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Charles Edward Horsley

1822 - 1876 Person Name: C. E. Horsley Arranger of "SALISBURY" in Redemption Songs b. London, Dec. 16, 1822; d. New York, Feb. 28, 1876; English composer, the son of William Horsley LOC Name Authority File

George Allan

Arranger of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Redemption Songs

William H. Oakley

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in The Bright Array

Donald F. Haynes

Arranger of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns

A. L. Jacob

Arranger of "COVENANTERS" in The Book of Common Praise

John B. Vaughan

1862 - 1918 Person Name: J. B. Vaughan Author (Chorus) of "Lovely Land" in Pearls of Truth in Song John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, Elbert County, Georgia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georgia. Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gospel song writer and music publisher. At one time he taught at the Southern Development Normal music school in Waco, Texas. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Somewhere There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glory By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23551328

Simon Browne

1680 - 1732 Person Name: Brown Author of "There is a land of pure delight" in Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch Simon Browne was born at Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, about 1680. He began to preach as an "Independent" before he was twenty years of age, and was soon after settled at Portsmouth. In 1716, he became pastor in London. In 1723, he met with some misfortunes, which preyed upon his mind, and produced that singular case of monomania, recorded in the text-books of Mental Philosophy; he thought that God had "annihilated in him the thinking substance, and utterly divested him of consciousness." "Notwithstanding," says Toplady, "instead of having no soul, he wrote, reasoned, and prayed as if he had two." He died in 1732. His publications number twenty-three, of which some are still in repute. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================== Browne, Simon. A contemporary of Dr. Watts, born at Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, cir. 1680, and died in 1732. After studying for the Independent Ministry under the Rev. John Moore, of Bridgewater, he became pastor of an Independent charge in Portsmouth, and then, in 1716, of the Independent-Chapel in Old Jewry, London. His lateryears were clouded by a peculiar malady, under the influence of which "he imagined that God had in a gradual manner annihilated in him the thinking substance, and utterly divested him of consciousness." It is supposed that the death of a highwayman at his hands during a violent struggle, followed by that of his wife and son a short time after, had much to do in producing this sad result. Whilst thus contending that he had no power to think, he produced a work in defence of Christianity, another in defence of the Trinity, a third as an Exposition of the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, and a fourth in the form of a Dictionary. His publications number over 20. Of these works, he is known to hymnology through his:— Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books, designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts, &c, 1720, 2nd edition 1741, 3rd edition 1760. It contains 166 hymns, 7 doxologies, and a Preface of some historical interest. In the old collections Simon Browne's hymns (all of which are from the above collection) held a prominent position, but in modern hymnals they are fast passing out of use. The best known and most widely used are "Come, Holy [gracious] Spirit, Heavenly Dove," "O God, on Thee we all depend," and "Lord, at Thy feet we sinners lie." In addition the following are also in common use:— 1. Eternal God, Almighty Cause. Unity of God. 2. Eternal God, of beings First. God all in all . 3. Frequent the day of God returns. Sunday. 4. Great First of beings, Mighty Lord. Creation. 5. Great God, my joyful thanks to Thee. Thanksgiving. 6. Great God, Thy peerless excellence. Imitation of God. 7. Great Lord of earth and seas and skies. Providence. 8. Great Ruler of the earth and sky. Providence. 9. Hail, Holy Spirit, bright, immortal, Dove. Whitsuntide. 10. Hail, happy day, the [thou] day of holy rest. Sunday. 11. I cannot shun the stroke of death. Death. 12. Lord, Thou art good; all nature shows. Divine Goodness. 13. Lord, what a feeble frame is ours. Frailty of Life. 14. O God, on Thee we all depend. Confidence in God. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

C. E. F. Weyse

1774 - 1842 Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in The Lutheran Hymnary Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich; b. Mar. 5, 1774, Altona (now in W. Germany), d. Oct. 8, 1842, Copenhagen; Danish composer of German extraction

Christian H. Rinck

1770 - 1846 Person Name: C. H. Rinck Composer of "VARINA" in The National Hymn Book of the American Churches Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck; b. 1770, Elgersburg, Thueringen; d. 1846, Darmstadt Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Alfred S. Baker

1868 - 1896 Composer of "JERUSALEM" in Luther League Hymnal

W. T. Dale

1845 - 1924 Arranger of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Times of Refreshing

W. F. Sudds

1843 - 1920 Composer of "JORDAN" in The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book

Paine Denson

Composer of "MANCHESTER" in The Sacred Harp

John B. Shaw

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Triumphant Songs No.3

J. H. Leslie

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Gospel Jewels

T. J. Denson

Composer of "SWEET DAY" in Sacred Tunes and Hymns

W. C. Weeden

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory

Joel Thorne

Composer of "PISGAH" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined

A. D. Fillmore

1823 - 1869 Composer of "EMINENCE" in The Little Minstrel Fillmore, Augustus Damon. (Gallia County, Ohio, September 7, 1823--June 10, 1870, Cincinnati, Ohio). Minister, Christian Church. Co-editor (with Silas White Leonard, 1814-1870) or Christian Psalmist (1847), which "probably had a more general circulation than any other of his publications." Author of "Come, come, come to the Saviour" and composer of several hymn tunes. --George Brandon, DNAH Archives

Charles B. Holmes

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Windows of Heaven

Samuel Morrison

Person Name: M. Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Carmina Centum

V. Paul Jones

Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in The Gospel Trumpeter Early 20th Century

John Clements

Person Name: J. C. Author (chorus) of "When the Trumpet Sounds" in The Gospel Trumpeter

William B. Blake

1852 - 1938 Person Name: Wm. B. Blake Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in Golden Rays William Burdine Blake, 1852-1938. William B. Blake, Sr., was born January 21, 1852, in London, Ohio; went to Virginia in the early 1870s and became connected with the music publishing house of the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and remaining with this firm until 1889, when he moved to Ronceverte. He married Miss Alice Mary Horne, of Augusta county, Virginia, a daughter of Strother P. and Sarah Home. (Strother P. Horne was a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil war.) To this union were born seven children: Charles Stanley Blake, Bessie Mabel, William B,. Jr.. Henry St. John, Robert Russell, Mary Ellen and Edward Lester. At Ronceverte, Mr. Blake, Sr., associated himself in partnership with J. W. Hess in the publication of the Ronceverte News, a newly-established paper in the new lumber town, buying out the interest of Richard Burke, who had been a prominent figure in West Virginia journalism for a number of years. Burke had been the publisher of a vigorous newspaper at Union, Monroe county. About the year 1891, Mr. Blake bought out the interest of Mr. Hess and became the sole proprietor of the enterprise, changing the name of the paper to the Valley Messenger and News. This publication continued until April 21, 1901. Several years prior to this, in December, 1897, The West Virginia News had been established with Mr. Blake as publisher, and from one newspaper plant two newspapers were issued until April 21, 1901, when the latter publication, which covered a more extensive field, absorbed the Valley Messenger. This consolidation brought to the newer paper the good will of the older and the growth of the West Virginia News has been steady and continuous to this day. At the present time and for a number of years the News has enjoyed a larger circulation than any other weekly newspaper published in the State. History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole, Lewisburg, WV, 1917 (accessed 12/25/2023 from http://www.leighlarson.com/william_burdine_blake.htm)

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