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F. J. Berry

Hymnal Number: d16 Author of "What would you give" in Gospel Bells Floyd J. Berry

1757 - 1840 Hymnal Number: d42 Author of "How pleasing to behold and see" in Gospel Bells Dobell, John, b. 1757, d. May, 1840, was a port-gauger under the Board of Excise, at Poole, Dorset, and a person of some local note. In 1806 he published:— A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns for Private, Family, and Public Worship (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, Arranged in alphabetical order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By John Dobell. Lond., Williams and Smith, 1806. Subsequently this Selection was increased to "More than Eight Hundred" hymns, and the wording of the title-page was changed in several instances. Dobell's account of this work is:— "The hymns here presented to the public I have collected from more than two hundred authors; many of them are taken from Manuscripts which I deemed too valuable to be suffered to remain in obscurity, and some have been supplied by friends. As this work has been the labour of years, and the choice of many thousand hymns, it will, I trust, give satisfaction to the Church of God." Preface, p. iii. In addition to a work on Baptisms,1807, and another on Humanity, 1812, Dobell also published:— The Christian's Golden Treasure; or, Gospel Comfort for Doubting Minds, 1823. This work was in two vols., the first of which contained 124 hymns, several of which were by Dobell. Of this writer's hymns very few are found in modern hymn-books. We have from the 1806 book:—(1) "Come, dearest Lord, and bless this day" (Sunday Morning); (2) "Great Ruler of the earth and skies” (In time of War); (3) "Now is the accepted time," (Invitation) — in common use in Great Britain and America, out of twenty or more. It is not as a hymn-writer, but as a diligent and successful hymnologist, that J. Dobell is best known. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Edna Heard

Hymnal Number: d30 Author of "He sleeps" in Gospel Bells

E. H. Scarbrough

Hymnal Number: d100 Author of "Waiting there for me" in Gospel Bells

William Ellsworth Witter

1854 - 1954 Person Name: Will E. Witter Hymnal Number: d204 Author of "While Jesus whispers to you" in Gospel Bells Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:— While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John S. Davis

1813 - 1882 Hymnal Number: d121 Author of "Ring, O ring the bells" in Gospel Bells

Mrs. Frank M. Lynn

Person Name: Frank M. Lynn Hymnal Number: d103 Author of "Sweet thought that I shall see his face" in Gospel Bells

Julia Benson Parker

Person Name: J. B. Parker Hymnal Number: d28 Author of "Slowly drifting" in Gospel Bells

Mrs. F. Portie Trimble

Person Name: F. Portie Trimble Hymnal Number: d102 Author of "O Savior, guide me all the way" in Gospel Bells

Mark D. Ussery

1880 - 1937 Hymnal Number: d172 Author of "Glory bound, glory bound" in Gospel Bells Born in Marlin, TX, he was associated with F. L. Eiland and the Eiland Music Company of Waco, TX. He spent his life writing songs, teaching music, and leading singing in rural churches. Ussery was credited with about 90 songs and 3 hymn books. Ne is buried in Winters, TX.