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Louis Spohr

1784 - 1859 Hymnal Number: 225 Composer of "SPOHR" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Also: Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859 Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859 Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859 Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859 Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 71 Author of "Anywhere with Jesus" in Sermons in Song No. 3 See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

George Kingsley

1811 - 1884 Person Name: G. Kingsley Hymnal Number: 220 Composer of "[How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Born: July 7, 1811, Northampton, Massachusetts. Died: March 14, 1884, Northampton, Massachusetts. Kingsley played the organ at the Old South Church and Hollis Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He also taught music at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as music supervisor for public schools in Philadelphia, and compiled a number of music books, including: Sunday School Singing Book, 1832 The Harmonist, 1833 The Social Choir, 1836 The Sacred Choir, 1838 The Harp of David, 1844 The Young Ladies’ Harp, 1847 Templi Carmina (Northampton, Massachusetts: 1853) The Juvenile Choir, 1865 --www.hymntime.com/tch

C. Meineke

1782 - 1850 Person Name: Charles Meineke Hymnal Number: 227 Composer of "[Glory be to the Father, and to the Son]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Meineke (1782-1850) is referred to by several given names including C., Charles, Christopher, Christoph, and Karl. Meineke apparently left Germany in 1810 and, after spending some time in England, moved to the United States, settling in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1822. He was organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore in 1836, likely serving in this position for some eight years. Meineke published several works including "Music for the Church: Containing Sixty-two Psalm and Hymn Tunes in Four Parts: Together with Chants, Doxologies and Responses for Morning and Evening Prayer, and Holy Communion: Composed for the Use of the Choir of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore" (Baltimore, 1844). He composed the music for Glory Be to the Father and to the Son (MEINEKE). Source: Danny R. Jones, "Christoph Meineke," Worship Matrix, http://www.worshipmatrix.com/Composerr.php?code=335

Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Hymnal Number: 154 Composer of "[Only waiting till the shadows]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Elihu S. Rice

Person Name: Elisha S. Rice Hymnal Number: 155 Composer of "[Shall we meet beyond the river]" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Stephen Collins Foster

1826 - 1864 Person Name: S. C. Foster Hymnal Number: 74 Composer of "[Down at the cross, on Calv'ry's mountain]" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Carrie E. Rounsefell

1861 - 1930 Hymnal Number: 38 Composer of "[It may not be on the mountain's height]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Carrie Esther Parker Rounsefell USA 1862-1930. Born at Merrimack, NH, she grew up in Manchester, NH. She married William Rounsefell, a bookkeeper. She was known as a singing evangelist throughout New England and New York, where she toured with a small autoharp (zither). She died at Durham, ME. John Perry

Thomas Koschat

1845 - 1914 Person Name: Koschat Hymnal Number: 131 Composer of "[Out in the darkness]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Thomas Koschat Austria 1845-1914. Born at Viktring, Austria, he studied chemistry in Vienna (1865-67). A Roman Catholic, in 1866 he joined the Vienna State Opera and sang bass in the Hofoper (court opera) Choir, and eventually became choir director. In 1874 he joined the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral. In 1877 he joined the Hofmusikkapelle (choir) and served as a soloist there. From 1877-1906 he founded and sang with the Koschat Quintet, touring Europe and America extensively. He was well-known for his ‘Karntnerlider’ Carinthian folk songs. Emperor Wilhelm awarded him the ‘Adler Order of the Red Eagle’. He wrote several books and also published a book of poems in the Carinthian dialect. He died in Vienna, Austria. He was a musician, author, composer, librettist, adapter, and contributor. John Perry

Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 65 Composer of "[Friend, never forget to pray]" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Laurene Highfield

1870 - 1970 Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "Rejoice! Rejoice!" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Laurene Highfield was born in Quincy, Illinois. She wrote about three hundred hymns and sacred songs, the libretto of one orotorio and several cantatas among other works. NN

Kate D. Ulmer

1874 - 1950 Person Name: Kate Ulmer Hymnal Number: 163 Author of "Be Still" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Born in Pennsylvania, lived in Dauphin County Pennsylvania with her husband Benjamin E. Ulmer.

Grace Elizabeth Cobb

Hymnal Number: 58 Author of "He Is Mine, I Am His" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Harley J. Mason

Hymnal Number: 30 Author of "Let the Savior Lead" in Sermons in Song No. 3

W. H. Friday

1850 - 1915 Person Name: Wm. H. Friday, Jr. Hymnal Number: 45 Composer of "[Brood not o'er the sinful past]" in Sermons in Song No. 3

S. E. Lowery

Hymnal Number: 68 Author of "The conquering Army" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Georgiana M. Taylor

1857 - 1914 Person Name: Georgianna M. Taylor Hymnal Number: 127 Author of "Closer, Dear Lord, to Thee" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Person Name: J. W. Lerman Hymnal Number: 126 Composer of "[We are trav'ling home to heav'n above]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Chas. C. Ackley

Person Name: C. C. Ackley Hymnal Number: 15 Arranger of "[Oh, the bitter shame and sorrow]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Pseudonym. See also Meredith, I. H.

