehurst, Kent and died in 1887. He has published many practical and devotional works which have attained a wide circulation. In 1857 he was appointed by the General Assembly a member of their Hymnal Committee. His 31 hymns appeared in his Altar Stones, 1853, and were also included with his later poems in his The Gates of Praise, 1876. Of these hymns the following are in common use:—
1. Christ Is coming! Let creation. Second Advent.
2. Eternal Rock! To Thee I flee. (1853.) Christ the Rock.
3. Everlasting arms of love. (1853.) Support in Christ.
4. From Thy habitation holy. Whitsuntide.
5. Hasten, Lord, that morn of glory. Second Advent.
6. Jesus wept! Those tears are over. (1853.) The raising of Lazarus.
7. O do not, blessed Lord, depart. Christ's presence desired.
8. Where shall I look for holy calm. (1853.) Passiontide.
9. Why should I murmur or repine? Resignation.
Of these hymns those dated 1853 are parts only of Dr. Macduff’s originals.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Macduff, J. R., p. 708, i. Another hymn from his Gates of Praise, 1876, is "Blessed feast! most gracious token" (Holy Communion). He died April 30, 1895.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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John R. MacDuff
William Venables Vernon Harcourt
1789 - 1871 Person Name: William V. Harcourt Author of "A Seedling of Jesse Shall Flower" in The Cyber Hymnal Harcourt, William Vernon, B.A., s. of Archbishop Harcourt of York, was born at Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, in 1789, and educated at Oxford. Taking Holy Orders he became, in 1823, Rector of Kirkby-in-Cleveland, and Canon Residentiary of York; and in 1837, Rector of Bolton Percy. On the death of bis elder brother in 1861, he succeeded to the family property, Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire. He died in 1871. In 1840 he published a volume of Psalms & Hymns, and in 1855 his Symmetrical Psalmody. This latter work is one of the curiosities of hymnody. His version of Ps. cxxxvi., " Thank the Lord Who made the earth," is in Lyra Britannica, 1867; Martineau's Hymns, 1873, and others.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
William Venables Vernon Harcourt
