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Maria Frances (Hill) Anderson

1819 - 1895 Person Name: Maria F. Anderson Author (stanzas 1 and 3) of "Our Country's Voice Is Pleading" in The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church Anderson, Maria Frances. (Paris, France, January 30, 1819--October 13, 1895, Rosemont, Pennsylvania). Baptist. Daughter of Thomas F. Hill of Exeter, England. Married Rev. George W. Anderson, 1847. Author of several works on Baptists and missions for which she often used the pen name, L.M.N. Asked by George B. Ide, pastor of First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, to write a home mission hymn for the Baptist Harp (1849) in the same meter as Bishop Heber's "From Greenland's icy mountains." This hymn, "Our country's voice is pleading" was first sung in a home mission meeting at that Philadelphia church soon after the Baptist Harp was published. Another hymn appearing in the same collection and subtitled "The Bereaved Husband" begins "Yes she is gone, yet do not thou The goodness of the Lord distrust." --Deborah Carlton Loftis, DNAH Archives =========================================== Anderson, Maria Frances, born in Paris, France, Jan. 30, 1819, and married to G. W. Anderson, Professor in the University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Two of her hymns are given in the Baptist Harp, 1849. Of these— "Our country's voice is pleading," has come into common use. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Anderson, Maria Frances, née Hill, p. 67, i., is the daughter of Thomas F. Hill, of Exeter, England, and a Baptist. She published in 1853 Jessie Carey, and in 1861, The Baptists in Sweden. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================

Mildred A. Wiant

1898 - 1998 Person Name: Mildred A Wiant, b. 1898 Translator of "O Christ, the Great Foundation" in Sing! A New Creation Mildred Kathryn Artz was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1898 and attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920). She married Bliss Wiant (2933) and went to Boston. In 1923 the Wiants moved to Peking, China, where Mildred became associate professor of voice at Yenching University. She was instructor of vocal music at Scarritt College (1942-1946; 1951-1962) and at Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1963-1965). Many of her translations appeared in the National Council of Churches booklet of 1969. ----The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 ============================ Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mary Louise VanDyke (8 January 1987) outlining activity in the 1960s and 1970s is available in the DNAH Archives.

Robert Murray

1832 - 1910 Author of "Our blessed bond of union" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Murray, Robert, Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, born Dec. 25, 1832, is the author of "From ocean unto ocean" (National Hymn), and "Lord, Thou lov'st the cheerful giver" (Almsgiving), in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898. [Rev. James Bonar M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ====================== Murray, Robert. (Earltown, Nova Scotia, December 25, 1832--December 12, 1910, Halifax, N.S.). Presbyterian. Study at Halifax's Free Church College yielded him a licence to preach, but instead of seeking ordination he edited (1855-1910) his denomination's principal periodical in the Maritimes, Presbyterian Witness. In its pages, and from pulpits, he strongly supported controversial causes like temperance, Sunday observance, and the Confederation of 1867 (which in Halifax was greeting with a day of public mourning). These interests are reflected in his four hymns included in Canadian Presbyterians' first Hymnal (1880)--though, as the sole native-born contributor, he attached to them only the initial "M." to avoid giving the impression of claiming equality with poets of the homeland. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Christian Gottlob Kern

