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Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Person Name: L. Bourgeois Topics: Confession of Sin; Covenant; Fear of God; Forgiveness of Sin; Friendship of God or Christ; Grace of God; Guidance of God, of Christ; Humility; Mercy of God; Sorrow for Sin; Spiritual Life; God our Teacher; Trust; Waiting upon God ; Walking with God; Youth Composer of "PATHWAY" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman

Iona Community

Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year Pentecost; Church Year Transfiguration; Covenant; Earth; Elements of Worship Offering; Friends; God Light from; God as Creator; God as Judge; God's Wisdom; God's Word; God's Friendship; God's Glory; God's law; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Way; Grace; Judgment; Offering of Sacrifice; Remnant of Isarel; Shame; Suffering; Ten Commandments 4th Commandment (remember the Sabbath); Ten Commandments 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery); Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); Victory; Vows; Year A Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 5-11 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year B, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 7-13 Author of "Psalm 50:1-15, 22-23 (A Responsorial Setting) " in Psalms for All Seasons Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music. Sing! A New Creation

Henry Martyn Dexter

1821 - 1890 Person Name: Henry M. Dexter Topics: Baptism; Church Sacraments of; Covenant; Early Piety; Means of Grace Translator of "Shepherd of tender youth" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Dexter, Henry Martyn, D.D., born at Plympton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821, and educated at Yale College, and Andover. In 1844 he was ordained Pastor of a Congregational Church at Manchester, New Haven. In 1849 he removed to the Berkeley Street Congregational Church, Boston, where he remained until his appointment as Editor of the Congregationalist, in 1867. Dr. Dexter is the translator of “Shepherd of tender youth" [see Clemens, Titus], in common usage in Great Britain and America. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Willard F. Jabusch

1930 - 2018 Topics: Angels; Biblical Names and Places David; Biblical Names and Places Egypt; Biblical Names and Places Ephraim; Biblical Names and Places Exodus; Biblical Names and Places Ham; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Judah; Biblical Names and Places Shiloh; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Biblical Names and Places Zoan; Covenant; Disciples / Calling; Elements of Worship Call to Confession; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Faith; Fear; God Obedience to; God's Armor; God's Forgiveness; God's law; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Strength; God's Way; Grace; Historical Psalms; Life Stages Children; Life Stages Family; Life Stages Generations; Love for God; Mercy; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; The Fall; Trust; War and Revolution; Witness; Year A, B, C, Holy Cross, September 14; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 6-12; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 25-October 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6 Translator of "Open Your Ears, O Faithful People" in Psalms for All Seasons Willard F. Jabusch (b. 1930) received degrees from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, and Loyola University, Chicago. He also earned a doctorate at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1986), and studied music at the Chicago Conservatory and the University of London. A parish priest at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Chicago from 1956 to 1961, he taught at Niles College of Loyola University from 1963 to 1966 and at the Mundelein Seminary from 1968 to 1990. Since 1990 Jabusch has been director of Calvert House, the Roman Catholic student center at the University of Chicago. His theological publications include The Person in the Pulpit (1980), Walk Where Jesus Walked (1986), and The Spoken Christ (1990). He has written some forty tunes and one hundred hymn texts, often pairing them with eastern European and Israeli folk tunes. Bert Polman

Timothy Dudley-Smith

b. 1926 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Topics: Acrostic Psalms; Covenant; Disciples / Calling; Elements of Worship Baptism; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Emmaus Road; God Obedience to; God's Sustaining Power; God's Wisdom; God's Wonders; God's Word; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Goodness; God's Holiness; God's House; God's Justice; God's Love; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promises; God's Providence; God's Way; Grace; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Good Shepherd; Jesus Christ Teacher; Mercy; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Rejoicing; Remembering; Temple; Truth; Victory; Wisdom Psalms; Witness; Year B, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 14-20; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6 Author of "Rejoice in God, My Heart" in Psalms for All Seasons Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

