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The Hymn Society of America

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1886 - 1981 Hymnal Number: 10 Author of "Accept, Dear God, My Thanks This Morn" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Ernest Edwin Ryden is a distinguished Lutheran clergyman who has been a life-long student of hymns. At present he is pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut. This is the latest of a long series of services he has rendered in the Lutheran Church. For twenty-seven years he was editor of "The Lutheran Companion," the official organ of the former Augustana Lutheran Church. His contributions to hymnody were many. He was a member of the Committee which created the Augustana Hymnal of 1925 to which he contributed eight original hymns and translations. He was co-editor of the Junior Hymnal for which he wrote a number of hymns. He was secretary of the committee which prepared the Service Book and Hymnal. Here again he has contributed new hymns and translations. He is the author of two volumes, "The Story of Our Hymns," and "The Story of Christian Hymnody." In 1949 he was made a Knight of the Royal Order of the North Star by the King of Sweden for his work in the field of hymnological research. He is the author of one of the Children's Hymns published by the Hymn Society. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ============================== In 1948 [Ryden] was one of the official representatives of his Church at the constituting Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

Elisabeth H. Burrowes

1885 - 1975 Person Name: Elisabeth Burrowes Hymnal Number: 2 Author of "Our Father, Who Dost Lead Us" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Burrowes, Elisabeth Havens (Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 1885--March 27, 1975, Berkeley, California). Elder in the Presbyterian Church. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ============================ [Burrowes] is active in St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission. ============================ Elisabeth Burrowes is a resident of Berkeley, California, formerly of Englewood, New Jersey. She is the mother of five children, has a number of grandchildren, is the author of two books and numerous poems. Her hymn "God of the ages by whose hand", published by the Hymn Society of America in 1958, will appear in the forthcoming new edition of The Methodist Hymnal. Mrs. Burrowes, an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church, has recently affiliated with The South Berkeley Community Church, an inter-racial Church which is doing a deeply dedicated and inspiring work. Mrs. Burrowes wrote the Anniversary Hymn, "Almighty God, we pray thee still to guide us", for its celebration in 1964. Her married name is Mrs. Paul deNyse Burrowes. She is also the author of one of the Children's Hymns recently published by the Hymn Society entitled "Our Father, who dost lead us." --Ten New Hymns on the Ministry, 1966. Used by permission.

William Watkins Reid

1890 - 1983 Hymnal Number: 8 Author of "God of Earth and Planets" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Reid, William Watkins, Sr. (Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, October 15, 1890--February 18, 1983, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania). Methodist. Parents were William Reid, a native of Moneymore, near Belfast, and Sarah Watkins of Londonderry. Came to the United States in 1900. Attended New York University (bachelor's degree, 1915; master's degree in journalism, 1917). Served The Hymn Society as President, Executive Director, and Editor of The Hymn from 1966 to 1976. Authored the Hymn Society's 40th anniversary history, Sing with Spirit and Understanding. Also edited The Pastor's Journal for the Methodist church and worked as its director of the News Service of the Board of Missions. Also: Caulfield, Benjamin. --From DNAH Archives ============================== William Watkins Reid, of Whitestone, Long Island, was president of the Hymn Society of America from 1942 to 1945, and is now a member of its Executive Committee. Used the title of "My God is There, Controlling," the Society has published 65 of his hymns, and several others were published in the Society's "searches", for new hymns. He is the author of the Society's history of its first forty years, and also of the added period of ten years (1962-1972). --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

Louise Bradford

Person Name: Louise Larkins Bradford Hymnal Number: 1 Author of "Our God, the Great Provider" in Twelve New Hymns for Children

