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C. G. Stanger

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Composer of "HUMBLE SERVICE" in Elmhurst Hymnal

G. W. Foster

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Composer of "FOSTER" in The Evangelical Hymnal

William Walker

1871 - 1899 Person Name: W. Walker, 1835 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Composer of "JEFFERSON" in Small Church Music Not to be confused with William Walker, 1809-1875.

1796 - 1872 Person Name: Frederick C. Husenbeth Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Author of "Stars Of Glory, Shine More Brightly" in The Cyber Hymnal Husenbeth, F. C., D.D. His family originally belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His father lived at Mannheim until the outbreak of the French Revolution, when he removed to Bristol, and established himself in business as a wine merchant. He married Miss James, a Cornish lady. F. C. Husenbeth was born at Bristol, May 30, 1796, and was educated at Sedgley Park School and Oscott College. Ordained in Feb., 1820. He became Priest of the Cossey Roman Catholic Mission, and retained his position for 52 years. He died Oct. 31, 1872. He published several works, including Missal for the Laity, 1840; an edition of the Roman Breviary, Norwich, 1830; and Vespers Book for the Use of the Laity, Lond. 1841. Notes and Queries, Ser. iv., vol. x., pp. 365, 388, 441. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Husenbeth, Frederic Charles, p. 1572, ii. His hymn “Stars of glory, shine more brightly” [Christmas], written 1862, is in O. Shipley's Lyra Messianica, 1864, p. 102, and Annus Sanctus, 1884, pt. ii., pp. iv, 27. Also in Hymns for the Year 1867, A. E. Tozer s Cath. Hymns, 1898, and Catholic Church Hymnal, 1905, St. Dominics's Hymn Book, 1901, &c. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Edwin A. Bedell

1854 - 1908 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Composer of "LAUDATE DOMINUM (Bedell)"

David A. Robb

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Author of "Children from Your Vast Creation" in Sing Justice! Do Justice!

Carol McAfee Morgan

b. 1899 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Author of "Humbly now we come before thee" Morgan, Carol McAfee. (1899--?). Director of Christian Education in the First Presbyterian Church, Mount Vernon, New York. Much of her life was spent in missionary work in the Caribbean area where her husband served four years as Dean of the Polytechnic Institute, San German, Puerto Rico, and twenty years as Superintendent of the Board for Christian Work in Santo Domingo. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ========================= [Morgan] is the author of the mission study book, "Rim of the Caribbean," and a member of the National League of American Pen Women. --Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission.

John Henry Lester

1845 - 1900 Person Name: John E. Lester, 1845-1900 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Author of "Hush, My Soul, What Voice Is Pleading?" in The Cyber Hymnal Lester, John Henry, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge; B.A. in honours, 1868 ; M.A., 1871. Ordained in 1868, he held several appointments, including the Rectory of South Hackney, 1885-90, and Diocesan Missioner in the diocese of Lichfield, 1880-85. In 1884 he became a Prebendary of Lichfield, and in 1890 Rector of Lexden, Essex. His The Lichfield Church Mission Hymn Book, 1883, was revised as The Lichfield Mission Hymn Book (n.d.). To the former he contributed:— 1. Hark, my soul, the sound of voices. Heaven Desired. 2. Hush, my soul, what voice is pleading? The Voice of Jesus. 3. O happy land of Paradise. Heaven. 4. O come ye redeemed. Praise of Jesus. 5. O solemn hour, so strange and still. Repentance. 6. Until He come! Ah, yes. Awaiting the End. To these in the revised edition he added four original Metrical Litanies. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)