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W. J. Sparrow-Simpson

1859 - 1952 Person Name: Rev. W. J. Sparrow Simpson Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Author of "I adore thee, I adore thee" in The Book of Common Praise Simpson, William John Sparrow, M.A., was educated at Trin. College, Camb., B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886. Ordained in 1882, he held various appointments until 1904, when he became Chaplain to St. Mary's Hospital, Great Ilford. He has published several works, including a Memoir of Dr. W. S. Simpson, 1899. He contributed "All for Jesus—all for Jesus" (All for Jesus), and "Jesus, the Crucified, prays for me" (Passiontide), to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1901). These hymns originally appeared in Sir J. Stainer's cantata The Crucifixion, 1887, the book of words of which was compiled by Mr. Simpson. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

William W. Phelps

1792 - 1872 Person Name: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Author of "Adam-ondi-Ahman" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Pietro A. Yon

1886 - 1943 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "ST. AUGUSTINE (Yon)" Yon, Pietro Alessandro; b. Aug. 8, 1886, Settimo Vittone, near Turin, Italy, d. Nov. 22, 1943, Huntington, NY; organist and composer LOC Name Authority File

George M. Garrett

1834 - 1897 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "TETWORTH" in The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal Born: June 8, 1834, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Died: April 9, 1897, Cambridge, England. Buried: Cambridge Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge, England

Karl Friedrich Voigtländer

1827 - 1858 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "[Lasst mich gehn, lasst mich gehn] (Voigtländer)"

George Thomas Thalben-Ball

1896 - 1987 Person Name: George Thomas Thalben-Ball, 1896-1987 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "LLANHERNE" in The Cyber Hymnal London, England; organist

Charles Giles

1783 - 1867 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Author of "The faithless world promiscuous flows" Giles, Charles, an American Methodist minister, was born near Fort Griswold, Connecticut, Feb. 22, 1783, entered the ministry in 1805, and died at Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1867. His hymn, "The fading world promiscuous flows" (Heaven Anticipated), is found, in 6 stanzas of 5 lines, in James Gallagher's New Selection, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1835; and in 8 stanzas of 5 lines. From it the hymn, "This world is poor from shore to shore," in Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855; Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others, is taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Frank L. Sealy

1858 - 1938 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "MOUNT MANSFIELD" Organist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York

Albert A. Stanley

1851 - 1932 Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "STANLEY (A. A. Stanley)"

John Stuart Blackie

1809 - 1895 Person Name: John S. Blackie Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Author of "Angels Holy, High and Lowly" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Blackie, John Stuart, LL.D., born at Glasgow, July, 1809, and educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and at the University of Edinburgh. After a residence on the Continent for educational purposes, he was called to the Bar in 1834. In 1841, he was appointed Professor of Latin in Marischal College, Aberdeen, and in 1850 Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh. On the death of Dr. Guthrie he was for some time the Editor of the Sunday Magazine. His published works include:— A Metrical Translation of AEschylus, 1850; Pronunciation of Greek, 1852; Lyrical Poems, 1860; Homer and the Iliad, 4 vols., 1869, &c.; Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece, &c, 1857; and Songs of Religion and Life, 1876. To the hymnological student he is known by his rendering of a portion of the Benedicite (q.v.), "Angels, holy, high and lowly," which is found in several hymnals. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Blackie, J. S. , p. 144, i. Dr. Guthrie was succeeded as editor of the Sunday Magazine by Dr. W. G. Blaikie, and not by Dr. J. S. Blackie. The latter resigned his professorship in 1882, and died March 2, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)