Person Results

Edwin Gilbert

1848 - 1926 Person Name: Edwin Gilbert, 1848-1926 Hymnal Number: 6816 Author of "Together, Lord, We Come to Thee" in The Cyber Hymnal

1874 - 1944 Person Name: Theodosia Garrison, 1874-1944 Hymnal Number: 366 Author of "The Ballad of the Cross" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: 1874, Newark, New Jersey. Garrison was a regular contributor to magazines, and also wrote: Joy o’ Life, 1908 The Earth Cry, 1910 The Dreamers, 1917 As the Larks Rise, 1921 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ ============= Theodosia Garrison also known as: Theodosia Pickering Garrison; Mrs. Frederic Faulks. Worked on the staff of Life Magazine; helped to organize the 250th Anniversary of the City of Newark, NJ (she was also born in Newark, NJ); resided in New Jersey. Was a houseguest of the famed poet E. Wilcox; made the Who's Who 1914 list. --allpoetry.com/

Robert Ernest Smith

b. 1957 Person Name: Robert E. Smith Hymnal Number: 5764 Author of "Remember Christ, Our Savior" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 21, 1957, New York, New York. Smith attended Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana (BA 1979); Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (MLS 1981); and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (MDiv 1985). He served as pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Winamac, Indiana (1985-89); and Messiah Lutheran Church, Wolcottville, Indiana (1989-92); Computer Coordinator at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana (1996-97); interim pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Battle Creek, Michigan (1997); and Public Services Librarian (1993) and Internet Coordinator (1996) at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. His works include: Shepherds for Christ’s Sheep, 1996 Cyber Hymnal

James G. Gilkey

1889 - 1964 Hymnal Number: 4977 Author of "Outside the Holy City" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: September 28, 1889, Watertown, Massachusetts. Died: July 1964, Weekapaug, Rhode Island. Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Gilkey graduated from Harvard College (1912) and Union Theological Seminary. He was a teacher and chaplain at Amherst College, then, starting in 1917, pastored at the South Congregational Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, until retiring in 1954. In 1926, he was the commencement speaker at the University of Connecticut. Gilkey’s works include: A Faith for the New Generation, 1926 The Certainty of God, 1928 Secrets of Effective Living (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927) Solving Life’s Everyday Problems, 1930 Meeting the Challenge of Modern Doubt (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931) Managing One’s Self, 1932 What Can We Believe?, 1933 You Can Master Life, 1934 Getting Help from Religion, 1936 The Problem of Following Jesus, 1938 A Faith to Affirm, 1940 How to Be Your Best God Will Help You, 1943 When Life Gets Hard, 1945 Gaining the Faith You Need, 1948 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Mrs. Crosby Adams

1858 - 1951 Person Name: Juliette Aurelia Graves Adams Hymnal Number: 14696 Composer of "SWALLOWNEST" in The Cyber Hymnal Mrs. Crosby Adams (Juliette Aurelia Graves Adams) authored Studies in hymnology (Richmond, Va., Onward Press [c1929]), and received honorary doctorates from Converse College and Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. See: McAllister, Louise. (1957). Words to remember : sayings of Mrs. Crosby Adams. American Music Teacher, (November-December), 2ff.

J. S. Howson

1816 - 1885 Person Name: Johann S. Howson Hymnal Number: 2 Author of "At All Times Praise the Lord" in The Cyber Hymnal Howson, John Saul, D.D., was b. in 1816, and educated at Trinity Coll., Camb., B.A. (1st class Cl.) 1837. From 1849 to 1865 Principal of Liverpool College, and Dean of Chester 1867. His theological works are well known. His contributions to hymnology are few. The hymn, "At all times praise the Lord" (In Affliction), was "written during a time of deep depression in a nervous breakdown which he had about the year 1880" (Family note in MS.). It is found in Dr. Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, 1889; The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, and others. Dean Howson died Dec. 15, 1885. . --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Hannah F. Gould

1789 - 1865 Hymnal Number: 1223 Author of "Day of God, Thou Blessèd Day" in The Cyber Hymnal Gould, Hannah Flagg, was born at Lancaster, Vermont, in 1789. In her youth her father removed to Newbury-port, Massachusetts. She died in 1865. Her Poems were published in 1832, 1835, and 1841. From these Poems the following pieces are taken:— 1. Alone I walked the ocean strand. 2. Day of God, thou blessed day. (1841.) Sunday. 3. O Thou Who hast spread out the skies. (1832.) For Use at Sea. 4. O Father, to the fields that are ripe. Harvest. 5. Who, when darkness gathered o'er us. American National Hymn. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

M. J. Smith

Hymnal Number: 902 Author of "Cling to the Bible" in The Cyber Hymnal

S. F. Ackley

1852 - 1924 Person Name: Stanley Frank Ackley Hymnal Number: 16044 Author of "Will You Be Found Up There?" in The Cyber Hymnal Stanley Frank Ackley was born April 1, 1852 in Spring Hill, PA. His father was a farmer. He married Ophelia A. Cogswell, November 1, 1871. She lived in the same county. For a time, he was a vocal music teacher and he had a band that he traveled with. In 1898, he became a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. He served churches in Berwick, PA, Inwood, NY, Daleville, PA, White Plains, NY, Tarrytown, NY and Paterson NJ. He died June 3, 1924 in Elmhurst, PA. He was the father of B. D. Ackley (hymn writer), George Kilmer Ackley (minister) and A. H. Ackley (hymn writer). Dianne Shapiro (from Archives of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church - lycoming.edu/umarch/who_pastors/a.htm; findagrave.com; ackleygenealogy.ocm (by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)