Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 81 - 90 of 103Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Frank A. Simpkins

1870 - 1939 Hymnal Number: d21 Author of "Calling, hear him calling" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1 Simpkins, Frank Addison. (Ashterville County, Ohio, June 8, 1870--March 4, 1939, Riverside, California). His childhood home was in the vicinity of the homes of other well-known hymn writers: Philip P. Bliss, James McGranahan and Charles C. Case. These, no doubt, influenced young Frank Simpkins. His schooling included a time at the Preparatory School, Hiram College. He was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and traveled for a time with an evangelist. He wrote a number of hymns during the early 1900s. He entered the field of education and taught in Ohio: 1915-1916, Kinsman Township School; Music Director, 1916-1924; Assistant County Superintendent and Supervisor of Band and Orchestra in Trumbull County, 1924-1928; Music Director of Cortland Village School. He was known as the "Father of the School Band Movement in Trumbull County." After retirement, he moved with his wife, Matilda C. Simpkins, to Riverside, California. There he met hymn-writer Carlton C. Buck, and became a member of the Church where Rev. Buck was pastor. Through this association, he renewed his interest in hymn writing. Among his early hymns are: "Oh, for a glimpse of that city," "Scatter sunshine," "In the golden morning," "Am I ashamed of Christ?" and "I am coming, Lord, to thee." A pianist, he also wrote hymn tunes and collaborated during his retirement years on several hymns with his pastor. Among these are "Feasting in the center of His love," and the well-known "When God speaks." Funeral services were held on March 7, 1939, and in the interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Riverside, California. --Carlton C. Buck, DNAH Archives

Mrs. W. J. Kennedy

1842 - 1900 Person Name: W. J. Kennedy Hymnal Number: d125 Author of "The Savior of sinners" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1 Full name: Mary Maria Kiernan Kennedy

The Fillmore Brothers

Person Name: Fillmore Bros. Publisher of "" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1

John W. Wayland

Hymnal Number: d110 Author of "A servant of the King" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1

Fred Woodrow

Hymnal Number: d74 Author of "On the heavenly way" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1

Robert Moffett

Hymnal Number: d62 Author of "Coming now" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1 Moffat, Robert, D.D., born at Ormiston, Dec. 21, 1795, and died Aug. 9, 1883. Dr. Moffat was engaged for many years as a missionary in Bechuanaland, and assisted in preparing a hymn-book for the use of the London Missionary Society's congregations in that country. He contributed thereto upwards of 250 original and translated hymns (see p. 756, ii.). His English hymn for children, "Can I, a little child?" (Missions) is very popular; it is dated 1841. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

J. M. Bowman

Hymnal Number: d8 Author of "Let the blessed Master in" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1

Robert O. Smith

Hymnal Number: d53 Author of "Walking by faith where I cannot see" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1

E. E. Higbee

1830 - 1889 Hymnal Number: d65 Author of "Jesus, o'er the grave victorious, Conquering" in The Pathway of Praise No. 1 Born: March 27, 1830, St. George (near Burlington), Vermont. Died: December 13, 1889. Buried: Emmitsburg, Maryland. Son of state legislator Lewis Higbee and Sarah Baker Higbee, Elnathan was educated at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1849. By the time of his graduation, he had already begun teaching school in Burlington at age 16; his first permanent position was as an assistant teacher at an academy in Woodstock, Vermont. He stayed there only a short time before moving to another teaching position in Emmitsburg, Maryland, becoming head of the mathematical and classical departments at a school organized by his brother-in-law, George W. Aughinbaugh. In 1850, he accepted a position s a private tutor in the family of Joshua Motter of Emmitsburg, among whose daughters he found his future wife. Around late 1851 or early 1852, Higbee entered the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where Philip Schaff was among his teachers. He went on to become a preacher, poet, and educator, and for nine years, served as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania. After seminary, he taught mathematics at the high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for a year. Later in his life, when he was state superintendent for education, he would discover one of his old pupils had become principal of the Lancaster high school. In 1845, Higbee was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Maryland Classis of the Reformed Church. His first pastorate was at the Congregational Church in Bethel, Vermont. In 1858, he returned to Emmitsburg, and 1859 to the First Reformed Church of Tiffin, Ohio, where he also filled the chair of Latin and Greek at Heidelberg College. In 1862, he moved to Pittsburgh to become pastor of Grace Church. In 1864, he became professor of Church History and New Testament Exegesis at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. While there, he was of the prime movers in the foundation of Mercersburg College in 1865. In 1881, Governor Hoyt appointed him State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania. Sources: Pennsylvania School Journal www.hymntime.com/tch/