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Daniel C. Roberts

1841 - 1907 Person Name: Daniel C. Roberts, 1841- Author of "God of Our Fathers" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Daniel C. Roberts (b. Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, 1841; d. Concord, NH, 1907) Educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, served in the union army during the Civil War. He was ordained in the Episcopal Church as a priest in 1866 and ministered to several congregations in Vermont and Massachusetts. In 1878 he began a ministry at St. Paul Church in Concord, New Hampshire, that lasted for twenty-three years. Serving for many years president of the New Hampshire State Historical Society, Roberts once wrote, "I remain a country parson, known only within my small world," but his hymn "God of Our Fathers" brought him widespread recognition. Bert Polman ================= Roberts, Daniel C., D.D., of the Prot. Episcopal Church in America, b. at Bridge Hampton, L.I., Nov. 5, 1841, and graduated at Gambler College, 1857. After serving for a time as a private in the Civil War, he was ordained in 1866. He is at present (1905) Rector of Concord, N.H. His hymn, "God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand " (National Hymn), was written in 1876 for the "Centennial" Fourth of July celebration at Brandon, Vermont. In 1892 it was included in the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, and again in Sursum Corda, 1898. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Horatio W. Parker

1863 - 1919 Person Name: H. W. Parker Composer of "PRO PATRIA" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite

Marion Franklin Ham

1867 - 1956 Person Name: Rev. Marion Franklin Ham Author of "O Lord of life, Thy Kingdom is at hand" in The Hymnal Born: February 18, 1867, Harveysburg, Ohio. Died: July 23, 1956, Arlington, Massachusetts. Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ham began his career as a journalist and bank clerk in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ordained a Unitarian minister in 1898, he pastored in Chattanooga (1898-1904); at the First Church in Dallas, Texas (1904-09); and in Reading (1909-34), Waverly (1934-42), and Gardner, Massachusetts (1943-45). The Meadville Theological School in Chicago, Illinois, awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1942, the year he retired. Ham’s works include: The Golden Shuttle, 1896 The Kinchin Stories, 1914 Songs of the Spirit, 1932 Songs of Faith and Hope, 1940 O Mother-Heart, 1941 Keeper of the Flame, 1945 Freedom, 1950 Songs at Sunset, 1951 Songs of a Lifetime, 1953 In a Rose Garden, 1954 www.hymntime.com/tch/

Laura S. Copenhaver

1868 - 1940 Author of "Heralds of Christ who bear the King's command" in Hymnal for American Youth Born: August 29, 1868, Marion, Virginia. Died: December 18, 1940, Marion, Virginia. Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Virginia. Copenhaver was a professor of English Literature at Marion College, which her father John Jacob founded and where her sister May was dean of women. She wrote a number of hymns and magazine articles, and served as chairman of the education committee of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Boethius

480 - 524 Author of "O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius(English: /boʊˈiːθiəs/; also Boetius /boʊˈiːʃəs/; c. 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. See more in: Wikipedia

Samuel Johnson

1709 - 1784 Translator of "O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book

Walter Russell Bowie

1882 - 1969 Person Name: W. Russell Bowie Author of "God of the Nations" in The Hymnal for Boys and Girls Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States). See also in: Wikipedia

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