1792 - 1835 Person Name: Christian Gottlieb Kern Author of "Wie könnt' ich sein vergessen" in Glockenklänge Kern, Christian Gottlob, was born Jan. 13, 1792, at Söhnstetten, near Heidenheim, Württemberg, where his father was pastor. After the completion of his theological studies at Tübingen he was for two years assistant clergyman at Plochingen. In 1817 he became Theological Tutor (repetent) at Tübingen, in 1820 Second Pastor (Heifer) at Besigheim, and, in 1824, Preacher and Professor at the Clergy School of Schönthal. He finally became, in 1829, Pastor of Dürrmenz-Mühlacker, near Pforzheim, and died there Aug. 5, 1835 (Koch, vii. 210; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xv. 632). His hymns appeared mostly in Knapp's Christoterpe. One has been translated, viz.:— Wie könnt ich sein vergessen. Holy Communion. This beautiful hymn was first published in Knapp's Christoterpe, 1837, p. 192, in 5 st. of 8 1., headed "At the Celebration of Holy Communion." Included in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz, 1837, No. 966 (1865, No. 948), the Württemberg Gesang-Buch, 1842, and others. Dr. Schaff, in his Deutsches Gesang-Buch, J874, No. 171, gives it from a MS. copy supplied by the daughter of the author, and says it was written in 1820. Translated as:— Oh how could I forget Him? A full and very good translation by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 101; and thence in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869, p. 622. Abridged in her C. B. for England, 1863; in Holy Song, 1869; in the College Hymnal, N. Y., 1876, and others. Another tr. is, "Will not my memory treasure," in J. D. Burns's Memoir & Remains, 1869, p. 271. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Susan H. Peterson

1950 - 2004 Author of "My Light and My Salvation" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: October 17, 1950, Port Angeles, Washington. Died: July 23, 2004, Peralta, New Mexico. Susan was the second of two girls in the family. Her father worked for the National Park Service, so Susan enjoyed growing up in National Parks and Historic Sites across America. She did her undergraduate work at Stanford University and earned a BS in mathematics in 1972. The next year she took a one-year graduate program at Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon, and received a Certificate of Bible upon completion. She decided not to pursue a career in computer science, as she had originally intended, instead embarking on a series of jobs in which she honed her office skills and gained some missions experience. She spent 1976 in Tanzania under the Africa Inland Mission. Upon her return, she settled in Portland, Oregon, where she learned word processing and did editing and proofreading. In 1990, Susan decided to go back to school to learn how to work with visually impaired and blind adults. She received her MA in rehabilitation teaching of the blind from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1991. She then moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, where she worked as an editor and desktop publishing technician for 10 years and did volunteer rehabilitation teaching in her spare time. Much of Susan’s editing and desktop publishing work was on books produced by the Missions Commission of World Evangelical Alliance, including Working Your Way to the Nations, Too Valuable to Lose, Send Me!, Global Missiology for the 21st Century, and Doing Member Care Well. She also worked part time for Emergency World, a company that produced training materials for emergency response personnel. Susan moved back to Oregon in 2002, where she continued the same work she did in Colorado. For several years, Susan worked with Wycliffe Associates as part of a team that helped keyboard Bibles and New Testaments that were printed before the age of computers and that needed to be put into electronic format, so that they could be updated or adapted for other languages. Susan’s career as a hymn writer began in 1997, when she set a goal of writing 100 hymns. Her method was to select a passage of Scripture for each song and then find a hymn tune that seemed to fit the passage. She thus combined the enduring Word of God with melodies that have stood the test of time. Her songs were a blessing to her, and she was pleased to be able to share them with others. Lyrics: Alpha, Omega Ascribe to the Lord Our God Be Now Imitators of Your Lord Be Strong in God Behold, These Words Are Trustworthy and True Blest Are the Poor Blest Is the Man Christ a Blind Man Saw One Day Clothe Yourself with Humility Come and Hear the Words of Jesus Come unto Me Count It Joy Cursed Is the One Who Trusts in Man Do Not Be Surprised Do Not Worry Earth Belongs to the Lord, The Everyone Should Be Quick to Listen Faith Means We’re Sure Faith of Our Brothers For unto Us a Child Is Born Give Thanks to God the Lord God, Keep Me Safe God Most High, We Praise You God, the Blessed and Only Ruler God the Lord Does Ask Hallelujah, Praise the Lord! He Has Given Us His Promises Hear Now My Praise, O Lord Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty How Can I, Lord, Keep My Way Pure? How Good It Is, Lord How Great the Love How Many Are Your Works, Lord I Am the Lord, Your God I Am the Vine I Extol You, O Lord I Kneel Before You, Lord I Praise You, Lord If Any Person Is in Christ If You Love Me If You Would Come After Me In You, O Lord, I Put My Trust It Is Good to Praise th’Almighty Jesus, the Good Shepherd Jonah Just Trust in Me Kingdom of Your Heavenly Father, The Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled Let Your Mindset Be the Same Live with Each Other in Love Lord, I Extol Your Name Lord, We Come and Offer Praise Lord, You Have Been Our Dwelling Lord, You Have Searched Me Lord, You’ve Called Us as Your Servants Love Must Be Sincere and Honest Lovely, O Lord, Is Your Dwelling Place Majestic Is Your Name Man Named Nicodemus, A My God, in Whom I Trust My Light and My Salvation My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone Now Let Us Love Each Other Now That You’ve Tasted O Come, Let Us Sing O God, You Are My God O Lord, Life Is Sacred O Lord, You Reign o’er Earth and Sea O Lord, You’re My Shepherd O May All the Peoples Praise You O Shout for Joy Oh, How Majestic and Glorious Oh, the Depth of God’s Wisdom One Day There’ll Be New Earth and Heaven One Named Lazarus Praise Be unto Our God Ephesians Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him Praise, O Servants of the Lord Praise the Lord, My Soul Put Off Your Old Self Wholly Rejoice in God Savior, Like a Shepherd Since Through God’s Mercy Since We Are Now Surrounded Since We Have Confidence Sing to the Lord Sing with Joy This God’s Our God Though I Speak To Whom Will You Compare God? Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart Unto You I Lift My Soul Up Up to the Hills I Look We Now Have Peace with God We Thank You, Lord Wedding Took Place, A Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant What Good Can Come? What Shall We Say? Where Can One Look for --www.hymntime.com/tc

