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Robert Rau

1844 - 1906 Person Name: Robert Rau, 1844-1906 Hymnal Number: 70 Composer of "RAU" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church

1831 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. Henry Arthur Martin, 1831-1871 Hymnal Number: 264 Author of "O Rock of ages, one foundation" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Martin, Henry Arthur, M.A., son of George Martin, Chancellor and Canon of Exeter, born at Exeter July 30, 1831, and educated at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1855, and M.A. 1857. On taking Holy Orders he became Curate of Hallow, near Worcester, 1856, and Vicar of Laxton with Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire, 1858. In 1871 he contributed the following hymns to Church Hymns:— 1. Lord of the frost-bound winter. Harvest. Written in 1859. 2. O Rock of Ages, One Foundation. St. Peter. Written in 1871. 3. Sound aloud Jehovah's praises. Holy Trinity. Written in 1870, in 8 stanzas, four of which only are given in Church Hymns. 4. The heavenly King must come. St. John Baptist. Written in 1871. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Martin, H. A., p. 715. ii. In the 1904 ed. of Hymns Ancient & Modern a new hymn by Mr. Martin is included for Passiontide, "Alone Thou trodd'st the wine press, and alone." It was written in Holy Week, 1878. All Mr. Martin's hymns given on p. 715, ii., are still in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Norman Libbey

Person Name: Rev. John Norman Libbey Hymnal Number: 854 Translator of "When my lips can frame no sound" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church

James P. Jewson

1825 - 1889 Person Name: J. P. Jewson, 1825-1889 Hymnal Number: 563 Composer of "TUDOR" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born: 1825, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Died: June 24, 1889, Coatham, Yorkshire, England.

Evelyn Renatus Hassé

1855 - 1918 Person Name: Bishop Evelyn R. Hasse, 1855-1918 Hymnal Number: 337 Author of "Almighty Lord, whose sovereign right" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Hassé, Evelyn Renatus. (1855-1918). English Moravian clergyman, consecrated bishop in 1904; Provincial Elder, 1906; one of the revisers of the Moravian Hymnbook 1911, to which he contributed a number of translations. Instrumental in founding a college in Bristol, England, whose purpose was training men for overseas mission work. --Janice Harke Stapleton, DNAH Archives

W. H. W. Darley

1810 - 1872 Hymnal Number: 368 Composer of "GODERICH" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born: September 9, 1801. Died: July 31, 1872. Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Henry Westray Darley was a multi-talented compiler and organist in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. He was something of a polymath. The son of two popular English actors, John and Eleanore Westray Darley, Willaim Henry was credited by Durang for arranging the score for Weber’s Der Feichütz, given at the Chesnut on March 18, 1825, and also taking the part of Wilhelm in that production. In 1839, Darley, now the organist at Saint Stephen’s, and listed in the city directories as a “professor of music,” began a co-authorship with John C. B. Stanbridge. Darley was a director of Philadelphia’s most influential music society. He was also a member of the Anacreontic Society, a men’s musical club organized in 1833. --excerpts from “Food for Apollo: Cultivated Music in Antebellum Philadelphia.” By Dorothy T. Potter

Jan Augusta

1500 - 1572 Person Name: Bishop Johann Augusta, 1500-1572 Hymnal Number: 334 Author of "How blest and lovely thy earthly dwellings" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Augusta, Johann, seems to have been born at Prag about the year 1500. He was consecrated Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren in 1532, became president of their "select council" in 1537, and died at Jung-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Jan. 13, 1572. Two of his hymns, written in Bohemian, have passed into English through the German as follows:— i. Aj jak jsou milí tvoji příbytkove. [The Christian Church.] Founded on Ps. lxxxiv. In the Bohemian Brethren's Hymn Book, 1559, f. 166, in 18 stanzas. Translated into German by J. Geletzky in the Kirchengeseng , Prag, 1566, and thence in Wackernagel, iv. p. 355, beginning “0 wie sehr lieblich sind all dein Wohnung." Translated from the German by J. Gambold as No. 269 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 (1849, No. 763), beginning, "How amiable Thy habitations are." ii. Budiž veleben Pán Bůh náš pochválen. [The Christian Church.] Founded on Ps. xlviii. In the Bohemian Brethren's Hymn Book, 1561. f. 168, in 8 stanzas. Translated into German by P. Herbert in the Kirchengeseng, 1566, and thence in Wackernagel, iv. p. 420, beginning, “Gott woll'n wir loben." The translations from the German are (1) “Praise our God gracious,” by J. Gambold, as No. 268 in pt. 1 of the Moravian Hymn Book , 1754. (2) “Praise God for ever,” as No. 491 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1849, No. 761). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Peter La Trobe

1795 - 1863 Person Name: Peter La Trobe, 1795-1863 Hymnal Number: 503 Composer of "SWEETER SOUNDS" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Peter Latrobe [Peter La Trobe] 1795-1863 Born: February 15, 1795, London, England. Died: September 24, 1863, Berthelsdorf, Germany. La Trobe was a Moravian minister (sometimes misidentified as a Moravian bishop, an office held by his descendant, Benjamin La Trobe). His father was Christian Latrobe. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Matthaeus Stach

1711 - 1787 Person Name: Matthew Stach, 1711-1787 Hymnal Number: 358 Author of "There's but a small beginning made" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Stach, Matthaus, b. March 4, 1711, at Mankendorf, Moravia. 1733 Moravian missionary in Greenland. 1771 Moravian minister in Pennsylvania, d. Dec. 21, 1787. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Robertson

1820 - 1864 Person Name: Rev. William Robertson, 1820-1864 Hymnal Number: 284 Author of "A little child the Saviour came" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Robertson, William, M.A., eldest son of the Rev. John Robertson, D.D., of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, was born at Cambuslang, July 15, 1820. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Glasgow. In 1843 he became parish minister of Monzievaird, Perthshire, where he died June 9, 1864. He was appointed a member of the Hymnal Committee of the Established Church in 1852, 1853, and 1857, and contributed 2 hymns to their Hymns for Public Worship, 1861, since included in their Scottish Hymnal, 1869, which have attained considerable popularity, viz., "A little child the Saviour came" (Christmas), and a version of the Te Deum, which begins, "Thee God we praise, Thee Lord confess." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)