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Mark Edwards

Scripture: Luke 24:13-31 Harmonizer of "BUNESSAN" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal

1929 - 2021 Person Name: Carl F. Schalk Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 Composer of "RAABE" in Glory to God Carl F. Schalk (b. Des Plaines, IL, 1929; d. 2021) is professor of music emeritus at Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois, where he taught church music since 1965. He completed graduate work at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. From 1952 to 1956 he taught and directed music at Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau, Wisconsin, and from 1958 to 1965 served as director of music for the International Lutheran Hour. Honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1992, Schalk was editor of the Church Music journal (1966-1980), a member of the committee that prepared the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978), and a widely published composer of church music. Included in his publications are The Roots of Hymnody in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1965), Key Words in Church Music (1978), and Luther on Music: Paradigms of Praise (1988). His numerous hymn tunes and carols are collected in the Carl Schalk Hymnary (1989) and its 1991 Supplement. Bert Polman

Kenneth G. Finlay

1882 - 1974 Person Name: K. G. Finlay, 1882-1974 Scripture: Luke 24:30-31 Composer of "GLENFINLAS" in Common Praise

Friedrich Silcher

1789 - 1860 Person Name: F. Silcher, 1789-1860 Scripture: Luke 24:30-31 Composer of "PASTOR PASTORUM " in Common Praise

Arthur G. Clyde

Scripture: Luke 24:32 Arranger of "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME" in More Voices

B. F. White

1800 - 1879 Person Name: Benjamin Franklin White, 1800-1879 Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 Composer (attributed to) of "BEACH SPRING" in The Book of Praise Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman

Georg Joseph

1630 - 1668 Scripture: Luke 24:35 Composer of "As We Walked Home at Close of Day" in Scripture Song Database Born: Probably circa 1630, Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland). Died: Circa 1668. A musician in the service of the Prince-Bishop of Breslau in last half of the 17th Century, Joseph collaborated published five hymn volumes with Johann Scheffler. Sources Erickson, p. 325 Stulken, p. 218 Music: ANGELUS --www.hymntime.com/tch

Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Scripture: Luke 24:32 Author of "When My Savior Talks with Me" in Timeless Truths Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)