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W. Acfield

Hymnal Number: d489 Author of "With thy benediction falling on our ear" in Hymns of the Christian Life

Samuel Weekes

Hymnal Number: d274 Author of "O God, hear thou the nation's prayer" in Hymns of the Christian Life

1841 - 1921 Person Name: Rosa Mulholland Hymnal Number: d107 Author of "Give me, O Lord, a heart of grace" in Hymns of the Christian Life Gilbert, Rosa, née Mulholland, daughter of J. S. Mulholland, M.D., of Belfast, and wife of Sir John T. Gilbert, is the author of Vagrant Verses, 1886, and many novels, &c. Her hymn, "Give me, O Lord, a heart of Grace" (Resignation), is in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, and others. It is from her Vagrant Verses, p. 154, where it is given as "A Prayer." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Vera Campbell

Hymnal Number: d123 Author of "God of the nations, hear our call" in Hymns of the Christian Life Early 20th Century

Janet S. Pattinson

1848 - 1948 Hymnal Number: d487 Author of "While sinks our land to realms of night" in Hymns of the Christian Life Pattinson, Janet Steel, was born at Paisley, Scotland, but as a child removed to Bradford, Yorks, where she is now (1906) engaged in educational work. She published in 1899 Far-Ben, or Poems in Many Moods. Her hymns, mostly written for Sunday School Anniversaries and other occasions connected with College Chapel (Congregational), Bradford, include:— 1. Come to me, 0 my Saviour. [Fellowship with Jesus.] Written 1884, first published in The Teacher at Work, 1886; in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905. 2. Hosanna! rang the song of old. [Children's Voices.] In C. Bonner's Garland of S. S. Music, 1882; ed. 1886, No. 26. 3. While sinks our land to realms of night. [Sunday Evening.] Written and printed for the S. S. Anniversary of 1891; in Border's Hymns Supplement 1894 and Worship Song, 1905. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Oliver Huckel

1864 - 1940 Hymnal Number: d305 Author of "O mind of God, broad as the sky" in Hymns of the Christian Life Born: January 11, 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: February 3, 1940, Orlando, Florida. Buried: Second Congregational Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut. An 1887 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Huckel was known as the class poet, and spoke at the university’s celebration of the birth of American president George Washington, and at the 1887 graduation ceremony. He went on to study at Harvard University and Andover Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts, and in 1890 was ordained a Congregational minister, and received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from Boston University. He then pastored in Weymouth, Massachusetts, until 1894, when he went abroad to study at the University of Berlin and Oxford University. He returned to America in 1896, serving briefly in Amherst, Massachusetts, then moving to the Associate Congregational Church, Baltimore, Maryland, where he stayed the next two decades. In 1917, he moved to the Second Congregational Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, and retired in 1905. He also served as chaplain at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;, Cornell University; and the University of Virginia. --www.hymntime.org/tch

Frank E. A. Stoney

1874 - 1918 Person Name: F. E. A. Stoney Hymnal Number: d222 Author of "Lord, not for light in darkness do we pray" in Hymns of the Christian Life

Edwin Augustus Sydenham

1847 - 1891 Person Name: Edwin A. Sydenham Hymnal Number: d33 Author of "Believe not those who say" in Hymns of the Christian Life

Emilio Pieraccini

1828 - 1902 Person Name: E. Pieraccini Hymnal Number: d449 Author of "To thee, eternal soul, be praise" in Hymns of the Christian Life

Henry H. Barber

1835 - 1923 Person Name: Henry Hervey Barber Hymnal Number: d81 Author of "Far off, O God, and yet most near" in Hymns of the Christian Life BARBER, HENRY HERVEY: Unitarian; b. at Warwick, Mass., Dec. 30, 1835. He was educated at Deerfield (Mass.) Academy and Meadville Theological School (1861). He held successive pastorates at Harvard, Mass. (1861-66), Somerville, Mass. (1866-84), and Meadville, Pa. (1884-90), while from 1884 to 1904 he was professor of philosophy and theology at Meadville Theological School. Since 1904 he has been professor emeritus. He is a member of the American Historical Association and of the American Economic Association, and from 1875 to 1884 was editor of the Unitarian Review. New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge