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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel B. Towner Composer of "CALVARY" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

George P. Simmonds

1890 - 1991 Translator of "Años mi alma en vanidad vivió" in Himnos de la Iglesia Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon

William Newell

1804 - 1881 Author of "Mercy there was great, and grace was free;" in Small Church Music Rv William Newell DD USA 1804-1881. Born at Littleton, MA, son of a storekeeper, his family moved to Boston when he was a child. In 1814 he entered the Latin School, graduating four years later. He wrote a lengthy poem for his graduation exercise and was accepted into Harvard, receiving a BA in 1824. He taught for a year at the Latin School, then entered Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 1828. Professor Andrews Norton, who took a lasting interest in him, said his literary acumen was unequaled. He was much consulted by men of letters as a result. After college, he traveled for several months, then accepted a pastorate at the First Parish in Cambridge. In 1830 he was ordained. In 1832 a new church was built by the college across the street. He began ministry there just after a large minority of worshippers had left the church to organize the Shepard Congregational Society. Controversy in the parish between orthodox and liberal members was bitter, and the minority protested against Newell as pastor. He refused to engage in controversy and ignored all hostility. As a result of his gentleness, the quarrel soon passed into oblivion. In 1835 he married Francis Boott Wells, and they had six children: William, Frances, Robert, Kirk, Louise, and Jane. His domestic life was a happy one. Harvard conferred to him his DD degree in 1853. He remained as pastor of the First Parish until his retirement in 1868. His congregation was very diverse, consisting of academic people, retired ministers, and common folk. Somehow he managed to please most everybody through his simple and direct sermons. He wrote Bible commentaries and much verse, but never tried to publish it. He had come to Cambridge in delicate health, but managed to labor as he wished until the last year of his life, when he developed a painful illness. However, he remained cheerful and content. He died at Cambridge. John Perry =================== Newell, William, D.D., b. at Littleton, Mass., Feb. 25, 1804, educated at Harvard, entered the Unitarian Ministry in 1830, retired in 1868, and died in 1881. In Putnam's Singers and Songs, 1874, there are 11 of his hymns and poems. His "All hail, God's angel, Truth" (Thanksgiving), is in Horder's Worship Song, with Tunes, 1905. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Khalil As'ad Ghibrail

Person Name: خليل اسعد غبريل Transaltor of "بررتني رحمة الرحيم" in ترانيم الإيمان خليل اسعد غبريل

John W. Peterson

1921 - 2006 Arranger of "[Years I spent in vanity and pride]" in Favorites Number 6

William R. Newell

1868 - 1956 Author of "At Calvary" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 William Newell (1868-1956) was born in Savannah, OH. He earned degrees from Wooster College, Princeton and Oberlin Theological Seminary. He served as Assistant Superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The words for his hymn "At Calvary" came to him on his way to teach a class at the Bible Institute. He slipped into an empty classroom and wrote them quickly on the back of an envelope. (see bio in 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985.) Mary Louise VanDyke

Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 953 Arranger of "AT CALVARY" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org