Alfred Ostrom

1868 - 1941 Person Name: Alfred Ostrom, 1868-1941 Adapter (translation) of "Al trono majestuoso" in Culto Cristiano

Robert Hawkey Moreton

1844 - 1917 Translator (sts. 1, 2) of "Da Igreja o Fundamento" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão Robert Hawkey Moreton was born in Argentina (1844-1917) and was instrumental in the founding of the Methodist Church (Mirante Chapel) in Oporto, Portugal.

Margaret E. Winslow

1836 - 1936 Person Name: Miss Margaret Elizabeth Winslow (1836- ) Author of "O blessed feet of Jesus" in Hymns of the Ages

Charles Jeffries

b. 1896 Person Name: Charles Joseph Jeffries, 1896-1972 Author of "Speak forth Your word, O Father" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Jeffries, Sir Charles Joseph. (Beckenham, Kent, UK, 1896--December 10, 1972, Bromley, London). Church of England. Son of C.D. Jeffries. Married Myrtle Bennett, 1921. Graduated Malvern College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Lieutenant, Wilts Regiment, British Army, 1915-1917; Second Class Clerk, Colonial Office, 1917-1920; Principal, Colonial Office, 1920-1930; Assistant Secretary and Establishment Officer, Colonial Office, 1930-1939; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, 1939-1947; Joint Department Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, 1947-1956. Vice president for many years of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; member of the governing board of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; member of the House of Laity, Anglican Church, 1950-1955. Officer, Order of the British Empire, 1937; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, 1943. He wrote numerous books about Britain's colonial empire, and numerous articles on Christian unity. In his more famous book, Towards the Centre (1958), he described the "Centre" not as Rome, Canterbury, or Jerusalem, but Christ, who draws all men to himself. He wrote one hymn, "Speak Forth Your Word," which was first published in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada (1975). --C. Bernard Ruffin, DNAH Archives

S. W. Partridge

b. 1810 Author of "How Dearly God Must Love Us" in The King's Praises Partridge, Samuel William, publisher of the British Workman and kindred works, is the son of Samuel Partridge, and was born in London Nov. 23, 1810. His hymns were published in his Important Truths in Simple Verse, 1841; Rhymes Worth Remembering, 1848. From the former his popular hymn, "How dearly God must love us" (Flower Services), is taken. Another of his hymns in common use is, "Thou Who hast in mercy blest" (Morning). This is in The Church Sunday School Hymn Book, 1868. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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