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I. G. Martin

1862 - 1957 Hymnal Number: 36 Author of "The Eastern Gate" in Favorites Number 5 Martin, Isaiah Guyman. (Gentry County, Missouri, April 18, 1862--August 23, 1957, Pasadena, California). Richmond School of Music; Missouri (now Kansas) Wesleyan; Iliff School of Theology. Married in 1905, two sons, one daughter. Converted at age 12, joined the Baptist Church; 1893 joined the Methodist Church and began his ministry. 1903 joined the Church of the Nazarene and in 1905 was appointed District Superintendent of "all the territory east of the Rocky Mountains." Pastored First Church of the Nazarene, Chicago; evangelist. Tenor soloist; composed songs as a hobby (around 200), frequently while playing the reed organ. "Eastern Gate" is probably his most familiar hymn. It was written as a tribute to Dr. P.F. Bresee's traditional farewell at gatherings of the Church of the Nazarene, "We will meet at the Eastern Gate." According to Martin, "One of the old-timers was trying to get a tune for some words he had written, but couldn't put it over, so I got to humming a tune, which turned out to be 'Eastern Gate.'" --E. Roger Taylor, DNAH Archives

Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Hymnal Number: 62 Composer of "[Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave]" in Favorites Number 5 Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

Arthur F. Ingler

1873 - 1935 Person Name: A. F. I. Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "The Pearly White City" in Favorites Number 5 Born: May 12, 1873, Montandon, Pennsylvania. Died: August 8, 1935, Abington, Connecticut. Buried: North Swansea, Rhode Island. The 1900 census shows Ingler as a "vocalist" living in Denver, Colorado. The 1920 census shows him as a Nazarene preacher in Tillamook, Oregon. After the death of his wife Amalia, he moved east and married Lura Horton, who at the time was pastor of the People’s Church of the Nazarene in Providence, Rhode Island. The two of them served joint pastorates in Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Jackman, Maine; North Attleboro, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and, in 1931, at Emmanuel Church, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His works include: Burning Bush Songs No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Metropolitan Church Association, 1902) The Joy Bells of Canaan No. 2 Songs of the Blood-Washed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Praise Publishing Company, 1909) (editor) Canaan Melodies, 1914 (editor) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Fred P. Morris

1872 - 1950 Hymnal Number: 25 Author of "The Hand That Was Wounded for Me" in Favorites Number 5 Born in Ballarat, Australia; died in Parkville, Australia

Ray Overholt

Person Name: R. O. Hymnal Number: 22 Author of "Ten Thousand Angels" in Favorites Number 5

M. E. Abbey

Hymnal Number: 62 Author of "Life's Railway to Heaven" in Favorites Number 5 Abbey was a Baptist minister in Georgia in the 1890s.

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Hymnal Number: 43 Composer of "[O to be like Thee! blessed Redeemer]" in Favorites Number 5 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Lulu W. Koch

Person Name: Lula W. Koch Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "Sooner or Later" in Favorites Number 5

Wilbur E. Nelson

Hymnal Number: 7 Composer of "[Sooner or later, the skies will be bright]" in Favorites Number 5

Paul Rader

1879 - 1938 Hymnal Number: 9 Author of "No Heavy Crosses" in Favorites Number 5 Rader was one of the most powerful evangelistic preachers of the early 20th Century. He described himself as an ex-bellboy, ex-cowboy, ex-prospector, ex-football player, and ex-pugilist. He was pastor of Moody Church in Chicago, Illinois (1915–21), and followed founder Albert Simpson as president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (1920–23). He also founded the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle in 1922 and pastored it for 11 years. Rader wrote many Gospel song lyrics and a few tunes, and was instrumental in founding of the Tabernacle Publishing Company. Rader was a pioneer of Christian broadcasting, as well: In the early 1920’s, the beginning days of radio, station WBBM in Chicago, Illinois, closed every Sunday. Rader received permission to use the studios, and for several years ran a 14-hour Christian program every Sunday. Rader called his station within a station WJBT (Where Jesus Blesses Thousands). --© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)