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W. C. Tillou

Hymnal Number: d394 Author of "Eden of love" in The Saints' Harp

W. Jones

Hymnal Number: d263 Author of "For thy dear mercy's sake, O Lord" in The Saints' Harp

1820 - 1888 Hymnal Number: d428 Author of "Hallelujah to the Lamb" in The Saints' Harp Porter, Elbert Stothoff, D.D. (October 23, 1820--February 26, 1888). Reformed Church of America. Editor Christian Intelligencer for 14 years. The Church Hymnary, 1891, gives his birth date as 1819. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Robert W. Cushman

1800 - 1868 Person Name: R. W. Cushman Hymnal Number: d641 Author of "O thou whose wisdom gives a path" in The Saints' Harp Cushman, Robert W. (Woolrich, Maine, April 10, 1800--April 7, 1868, Wakefield, Massachusetts). Baptist preacher and educator. Graduated Columbian College, Washington, D.C., 1825. Ordained as pastor of the Poughkeepsie, New York, Baptist Church in August, 1826. Established the Cushman Collegiate Institute, a school for young ladies, in Philadelphia in 1829. Pastor of Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, Boston, 1841-1847. Served as principal, Mount Vernon Ladies School, Boston, and taught at Newton Theological Institution. Three hymns by Dr. Cushman appeared in Baptist Harmony, 1834: Oh why, ye redeemed, should the breath of the tomb O thou whose wisdom gives a path Lo! on a mount that Burma rears The first of these was included in Cutting's Hymns for the Vestry, 1841, and Gillette's Hymns for Social Meetings, 1843. --Cecil Roper, DNAH Archives

Harry Clayton

Hymnal Number: d541 Author of "Is there one prepared for me" in The Saints' Harp

J. Hughes

Hymnal Number: d219 Author of "Depart awhile, each thought of care" in The Saints' Harp

A. C. Judson

Hymnal Number: d158 Author of "Buried with Christ, yes, thus we lie" in The Saints' Harp

J. Young

1800 - 1900 Hymnal Number: d590 Author of "O for a shout of joy" in The Saints' Harp Young, J. Under this signature two hymns are given in the American Baptist Psalmist, 1843: (1) "O for a shout of joy" (God's Eternal Love), No. 157, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines; and (2) "O Holy Lord, our God" (On behalf of Ministers), No. 952, in 4 stanzas of 7 lines. Both are still in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)