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George Bennard

1873 - 1958 Author of "Speak, My Lord" in The Cyber Hymnal George Bennard (1873-1958) was born in Youngstown, OH. When he was a child the family moved to Albia, Iowa. He served with the Salvation Army in Iowa for several years before he was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His hymn "Speak, my Lord" appears in Triumphant Service Songs (Chicago: Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co., 1934). He wrote words and tune for his best known hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" in 1913. Mary Louise VanDyke

George P. Simmonds

1890 - 1991 Person Name: G. P. Simmonds Arr. of "El Señor Jesús Está Llamando" in Himnos de la Vida Cristiana Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Author of "¿Quién Responderá Al Señor?" in Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Ernesto Barocio

1876 - 1948 Translator of "Oigo Al Dueño De La Mies" in El Nuevo Himnario Popular (Edicion Revisada y Corregida) Ernesto Barocio Ondarza. Baptist minister born in Mexico. Dianne Shapiro

Eduardo Palaci

Translator of "El Señor Jesús está llamando" in Himnos de la Iglesia Eduardo Palcaci was a Salvationist officer, of Peruvian origin, born in Lima, Peru in 1884. He served in the Salvation Army for almost 50 years. He was a notable preacher, writer, poet, and an exquisite translator of innumerable songs from the Salvation Army and other denominations. He died in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. email sent to Hymnary (translated by Google)