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Grace Reese Adkins

Hymnal Number: 199 Author of "The One that the children love" in The King of Glory

C. C. Munson

Hymnal Number: 30 Author of "Are You on the Right Trail?" in The King of Glory

Mary Bernstecher Dull

Hymnal Number: 103 Author of "He understands" in The King of Glory

Newton Bundy

Person Name: N. B. Hymnal Number: 191 Author of "I Am a Soldier" in The King of Glory

1872 - 1904 Hymnal Number: 202 Composer of "[The children are coming to Jesus today]" in The King of Glory Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562] NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm