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W. Hope Davison

1827 - 1894 Person Name: W. H. Davison Hymnal Number: 10 Author of "Jesus, King of Glory" in Select Songs No. 2 Davison, W. Hope, was born at Sunderland, Nov. 27, 1827, and entered the Congregational Ministry in 1S52 as Pastor at Bolton, Lancashire. He published Psalms & Hymns, Bolton, various eds., the last in 1801; The Sabbath Hymnal for use in Schools; and The New Sabbath Hymnal, 1877. Also subsequently two Services of Song for Passiontide. From the latter his hymn "Jesus, King of glory, Throned above the sky" (S. S. Festival), in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887, is taken. He died in Aug. 1894. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William Jackson

1815 - 1866 Person Name: W. Jackson Hymnal Number: 143 Composer of "[Thro' the love of God our Saviour]" in Select Songs No. 2

Juanita Jones

Hymnal Number: 231 Composer of "[Arise and sing! on Hope's bright wing]" in Select Songs No. 2

Charles Darnton

Person Name: C. Darnton Hymnal Number: 15 Composer of "[Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor]" in Select Songs No. 2

Vincenzo Bellini

1801 - 1835 Person Name: V. Bellini Hymnal Number: 71 Composer of "[Light of the world, we hail Thee]" in Select Songs No. 2 Vicenzo Bellini, a dramatic composer, born at Catania, Sicily; early went to Naples and became known a s a composer' his first opera was performed 1824; in 1828 "La Straniera" attracted the attention of all Italy, in 1833, he founded his fortune and his fame with "Norma," "La Sonnambula," and "Puritani;" died Sept 23, 1835, aged thirty three. A dictionary of musical information: containing also a vocabulary of musical terms, and a list of modern musical works published in the United States from 1640 to 1875 by John Weeks Moore (Boston: Oliver Ditson, c. 1876)

Biglow & Main

Person Name: The Biglow & Main Co. Publisher of "" in Select Songs No. 2 New York. Founded in 1868 by Sylvester Main and his son Hubert Platt Main. Ira Sankey was president in 1895. It was acquired by the Edwin O. Excell Co. to become Biglow-Main-Excell Co. and sold in in 1931 to Hope Publishing Co.

James H. Aikman

Hymnal Number: 247 Author of "Touch Not the Cup" in Select Songs No. 2

Jonathan Evans

1748 - 1809 Hymnal Number: 3 Author of "Closing Hymn" in Select Songs No. 2 Evans, Jonathan, born at Coventry in 1748 or 1749. He was the son of a working man, and as a youth was employed in a ribbon manufactory. About 1778 he joined the congregation at Coventry, over which the Rev. G. Burder was pastor. He began preaching at Foleshill, near Coventry, in 1782, and in 1795 he began his stated ministry there, retaining the same to his death on Aug. 31, 1809. Two biographical notices of him appeared in the Evangelical Magazine (Oct. 1809, and March 1847), and also several of his hymns. Two of his hymns appeared in Burder's Collection, 1784, and another in the 2nd edition the same year. His best known hymns are, "Come, Thou soul-transforming Spirit,” and "Hark! the voice of love and mercy;" q.v. He published no poetical work or collection of hymns. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach

1801 - 1874 Person Name: C. R. Hagenbach Hymnal Number: 187 Author of "Resting in God's Love" in Select Songs No. 2 Hagenbach, Carl Rudolph, D.D., s. of C. F. Hagenbach, professor of medicine at Basel, was born at Basel, March 4, 1801. He studied at the Universities of Basel, Bonn, and Berlin. He returned to Basel in 1823 as University lecturer on Church history, was appointed ordinary professor of Church history in 1829, and died at Basel, June 7, 1874 (Koch, vii. 95, 96; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, x. 344, 345, &c). His hymns appeared principally in his Gedichte, Basel, 1846. Two are translated:— i. Du Quell, der alle Herzen tranket. Passiontide. On Christ thirsting on the cross. 1846, as above, vol. i. p. 33, in 4 stanzas. Translated as "Thou fountain for the panting heart," by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 40. ii. Stille halten deinem Walten. Resignation. On patient waiting on God, founded on Ps. lxii. 2. In his Gedichte, 1846, vol. i. p. 85, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines; and in Knapp's EvangelicherLieder Schatz, 1850, No. 1947. Translated as:— Since thy Father's arm sustains thee, a free tr. of st. i.-v. in the Family Treasury, 1861, p. 293; and in the Gilman-Schaff Library of Religious Poetry, ed. 1883, p. 525, marked as tr. by “H. A. P." Included as No. 884 in Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

T. Bowman Stephenson

1839 - 1912 Person Name: Thos. B. Stephenson, D.D. Hymnal Number: 34 Author of "Sweetly Dawns the Sabbath Morning" in Select Songs No. 2 Stephenson, Thomas Bowman, D.D., LL.D., son of the Rev. John Stephenson, was born at Newcastle on Dec. 22, 1839, and educated at Wesley College, Sheffield, subsequently graduating at the University of London. In 1860 he entered the Wesleyan Ministry, and has since laboured in Norwich, Manchester, Bolton, and London. The great work of his life has been the establishment and maintenance of The Children's Home at Victoria Park, London, and its branches at Bolton, Birmingham, and the Isle of Man, and in Canada. Dr. Stephenson has written for Magazines and Reviews, and published a small work on Sisterhoods, and a Memorial Sketch of the late James Barlow. He has written several hymns, of which the following are most widely known:— 1. Fading like a lifetime ends another day. Evening. Written circa 1873, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 487, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. 2. Hear us, Saviour, bowed before Thee. Children's Hymn. Written for a Festival at the Children's Home, circa 1879. 3. 0 Father, Whose spontaneous love. Easter, or Missions. Appeared in The General Hymnary for Missions, &c, 1889, No. 266, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines. 4. Onward, o'er Time's great ocean. Life a Voyage. Written during a voyage across the South Sea. 5. Sweetly dawns the Sabbath morning. Sunday Morning. Written circa 1875, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 504, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. 6. This is the glorious gospel word. Jesus saves. Called forth by a religious Convention at Brighton, and published in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1879, No. 314, in 5 st. of 8 1., and in The General Hymnary, 1889, No. 431, with an additional stanza (st. iv.). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Stephenson, T. B. , p. 1092, ii. Dr. Stephenson was President of the Wesleyan Conference in 1891, and became warden of the Wesley Deaconess Institute in 1903. His hymn,"Lord, grant us like the watching five," is in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)