W. A. Post

Hymnal Number: 73 Composer of "[After the sowing of sin is all done]" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Frances L. Mace

1836 - 1899 Person Name: Francis L. Mace Hymnal Number: 154 Author of "Only Waiting" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Mace, Frances P., née Laughton, was born in Orono, Maine, Jan. 15, 1836, and married in 1855 to Benjamin H. Mace, a Lawyer of Bangor. Her hymn "Only waiting till the shadows" (Heaven Anticipated), was written in 1854, and printed in a local newspaper, the Waterville Mail (Maine), Sep. 7, 1854, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. It has attained a wide circulation in Great Britain and America. Full text in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. See Woman in Sacred Song, 1885, p. 139, for counter-claim on behalf of Mrs. F. A. F. Wood-White. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================== Born: January 15, 1834, Orono, Maine. Died: July 20, 1899. Buried: Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose, California. In 1837, Frances’ family moved to Foxcroft (now Dover-Foxcroft), Maine, where she grew up. By age 10, she was studying Latin, and had verses published by age 12. The family later moved to Bangor, Maine, where she graduated from high school, and studied German and music with private teachers. In 1855, she married lawyer Benjamin F. Mace of Bangor; in 1885, they moved to San Jose, California. They had eight children, four of whom reached adulthood. Her works include: Legends, Lyrics and Sonnets, 1883 Under Pine and Palm, 1888 Sources: Willard, pp. 482-83 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/mace_fl.htm

Catharine H. Esling

1812 - 1897 Person Name: Catherine H. Esling Hymnal Number: 70 Author of "Come Unto Me" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Esling, Catherine H., née Watterman, was born in 1812, and married in 1840 to George J. Esling, of Philadelphia. Her poems were collected and published in 1850 as The Broken Bracelet, and other Poems. She is widely known as the author of "Come unto Me, when shadows darkly gather" (Invitation), which appeared in the Christian Keepsake annual, 1839, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines. It is usually given in an abbreviated form. Mrs. Esling is a member of the American Protestant Episcopal Church. (Nutter, 1884, p. 253.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Charles K. Langley

1852 - 1904 Person Name: Chas. K. Langley Hymnal Number: 52 Composer of "[Christian soul, be not afraid]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Charles King Langley, Sr., 1852-1904 Born: March 17, 1852, Marysville, Ohio. Died: 1904, Stuttgart, Arkansas, of typhoid fever. Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Belcher, Arkansas. Music ALPERTON CROWN HIM WITH REJOICING GOING ON JUDAH'S STAR IS RISEN ON WHICH SIDE WILL YOU BE FOUND? WE'LL FOLLOW ON --www.hymntime.com/tch/

I. N. McHose

b. 1831 Hymnal Number: 68 Composer of "[Forward! on to the fight, hearts enlisted for the right]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 McHose, Isaac N. Born 1831/1832, Hellerstown, Pennsylvania. Some speculation on his identity. Co-editor with Kurzenknabe and Bentley on Gospel Trio of Sacred Song (1891). --Letters, family trees in DNAH Archives

Marian Wendell Hubbard

Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "Sunshine! Blessed Sunshine!" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Marian Wendell Hubbard was sent to be educated in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island at the age of nine, after the death of her mother. At the age of eighteen she worked in Philadelphia as a proof reader. At this time she also wrote articles and poetry for publication. She wrote hymns for an Elgin, Illinois publisher. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

C. S. Kauffman

Person Name: C. S. K. Hymnal Number: 53 Author of "Keep in Touch with Jesus" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Early 20th Century

Lotta B. White

Hymnal Number: 25 Author of "Saved By the Crucified One" in Sermons in Song No. 3

George F. Hopkins

Person Name: Rev. Geo. F. Hopkins, A. M. Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "What Shall Thy Reaping Be?" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Mrs. H. A. Farnsworth

Hymnal Number: 153 Composer of "[Who will volunteer? See the foe is near!]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Late 19th Century Music EASTER DAWN IS BREAKING, THE MACARTHUR PARK PODBRDO WE SING OUR SAVIOR'S PRAISES WHO WILL VOLUNTEER? --www.hymntime.com/tch/

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