Wallace Winchell

Hymnal Number: 11 Author of "The Lord God Must Love Beauty" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Winchell, Wallace. B.A., Montclair College; M.A., Wayne Graduate; B.D., Union Theological Seminary. Pastored in Broad Brook, Connecticut; adjunct faculty at the University of Hartford. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ======================= [Winchell] has had a varied career which included seven years as a field officer of the Salvation Army, experience as a public school teacher, and service as a pastor of Congregational Churches. He has long been interested in children and has encouraged creative work by them, particularly in the field of poetry and drama composed by them. This included a "Project Talent" in the fifth and sixth grades of the public schools. In 1965 he received a Freedoms Foundation award for helping to contribute to a better understanding of the American way of life. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

Edna F. Grant

1905 - 1981 Person Name: Edna Fay Grant Hymnal Number: 3 Author of "Walk Softly in Springtime" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Grant, Edna Fay. (Rockland, Ontario, October 27, 1905--1981). Baptist. She moved with her parents to British Columbia, where she worked in various occupations until the onset of diabetes threatened her eyesight. Her doctor stimulated her not only to learn Braille, but to widen her range of interests. In 1942, she became national field secretary for Canada of the Women's Christian Temperance Union; after 1948, when blindness ruled out steady travelling, she continued at the WCTU's Toronto office until 1974, when she retired in theory if not in practice. She published privately two books of verse: Walk softy in springtime (1962) and All the trimmings (Christmas, 1973). The former has as its keynote her best-known hymn, which won second place in a Hymn Society contest for children's hymns. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives ============================ Edna Fay Grant has a special distinction; she is the first of the Society's new hymn writers who is blind. This limitation, however, does not keep her from a very active life. Her home is in Toronto, Canada, where she is Field Secretary for the Toronto W.C.T.U. She has six groups of children every week, and also directs a Camp during the summer. She has spoken to various groups from time to time in Schools, Sunday Schools, and other youth groups as well as working among adults. She is presently taking a course on Poetry Enjoyment from the Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka, Illinois. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

Jean Edwards Learn

b. 1921 Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "God Gave Me a Life to Live" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Learn, Jean Edwards. (1921?-- ). Graduated from the Friends School in Washington in 1939, and attended George Washington University. Married and had one son. Resided in Chevy Chase and was a member of the Presbyterian Church in that community. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ====================== Jean Edwards Learn has lived in Washington since she was two years old. She graduated from the Friends School in Washington in 1939, and attended George Washington University for two years . . . Mrs. Learn has long been interested in poetry and has written a number of poems. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

Alice Hartich

Hymnal Number: 4 Author of "We Thank Thee, Lord" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Hartich, Alice. Resident of Brooklyn, New York; former teacher and principal in New York City Public Schools. Received her B.S. in education at Adelphi College and her M.A. at New York University. Member of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in Brooklyn. Author of two books of poetry. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ====================== [Hartich] is a member of the Poetry Society of America and of Delta Kappa Gamma (Honor Society of Women in Education). --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.

Florence Pedigo Jansson

b. 1896 Hymnal Number: 6 Author of "A Bird, A Lovely Butterfly" in Twelve New Hymns for Children Jansson, Florence Edna Pedigo. (Patrick County, Virginia, June 9, 1896--?). As of July 1979, resided in New Castle, Va. United Methodist. Daughter of Daniel Thomas and Delia (Foley) Pedigo. Married William P. Jansson December 27, 1927. No children. A.B. Sociology, Columbian College, George Washington University, 1940. Employed by federal government, Washington, D.C. for 27 years as a clerk in the War Risk Insurance Agency, the Veterans' Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Civil Service. She published approximately 400 poems, which appeared in The Christian Herald and The Saturday Evening Post, the Washington Post, the Evening Star, and the New York Times. Many of these are written in a light, humorous vein. She wrote one hymn which was published by the Hymn Society in Twelve Hymns for Children (1965): "A bird, a lovely butterfly." --C. Bernard Ruffin, DNAH Archives ======================== [Jansson] had her High School work in Ferrum, Virginia . . . She has done free lance writing for many years, and is the author of many poems, some fiction and some essays. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.