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Minot J. Savage

1841 - 1918 Person Name: Minot Judson Savage Author of "When the gladsome day declineth" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Savage, Minot Judson, D.D., was born at Norridgewock, Maine, June 10, 1841, and educated at Bangor Seminary, where he graduated in 1864. From 1867 to 1873 he was a Congregational Minister, and then he joined the Unitarians, and has now (1900) a charge in Boston. He has published several works, including Poems, Boston, 1882. He also edited, with H. M. Dow, Sacred Songs for Public Worship, Boston, 1883, to which he contributed 46 original hymns. In hymnals other than this, of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Dost thou hear the bugle sounding. Consecration to Duty. 2. Father, we would not dare to change Thy purpose, &C. Prayer. 3. 0 God Whose law is in the sky. Consecration to Duty. 4. 0 star of truth down shining. Truth. 5. The God that to the fathers revealed His holy will. God unchangeable. 6. The very blossoms of our life. Holy Baptism. 7. What purpose burns within our hearts. Joining in Church Fellowship. 8. God of the glorious summer hours. New Year This is in D. Agate's Sunday S. Hymn Book, 1881, No. 371, and dated 1875. From the Sunny Side, N.Y.. 1875,p. 119. Some of these hymns are given in Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, Glasgow, 1889, and recent American hymnals. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ronald S. Cole-Turner

b. 1948 Person Name: Ronald S. Cole-Turner (b. 1948) Author of "Child of blessing, child of promise" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) The Rev. Dr. Ronald Cole-Turner is the H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, a position relating theology and ethics to developments in science and technology. He is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion (currently serving as vice president), and has served on the advisory board of the John Templeton Foundation and the Metanexus Institute. Cole-Turner is the author of Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Advancement, The New Genesis: Theology and the Genetic Revolution, the co-author (with Brent Waters) of Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life, the editor of Human Cloning: Religious Responses and of Beyond Cloning: Religion and the Remaking of Humanity, the co-editor of God and the Embryo: Religious Voices on Stem Cells and Cloning, editor of Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification, and editor of Technology and Transcendence (in press). He is also the author of the popular baptism hymn, “Child of Blessing, Child of Promise.” His wife, Rebecca, is a spiritual director and retreat leader. They have two daughters, Sarah and Rachel. --www.pts.edu/coler

Lucy Broadwood

1858 - 1929 Person Name: Lucy Broadwood 1858-1929 Coll. of "SHIPSTON" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement

J. A. Fuller-Maitland

1856 - 1936 Person Name: John Alexander Fuller Maitland (1856-1936) Collector of "SHIPSTON" in Ancient and Modern

Charles Edward Riley

1883 - 1971 Person Name: Charles Edward Riley, 1884 - 1972 Author of "Jesus, Son Of Blessed Mary" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Riley, Charles Edward. (Liverpool, England, May 21, 1883--April 16, 1972, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. McGill University (Montreal), B.A., 1908; Diocesan Theological College, L.Th., 1911; Trinity (Toronto), B.D., 1917; D.D., 1933. Pastorates (all in Ontario) at McNab, 1910-1915; Dundas, 1916-1925; St. Catharines, 1925-1933; dean of Niagara, 1933-1937; dean of Toronto, 1937-1961. His hymn-writing only complemented his work as a preacher and pastor. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

L. I. Gentle

1904 - 1988 Person Name: Leonard Ivor Gentle Translator of "Firme kredas mi kaj vere" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta Leonard Ivor Gentle, an Englishman, was for 26 years the organist of the Londona Esperanta Diservo, for many years the best known Esperanto Protestant worship meeting. Four of his works appear in Adoru, and many others are accessible at the archived versions of TTT-Himnaro Cigneta (http://reocities.com/cigneto/thcbio/g/gentle_li.html) Leland Ross

David Fox

b. 1956 Person Name: David Fox, 1956- Author of "At the dawning of creation" in The Book of Praise

John Arlott

1914 - 1991 Person Name: John Arlott, 1914-1991 Author of "God whose farm is all creation" in Small Church Music Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John. (Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, February 25, 1914- ). Son of William John and Nellie (Jenvey) Arlott. Queen Mary's School, Basingstoke. Civil servant, police detective, newspaper columnist and sports writer. Poet and anthologist. His hymns were published in the BBC Hymn Book of 1951. --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives