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John Stuart Blackie

1809 - 1895 Person Name: John S. Blackie Hymnal Number: d44 Author of "Lord of might and Lord of glory" in One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1 Blackie, John Stuart, LL.D., born at Glasgow, July, 1809, and educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and at the University of Edinburgh. After a residence on the Continent for educational purposes, he was called to the Bar in 1834. In 1841, he was appointed Professor of Latin in Marischal College, Aberdeen, and in 1850 Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh. On the death of Dr. Guthrie he was for some time the Editor of the Sunday Magazine. His published works include:— A Metrical Translation of AEschylus, 1850; Pronunciation of Greek, 1852; Lyrical Poems, 1860; Homer and the Iliad, 4 vols., 1869, &c.; Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece, &c, 1857; and Songs of Religion and Life, 1876. To the hymnological student he is known by his rendering of a portion of the Benedicite (q.v.), "Angels, holy, high and lowly," which is found in several hymnals. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Blackie, J. S. , p. 144, i. Dr. Guthrie was succeeded as editor of the Sunday Magazine by Dr. W. G. Blaikie, and not by Dr. J. S. Blackie. The latter resigned his professorship in 1882, and died March 2, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Gustav Gottheil

1827 - 1903 Hymnal Number: d10 Author of "Come, O Sabbath day, and bring peace and healing" in One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1

W. Wrangham

Hymnal Number: d61 Author of "Praise the Lord, his power confess" in One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1 Wrangham, W., p. 930. ii., 223. From his New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1829, the following are in common use in America:— (1) "Eternal God, celestial King," Psalms Ivii; (2) "Praise the Lord, His power confess," Psalms cl.; (3) “To Thee, my righteous King and Lord," Psalms ciii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

A. J. Davis

Editor of "" in One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1 The Temple Emanu-El Hymn Book for Schools, Part I (1875) refers to A. J. Davis as the organist at the temple.

James Koppel Gutheim

1817 - 1886 Person Name: James K. Gutheim Hymnal Number: d6 Author of "Arise to praise the Lord" in One Hundred Non-Sectarian Hymns for Use in Church and Home. 10 vols. in 1 Gutheim, James Koppel. (1817-1886). Several of his sermons have been published. Training in his native Westphalia as a teacher, came to the U.S. around 1843. In 1846, became rabbi of what is now the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati. In 1850, moved to New Orleans as leader of the Shaare Chesed Congregation and in 1853 became hazzan of the New Orleans Spanish-Portuguese Congregation. Refusing to take the oath of allegiance when Northern troops captured New Orleans, he saved the Jews of Alabama and Georgia until the end of the War. From 1868 to 1872 he preached in English at Temple Emanu-el in New York City. Returning to New Orleans, he served the new Temple Sinai until his death. The acknowledged leader of the Jewish community, he also held several important civic posts in the city. A close friend and supporter of Isaac Mayer Wise, he collaborated in the development of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Hebrew Union College. There is a portrait in the Encyclopedia Judaiaca VII, 986 (1971). --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives