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William P. Breed

1816 - 1889 Hymnal Number: d124 Author of "Anchored fast" in The Garner Born: August 13, 16 or 23, 1816, Greenbush, New York. Died: April 14, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Breed served as first pastor of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1856 until his death. His works include: Presbyterians and the Revolution, 1876 Presbyterianism Three Hundred Years Ago --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Harriet Phillips

1806 - 1884 Person Name: Harriet Cecilia Phillips Hymnal Number: d125 Author of "We praise thee, Lord" in The Garner Phillips, Harriet Cecilia, was born in Sharon, Connecticut, in 1806, and was for many years an active worker in Sunday Schools in New York city. She contributed five hymns to the Rev. W. C. Hoyt's Family and Social Melodies, 1853, and has also written for various magazines. "We bring no glittering treasures" (Sunday School Anniversary), was written circa 1848 for a Sunday School Festival in New York city, and published in the Methodist Episcopal Hymns, 1849 (Nutter's Hymn Notes, 1884, p. 31l). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)