J. B. Herbert

1852 - 1927 Topics: Afflictions Promises for; Afflictions Refuge in; Assurance Declared; Backsliding; Character Good and Bad Contrasted; Character Value of Good; Christ Abiding with Believers; Christ Preciousness of; Christians Believers; Christians Graces of; Covenant Promises; Faith Act of; Heart Claimed of God; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure, and Upright; Nature An Emblem of Grace; Prayer For Divine Favor; Prayer Intercession in; Prayer Promises to; Protection Unceasing; The Righteous Contrasted with Wicked; The Righteous Honor and Safety of; The Righteous Reward of; Safety Assured; Steadfastness; Trust in God Blessed Composer of "[They in the Lord that firmly trust]" in Bible Songs

Edward Bunnett

1834 - 1923 Topics: Baptism; Church Sacraments of; Covenant; Early Piety; Means of Grace Composer of "KIRBY BEDON" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Edward Bunnet Canada 1834-1923. Born at Shipdham and educated at Norwich Cathedral Choir School, he was a talented chorister, composer, a brilliant organist, and had a sharp sense of humour. He married Emma Elizabeth McGowan in 1890, and they had three children. He became assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral for 22 years and later at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, for another 31 years. He was organist for the Norwich triennial Musical Festival for 33 years. Over his life he taught thousands of young people how to play the organ. He composed 16 choral works. John Perry

David Haas

b. 1957 Topics: Advent; Ark of the Covenant; Christmas Eve; Christmas Season; Creation; Easter Season; God as Glory; God as Judge; God as Righteousness; Grace; Joy; Missions; Nature; Pentecost; Peoples; Prophecy; Providence; Rejoicing; Witness; Worship Author (verses) of "Proclaim to All the Nations" in Christian Worship

Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Topics: Angels; Biblical Names and Places David; Biblical Names and Places Egypt; Biblical Names and Places Ephraim; Biblical Names and Places Exodus; Biblical Names and Places Ham; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Joseph; Biblical Names and Places Judah; Biblical Names and Places Shiloh; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Biblical Names and Places Zoan; Covenant; Disciples / Calling; Elements of Worship Call to Confession; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Faith; Fear; God Obedience to; God's Armor; God's Forgiveness; God's law; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Strength; God's Way; Grace; Historical Psalms; Life Stages Children; Life Stages Family; Life Stages Generations; Love for God; Mercy; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; The Fall; Trust; War and Revolution; Witness; Year A, B, C, Holy Cross, September 14; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 6-12; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 25-October 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6 Author of "We Will Tell Each Generation" in Psalms for All Seasons Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols far Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

H. S. Cutler

1825 - 1902 Person Name: Henry S. Cutler Topics: Christ Ascension of; Christ Conqueror; Christ Exaltation of; Christ Godhood of; Christ Ressurection of; Church Covenanted; Civil Magistracy; Divine Decrees; Judgments On Nations; Missions Influence of; Nations Owe Allegiance to Christ; Nations Ultimate Subjection of; Nature An Emblem of Grace; Royalty of Christ Divinely Conferred; Royalty of Christ Guarantee of Salvation; Royalty of Christ Mediatorial; Royalty of Christ Nations Subject to; Royalty of Christ Reward of His Obedience Composer of "ALL SAINTS NEW" in The Psalter Henry Stephen Cutler (b. Boston, MA, 1824; d. Boston, 1902) studied music in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1844. He moved to England, where he listened with interest to the cathedral choirs and came under the influence of the Oxford Movement. Returning to Boston in 1846, Cutler became organist of the Episcopal Church of the Advent and formed a choir of men and boys, to whom he introduced the wearing of liturgical robes. When he took a position at Trinity Church in New York City, he removed women from the choir and used the occasion of a visit by the Prince of Wales to the church to introduce his newly vested men and boys' choir. He also moved the choir from the gallery to the chancel and initiated the chanting of the psalms and the singing of part of the worship service. Cutler compiled The Psalter, with Chants (1858) and published The Trinity Psalter (1864) and Trinity Anthems (1865). Bert Polman