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May E. Warren

Scripture: John 12:32 Author of "Lift Him Up" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal

Alan J. Hommerding

Person Name: Alan J. Hommerding, b. 1956 Scripture: John 12:24 Author of "From Ashes to the Living Font" in Gather (3rd ed.)

D. S. Hakes

Scripture: John 12:32 Composer of "[Lift him up, 'tis he that bids you]" in Song Anchor

J. Wellington Frizelle

Person Name: J. Wellington Frizzelle Scripture: John 12:32 Author of "Cross of Jesus" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite

1857 - 1913 Scripture: John 12:35 Author of "Farther On" in Millennial Revival Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

J. E. Thomas

1860 - 1946 Scripture: John 12:35 Composer of "[When the gloom of night surrounds you]" in Millennial Revival J. Edmond Thomas Born: December 6, 1860, Calhoun County, Arkansas. Died: April 30, 1946, Fort Worth, Texas. Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Note: Some sources give his first name as John; his tombstone says James. Thomas was the husband of Courtney Lee Wigley and Pearl Hatchett (married 1923) In 1874, his family moved from their farm in Texas to Arkansas. His father died later that year. As the oldest son, he had his hands full supporting the family, but he managed to begin attending a vocal school at age 17, under Professor T. A. Bridges. He later studied under Horatio Palmer and George A. Goodrich. He began a full time music career in 1890, and with Franklin Eiland and John M. Greer, and helped found the Trio Music Company in Waco, Texas, in 1892. He went on to establish the Quartet Music Company in Fort Worth, Texas. A teacher, composer, music compiler, and publisher for over 44 years. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Damian Lundy

Person Name: Damian Lundy, 1944-1996 Scripture: John 12:35-36 Author of "Walk in the light, walk in the light" in Singing the Faith

Joseph Parry

1841 - 1903 Person Name: Joseph Parry (1841-1903) Scripture: John 12:24 Composer of "ABERYSTWYTH" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Joseph Parry (b. Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1841; d. Penarth, Glamorganshire, 1903) was born into a poor but musical family. Although he showed musical gifts at an early age, he was sent to work in the puddling furnaces of a steel mill at the age of nine. His family immigrated to a Welsh settlement in Danville, Pennsylvania in 1854, where Parry later started a music school. He traveled in the United States and in Wales, performing, studying, and composing music, and he won several Eisteddfodau (singing competition) prizes. Parry studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at Cambridge, where part of his tuition was paid by interested community people who were eager to encourage his talent. From 1873 to 1879 he was professor of music at the Welsh University College in Aberystwyth. After establishing private schools of music in Aberystwyth and in Swan sea, he was lecturer and professor of music at the University College of South Wales in Cardiff (1888-1903). Parry composed oratorios, cantatas, an opera, orchestral and chamber music, as well as some four hundred hymn tunes. Bert Polman

William Mair

1830 - 1920 Person Name: William Mair (1830-1920) Scripture: John 12:32-33 Translator of "Sing, my tongue, how glorious battle" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Arthur Wellesley Wotherspoon

1853 - 1936 Person Name: Arthur Wellesley Wotherspoon (1853-1936) Scripture: John 12:32-33 Translator of "Sing, my tongue, how glorious battle" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

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