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James T. Walker

Hymnal Number: d44 Author of "Bear the cross, ye sons of men" in A.M.E. Hymnal

James S. Hatcher

Hymnal Number: d213 Author of "I cannot driftI cannot drift" in A.M.E. Hymnal

Claudia McConnell

Hymnal Number: d272 Author of "O God, we lift our hearts to thee" in A.M.E. Hymnal

J. R. Marcum

Hymnal Number: d391 Author of "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts" in A.M.E. Hymnal

D. W. Reddick

Hymnal Number: d193 Author of "His blood atoned for me" in A.M.E. Hymnal

Della A. Carter

Hymnal Number: d291 Author of "Joy, yes, 'til joy in his service" in A.M.E. Hymnal

1816 - 1874 Person Name: Lucy Evelina Akerman Hymnal Number: d255 Author of "Nothing but leaves the spirit grieves" in A.M.E. Hymnal Akerman, Lucy Evelina, née Metcalf. An American Unitarian writer, daughter of Thomas Metcalf, born at Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 21, 1816, married to Charles Akerman, of Portsmouth, N.H, resided at Providence, R.I., and died there Feb. 21,1874. Mrs. Akerman is known as a hymn writer through her:— Nothing but leaves, the Spirit grieves, which was suggested by a sermon by M. D. Conway, and first published in the N. Y. Christian Observer, cir. 1858. In the Scottish Family Treasury, 1859, p. 136, it is given without name or signature, and was thus introduced into Great Britain. In America it is chiefly in use amongst the Baptists. Its popularity in Great Britain arose out of its incorporation by Mr. Sankey, in his Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 34, and his rendering of it in the evangelistic services of Mr. Moody. The air to which it is sung is by an American composer, S. J. Vail. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Jonathan Allen

Hymnal Number: d347 Author of "Sinner [sinners], will you [ye] scorn [slight] the message" in A.M.E. Hymnal Allen, Jonathan. Concerning this hymn-writer, to whom is credited the hymn, "Sinners, will you scorn the message?" we can only say that this hymn appeared in Hymns adapted to Public Worship, collected from various Authors, Exeter, S. Woolmer, 1801, edited by Richard Pearsell Allen, Minister of Castle Street Meeting, Exeter; and that in D. Sedgwick's marked copy of John Dobell's New Selection, &c., 1806, it is attributed to Jonathan Allen. What authority Sedgwick had for this ascription we cannot determine. It is through him that it has gained currency. Allen's hymn, "Sinners, will you scorn, &c," is sometimes given with stanzas i. and ii. transposed, as "Hear the heralds of the Gospel," as in the American Baptist Praise Book, N. Y. 1871. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)