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Homer L. Cox

1879 - 1930 Person Name: H. L. C. Hymnal Number: 16 Author of "It's Real" in Songs of Zion Homer L. Cox (1879-1930) was a turn of the 20th century Quaker/Friends Church preacher. He covered most of the Midwest and a lot of the western United States. His ministry and writings were significant enough to merit a biography shortly after his death. Homer L. Cox: The Man and His Messages, was published by the Cleveland Bible Institute, © 1930. Cox was typical of a lot of “colorful” preachers and evangelists of that era, such as D.L. Moody and Billy Sunday. He once said that he, “Expressed gratitude for a friend receiving the Holy Ghost’s ‘embalming fluid’ from the great Undertaker in the skies.” As corny as that statement was Cox redeemed himself in 1907 with the words and music of this great testimony. Although the song is in our hymnals, I remember it mostly being performed as a solo by song evangelists such as my father, Howard Sherrow. And once you learn more about Homer Cox and his personality it’s not difficult to see that these words he wrote are distinctly his “voice.” --www.naznet.com/community/showthread.php/

William M. James

1915 - 2014 Person Name: William M. James, 1915- Hymnal Number: 6 Author of "Easter People, Raise Your Voices" in Songs of Zion Born in Mississippi, June 4 1915. Died January 18, 2014 in New York. United Methodist minister, community developer and mentor to young African Americans. James was a pastor to United Methodist congregations in Harlem and the Bronx from 1940 to 1985. Dianne Shapiro

Nina B. Jackson

Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "Thy Way, O Lord" in Songs of Zion

Theodore R. Frye

1899 - 1963 Person Name: Theo R. Frye Hymnal Number: 183 Arranger of "[Some glad morning when this life is o'er]" in Songs of Zion Frye, Theodore R.; b. Sept. 10, 1899, Fayette, MS, d. Aug. 26, 1963, Chicago, IL; gospel pianist, composer, and publisher)

Melville W. Miller

Hymnal Number: 40 Author of "I Do, Don't You?" in Songs of Zion

Charles A. Tindley, Jr.

Hymnal Number: 43 Arranger of "[I am free from condemnation]" in Songs of Zion Son of Charles Albert Tindley. Charles Albert Tindley, Jr., arranged some of his father's hymns.

C. Eric Lincoln

1924 - 2000 Person Name: C. Eric Lincoln, 1924- Hymnal Number: 70 Author of "A Prayer for Love" in Songs of Zion

Albert Denis Tessier

Hymnal Number: 182 Arranger of "[I'm not asking for the riches of the land]" in Songs of Zion

B. B. Beall

1874 - 1945 Hymnal Number: 59 Composer of "[How to reach the masses, those of ev'ry birth]" in Songs of Zion Benjamin Burke (B. B.) Beall, was born on May 25, 1874, Dallas, Georgia. Benjamin graduated in music and elocution from the Texas Musical Institute. He ran the B. B. Beall publishing company in Douglasville, Georgia. He died on October 7, 1945, in Douglasville, Georgia. Some of his publications: Bright Beautiful Bells (Birmingham, Alabama: B. B. Beal & Company, 1900) Gems for the Sunday Schools (Douglasville, Georgia: B. B. Beall & Company, 1902) Lasting Songs, B. B. Beall et al (Douglasville, Georgia: B. B. Beall & Company, 1910) NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.hymntime.com/tch/

Edward C. Deas

? - 1944 Person Name: E. C. Deas Hymnal Number: 64 Composer of "[Thy way, O Lord, not mine]" in Songs of Zion Edward C. Deas (unknown – 1944) was a hymnist, arranger of spirituals, music publisher, and music authority for the AME Church. Deas’s hymns, such as “Big Business in Glory” (1921) and “Shine for Jesus” (1925), reflect the simplicity and usage of common language characteristic of the 19th-century revival hymn. Deas also wrote the book Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition (1928). --Encyclopedia of African American Music, Volume 3, edited by Emmett George Price

W. O. Hoyle

Hymnal Number: 224 Arranger of "[While I'm working, Lord, in your vineyard here]" in Songs of Zion

Derrick Jackson

Person Name: D. J. Hymnal Number: 187 Author of "Just to Behold His Face" in Songs of Zion

Frederick J. Tindley

Hymnal Number: 47 Arranger of "[If your life in days gone by]" in Songs of Zion

Artelia W. Hutchins

Person Name: A. W. H. Hymnal Number: 203 Author of "God Be with You" in Songs of Zion

C. Julian Parrish

1911 - 1999 Person Name: C. Julian Parish, 1911- Hymnal Number: 214 Arranger of "[In God we trust, with all our heart and soul]" in Songs of Zion

William D. Smith

Hymnal Number: 51 Arranger of "[You ask me where I get the joys]" in Songs of Zion

Lillian M. Bowles

1884 - 1949 Person Name: L. M. Bowles Hymnal Number: 183 Arranger of "[Some glad morning when this life is o'er]" in Songs of Zion Lillian M. Bowles was an African American publisher of gospel music.

