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T. G. Richards

Person Name: T. Richards Hymnal Number: 304 Composer of "[All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]" in Voices of Victory
T. G. Richards

J. Grigg

1720 - 1768 Person Name: Joseph Grigg Hymnal Number: 141 Author of "Ashamed of Jesus" in Voices of Victory Grigg, Joseph, was born in 1728, according to the D. Sedgwick’s Manuscript," but this date seems to be some six or eight years too late. He was the son of poor parents and was brought up to mechanical pursuits. In 1743 he forsook his trade and became assistant minister to the Rev. Thomas Bures, of the Presbyterian Church, Silver Street, London. On the death of Mr. Bures in 1747, he retired from the ministry, and, marrying a lady of property, look up his residence at St. Albans. He died at Walthamstow, Essex, Oct. 29, 1768. As a hymnwriter Grigg is chiefly known by two of his hymns, "Behold a stranger at the door"; and "Jesus, and can it ever be?" His hymnwriting began, it is said, at ten years of age. His published works of various kinds number over 40. Those in which his hymns are found are:— (1) Miscellanies on Moral and Religious Subjects, &c, London, Elizabeth Harrison, 1756. (2) The Voice of Danger, the Voice of God. A Sermon Preached at St. Albans, and at Box-Lane, Chiefly with a View to the apprehended Invasion. By J. Grigg. London, J. Buckland, 1756. To this is appended his hymn, "Shake, Britain, like an aspen shake." (3) Four Hymns on Divine Subjects wherein the Patience and Love of Our Divine Saviour is displayed, London, 1765. (4) Hymns by the late Rev. Joseph Grigg, Stourbridge, 1806. (5) During 1765 and 1766 he also contributed 12 hymns to The Christians Magazine. In 1861 D. Sedgwick collected his hymns and poems, and published them with a memoir as: Hymns on Divine Subjects, * * * * London, 1861. This volume contains 40 "Hymns," and 17 "Serious Poems." In the “S. MSS." Sedgwick notes that in 1861 he omitted three hymns by Grigg, which were then unknown to him, viz.:—l) On "The National Fast," appended to a sermon preached at Northampton, Feb. 13, 1761, by W. Warburton, and published in London, 1761. (2) "A Harvest Hymn by the late Rev. Joseph Grigg," in 6 stanzas, in the Evangelical Magazine, July, 1822; and (3) On the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, dated "Feb. 15, 1767." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
J. Grigg

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Hymnal Number: 78 Author of "The Inner Circle" in Voices of Victory Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911
Flora Kirkland

Elihu S. Rice

Person Name: Elisha S. Rice Hymnal Number: 173 Composer of "[Shall we meet beyond the river]" in Voices of Victory
Elihu S. Rice

Solon Wilder

1830 - 1874 Person Name: S. Wilder Hymnal Number: 160 Composer of "[From ev'ry stormy wind that blows]" in Voices of Victory
Solon Wilder

Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 61 Composer of "[O what a Savior is Jesus to me]" in Voices of Victory
Howard E. Smith

I. Allan Sankey

1874 - 1915 Hymnal Number: 40 Composer of "[Never be sad or desponding]" in Voices of Victory Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915 Born: Au­gust 30, 1874, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land. Died: December 30, 1915, United States. Son of Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank. His works in­clude: The Male Quar­tette, with George Steb­bins Best En­dea­vor Hymns, with John Cle­ments (New York: The Big­low & Main Co., 1907) Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., 1908) Sources-- Hall, pp. 409-410 Music-- Cidenton Go and Work! Great Is His Mercy Kept for Je­sus Lead Me Lord, Send Us Forth Never Give Up Old Orchard Year of Pre­cious Bless­ings, A --hymntime.com/tch
I. Allan Sankey

Charles M. Fillmore

1860 - 1952 Person Name: Chas. M. F. Hymnal Number: 52 Author of "My Savior" in Voices of Victory Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: Ju­ly 15, 1860, Par­is, Il­li­nois. Died: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1952, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. Fillmore won a mu­sic schol­ar­ship at the Cin­cin­na­ti Coll­ege of Mu­sic, then taught for a year at Bath Sem­in­a­ry in Ow­ings­ville, Ken­tucky. He then tra­veled for about a year and taught sing­ing class­es in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. He then went for ad­di­tion­al mu­sic stu­dies in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He stu­died for the min­is­try at But­ler Un­i­ver­si­ty in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na, grad­u­at­ing in 1890. He pas­tored in La­fay­ette, In­di­a­na; Shel­by­ville, In­di­a­na; was "State Evan­gel­ist" (for one year) in Og­den, Utah; Pe­ru, In­di­a­na; Car­thage, Ohio; and Hill­side Church, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. He was one of the ed­it­ors of the tem­per­ance pa­per Clean Pol­i­tics, and of The Mu­sic­al Mess­en­ger. He wrote sev­er­al hun­dred Gos­pel songs in his life­time. --www.hymntime.com/tch
Charles M. Fillmore

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Hymnal Number: 125 Author of "Step In Anywhere" in Voices of Victory See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934
Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Harriet E. Jones

1823 - 1915 Person Name: Mrs. H. E. Jones Hymnal Number: 201 Author of "Yes, We Will" in Voices of Victory Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: Ap­ril 18, 1823, Pom­pey Hol­low, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Died: 1915, Bing­ham­ton, New York. Buried: Oran Com­mun­i­ty Church Cem­e­te­ry, Pom­pey, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Daughter of El­e­a­zer Rice, Jones lived in Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. Her girl­hood was spent on a farm, re­ceiv­ing what ed­u­ca­tion the count­ry schools and one term at high school could pro­vide. She was al­ways fond of read­ing, and was a great sing­er, with a clear ring­ing voice. On Ju­ly 7, 1844, she mar­ried a son of Rev. Ze­nas Jones; her hus­band died in 1879. Her song writ­ing ca­reer b­egan when her po­e­try came to the at­ten­tion of Dr. M. J. Mun­ger, who asked if she could write some Sun­day school hymns for him. She went on to write for Daniel Town­er, J. C. Ew­ing, the Fill­more bro­thers, and others. --hymntime.com/tch
Harriet E. Jones

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