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O. C. Henderson

Hymnal Number: 428 Composer of "HENDERSON" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised)

Larry Simpson

Hymnal Number: 159 Author, st. 2 of "Jesus is Lord" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised)

George William Walton

Hymnal Number: 563 Author, st. 2, 3, and 4 of "Father of Mercy" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised)

b. 1951 Hymnal Number: 395 Author of "My Brethren, Let Us Be as One" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Dr. Vic Vadney is a physician and graduate of Baylor College of Medicine. He served as a medical missionary in Nigeria and for many years, as medical director for the Abilene State Supported Living Center in Abilene, Texas. - Source: Monty Lynn

George Wilmeth Ewing

1923 - 2010 Person Name: George W. Ewing Hymnal Number: 382 Author of "Sin Sorrow of Six Thousand Years" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) George Ewing earned an undergraduate degree at Abilene Christian University and M.A and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He preached in Churches of Christ and served as a professor of English at Abilene Christian University from 1955 to 1992. He edited The Well-Tempered Lyre: Songs and Poems of the Temperance Movement (SMU Press). He had an interest in music throughout his life and wrote the hymn, “Sin sorrow of six thousand years” which was published in Great Songs of the Church, Revised, by ACU Press in 1986. - Source: Monty Lynn

W. R. Braine

1829 - 1865 Hymnal Number: 101 Composer of "BRAINE" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) He served may years as an organist of St. Barnabas Church, Kensington. --The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 218

Will Hill

Hymnal Number: 46 Composer of "HILL" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised)

Forrest M. McCann

1931 - 2020 Hymnal Number: 562 Author of "Jesus, Wonderful Thou Art" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Forrest Mason McCann (b. Lometa, Texas, October 12, 1931; d. November 23, 2020) was a historian of church hymnology and a professor of English at Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas) from 1968 to 1996. McCann served as an editor of two editions of E. L. Jorgenson's *Great Songs of the Church* and was editor-in-chief of *Great Songs of the Church, Revised*, published by ACU Press. He was educated at Florida Christian College (Temple Terrace, Florida; A.A., 1950), the University of Florida (B.A., 1952; M.A., 1966), and Texas Tech University (Ph.D., 1980). McCann also authored *Hymns and History* which provides background on each hymn, author, and composer in the hymnal he edited. Monty Lynn