Richard Alan Henderson

Person Name: R. A. H. Hymnal Number: 185 Author of "Move Me" in Songs of Zion

Odell Hobbs

b. 1938 Person Name: O. H. Hymnal Number: 229 Author of "We Give Thee What We Have, Lord" in Songs of Zion

Garel C. Smith

b. 1932 Person Name: Garel C. Smith, 1932 Hymnal Number: 220 Composer of "[One God]" in Songs of Zion

James A. Jones

Hymnal Number: 199 Arranger of "[Some folks want treasures of silver and gold]" in Songs of Zion

Curtis Burrell

Person Name: C. B. Hymnal Number: 175 Author of "I Don't Feel No Ways Tired" in Songs of Zion

Roland M. Carter

b. 1942 Person Name: R. M. C. Hymnal Number: 236 Author of "Come Here Jesus, If You Please" in Songs of Zion

Thurston G. Frazier

Hymnal Number: 192 Arranger of "[Don't be discouraged with trouble in your life]" in Songs of Zion

Magnolia Lewis-Butts

1880 - 1949 Person Name: M. L. B. Hymnal Number: 224 Author (attributed to) of "Let It Breathe on Me" in Songs of Zion

Walter Hawkins

1949 - 2010 Person Name: W. H. Hymnal Number: 181 Author of "Goin' Up Yonder" in Songs of Zion Walter Hawkins was the brother of Edwin Hawkins. He and his brother established the Edwin Hawkins Singers but Walter Hawkins left the group in the 1970's and establish the Love Center Church in Oakland, California. Dianne Shapiro, from Wikipedia article

Lena J. McLin

b. 1928 Person Name: Lena McLin, 1928- Hymnal Number: 204 Composer of "[Praise God from whom all blessings flow]" in Songs of Zion

W. Herbert Brewster

1897 - 1987 Person Name: W. H. B. Hymnal Number: 193 Author of "Surely God Is Able" in Songs of Zion

Morris C. Queen

b. 1921 Person Name: Morris C. Queen, 1921- Hymnal Number: 217 Composer of "[Let all mortal flesh keep silence]" in Songs of Zion

Ngethe Njroje

Hymnal Number: 12 Translator (into Swahili) of "Prayer for Africa" in Songs of Zion

William B. McClain

Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "A Historical Account of the Negro Spiritual" in Songs of Zion

Clara Ward

1924 - 1973 Person Name: C. W. Hymnal Number: 177 Author of "Until I Found the Lord" in Songs of Zion Ward, Clara; b. Apr. 21, 1924, Philadelphia, PA, d. Jan. 16, 1973, Los Angeles, CA; gospel singer and pianist

Lois Stanley

Hymnal Number: 9 Author of "Prayer for Families" in Songs of Zion

Alex Bradford

1927 - 1978 Person Name: A. B. Hymnal Number: 176 Author of "I Don't Care What the World May Do" in Songs of Zion

Mahalia Jackson

1911 - 1972 Person Name: Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972 Hymnal Number: 173 Composer of "[The way may not be easy]" in Songs of Zion

Nezela W. Kirtz

b. 1939 Person Name: Nezela W. Kirtz, 1939- Hymnal Number: 186 Author of "If You Ask Him" in Songs of Zion

Anna Shepherd

Person Name: A. S. Hymnal Number: 197 Author of "Only a Look" in Songs of Zion

Frederica R. Young

Person Name: Fredricka R. Young, 19280 Hymnal Number: 99 Arranger of "[I would not be a sinner]" in Songs of Zion

Dorothy Pearson

Hymnal Number: 177 Arranger of "[I cried, yes, I cried]" in Songs of Zion

Phyllis Hall

Person Name: P. H. Hymnal Number: 202 Author of "He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear" in Songs of Zion

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

1860 - 1904 Person Name: Enoch Sontonga Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "Prayer for Africa" in Songs of Zion

Virgin Davis

Person Name: Virginia Davis Hymnal Number: 193 Arranger of "[As pilgrims all]" in Songs of Zion

Katherine F. Rohrbough

b. 1896 Hymnal Number: 12 Translator (into English) of "Prayer for Africa" in Songs of Zion

Walter F. Anderson

1915 - 2003 Hymnal Number: 12 Arranger of "[Bless, O Lord, our country, Africa]" in Songs of Zion

Valerie Clayton

b. 1953 Person Name: V. C. Hymnal Number: 223 Author of "Peace Unto You" in Songs of Zion

Martha Eason Banks

Person Name: M. E. B. Hymnal Number: 199 Author of "Lord, Touch Me" in Songs of Zion

James Hendrix

1920 - 2000 Person Name: J. H. Hymnal Number: 5 Author of "All Is Well" in Songs of Zion

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