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Samuel Pascoe

Scripture: Psalm 96:1 Harmonizer of "CANTAI AO SENHOR" in Wonder, Love, and Praise

1931 - 2015 Scripture: Psalm 96:1 Author of "Through All the World" in The Worshiping Church Bryan Jeffrey Leech was born in Middlesex, England in 1931. He came to the United States in 1955 and studied at Barrington College and North Park Seminary. He was ordained in 1961 and served in the Covenant Church. He composed more than 500 songs. Dianne Shapiro

Gracia Grindal

b. 1943 Scripture: Psalm 96:1-2 Author of "We Sing to You, O God" in The Faith We Sing Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Harvest: New and Selected Poems (2002). She was instrumental in producing the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and The United Methodist Hymnal (1989). Bert Polman

John Darwall

1732 - 1789 Scripture: Psalm 96:1-2 Composer of "DARWALL" in The Faith We Sing John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789) The son of a pastor, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, England (1752-1756). He became the curate and later the vicar of St. Matthew's Parish Church in Walsall, where he remained until his death. Darwall was a poet and amateur musician. He composed a soprano tune and bass line for each of the 150 psalm versifications in the Tate and Brady New Version of the Psalms of David (l696). In an organ dedication speech in 1773 Darwall advocated singing the "Psalm tunes in quicker time than common [in order that] six verses might be sung in the same space of time that four generally are." Bert Polman

Eleazar Cortés

b. 1947 Person Name: Eleazar Cortés, n. 1947 Scripture: Psalm 96:1-3 Composer of "[¡No ha nacido un Salvador, el Mesías, el Señor!]" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Tony Rubi

b. 1949 Person Name: Tony Rubi, n. 1949 Scripture: Psalm 96:1-3 Composer of "[Hoy nos ha nacido un Salvador]" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Charles Derry

1826 - 1921 Person Name: Charles Derry, 1826-1921 Scripture: Psalm 96:7-9 Author of "Lord, May Our Hearts Be Tuned to Sing" in Hymns of the Saints Born: July 25, 1826, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England. Died: July 16, 1921, Woodbine, Iowa. Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Iowa. Derry emigrated to America with his family in 1854, where he united with the Reorganized Church on March 3, 1861. That same day he was ordained an elder; August 3, 1861, a seventy; April 8, 1965, an apostle, serving in that office five years; president of the High Priests’ Quorum (1874-1901); a High Councilor (1890-1903); an evangelical minister, June 8, 1902, which office he held until his death. On December 6, 1862, he was sent to England as a missionary and was abroad two years. --www.hymntime.com/tch