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Samuel Alman

1844 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. Samuel Alman Hymnal Number: 59 Composer of "[Awake! for the Master is calling]" in Joyful Lays Samuel Alman was born February 6, 1844 in Wales. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1854 as an apprentice and served until 1868. He was at the Washington Navy Yard when Lincoln was shot and was one of the few men who knew of the final disposition of J. Wilkes Booth's body, but he was sworn to secrecy. At one time he was commander-in-chief of the National Association of Naval Veterans, holding the title of Admiral. He was also chaplain of the G.A.R. and the Farragut Association of Naval Veterans. After two years of service with the United States Government, he resigned and became an evangelist, taking charge of the mission that later became Emmanuel Baptist Church in Manhattan. He was ordained in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in 1871 and continued serving as pastor of Emmanuel Baptist church until 1899. He wrote many hymns and compiled two hymnals. He died in June 12, 1911, in New York. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary, "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," 14 June 1911

Ella Dale

Hymnal Number: 124 Author of "Thine, wholly Thine" in Joyful Lays Pseudonymn. See Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

D. B. Purinton

Person Name: D. B. P. Hymnal Number: 66 Author of "Happy Beulah Land" in Joyful Lays

Eva Travers Poole

Person Name: Eva T. Poole Hymnal Number: 75 Author of "Day by Day" in Joyful Lays

Biglow & Main

Publisher of "" in Joyful Lays New York. Founded in 1868 by Sylvester Main and his son Hubert Platt Main. Ira Sankey was president in 1895. It was acquired by the Edwin O. Excell Co. to become Biglow-Main-Excell Co. and sold in in 1931 to Hope Publishing Co.

Mary C. Seward

1839 - 1919 Hymnal Number: 83 Author of "Hear the Master Say" in Joyful Lays Born: July 9, 1839, New London, Connecticut. Died: Circa September 1919, on a train going to Buffalo, New York. [Pseudonym: Agnes Burney.] Daughter of William H. and Sarah Latham Ashbey Coggeshall, Mary was educated at the Female Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, and married composer Theodore Seward in 1860. She belonged to the International Sunshine Society; the Sorosis Club of New York City; the Woman’s Club of Orange, New Jersey; was twice president of the National Society of New England Women; and was president of the Blind Babies’ Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. As of 1914, she was living in East Orange, New Jersey. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Ruth Harmon

Hymnal Number: 59 Author of "The Master is calling for you" in Joyful Lays

Emily C. Pearson

1818 - 1900 Hymnal Number: 42 Author of "Be not Weary" in Joyful Lays Emily Catherine Clemons [“Clemens” or “Clemmons”] Pearson (1818-1900) Emily Catherine Clemons was an educator, author, poet, and from 1844 to 1845 a “female laborer” exhorting people to be ready for Christ’s impending return. She later continued her writing career as an abolitionist novelist and advocate for Temperance, missions, Sabbath School, and other reforms. She was noted author of numerous hymns. Michael Campbell (director of Seventh Day Adventist (NAD) archives, statistics and research)

T. J. Cook

1826 - 1876 Hymnal Number: 121 Composer of "[Little children, come to Jesus]" in Joyful Lays 19th Century We have little data on Cook, except that he was a teacher. He evidently lived in the New York City area in the 1860s. His works include: The Olive Branch, with Theodore Perkins (New York: F. J. Huntington, 1860) The Evergreen, with Theodore Perkins (New York: F. J. Huntington, 1862) Music: BEAUTIFUL ZION JESUS, GUIDE OUR WAY LITTLE CHILDREN, COME TO JESUS WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR THEE? --www.hymntime.com/tch/