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George Orlia Webster

1866 - 1942 Person Name: George O. Webster Hymnal Number: 219 Author of "Can the Captain Count On You?" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

1860 - 1952 Person Name: C. M. F. Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "Tell Mother I'll Be There" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: July 15, 1860, Paris, Illinois. Died: September 17, 1952, Indianapolis, Indiana. Fillmore won a music scholarship at the Cincinnati College of Music, then taught for a year at Bath Seminary in Owingsville, Kentucky. He then traveled for about a year and taught singing classes in various parts of America. He then went for additional music studies in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied for the ministry at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, graduating in 1890. He pastored in Lafayette, Indiana; Shelbyville, Indiana; was "State Evangelist" (for one year) in Ogden, Utah; Peru, Indiana; Carthage, Ohio; and Hillside Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was one of the editors of the temperance paper Clean Politics, and of The Musical Messenger. He wrote several hundred Gospel songs in his lifetime. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Henry Fillmore

Hymnal Number: 7 Arranger of "[Blest be the tie that binds]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Elizabeth P. Prentice

Person Name: Mrs. E. P. Prentice Hymnal Number: 142 Author of "More Love to Thee" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

C. R. Blackall

1830 - 1924 Hymnal Number: 21 Author of "In the Harvest Field" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Blackall, Christopher Ruby, M.D., born in New York State, 1830, and educated for the medical profession. For 15 years he followed his profession, including service in the army during the civil war. Subsequently he managed, for 14 years, a branch of the Baptist Publication Society, taking at the same time great interest in Sunday School work. He edited the Advanced Bible Lesson Quarterly, for 3 years, and also Our Little Ones. 1. The prize is set before us. Heaven anticipated. This is one of Dr. Blackall's most popular hymns for children. It was written in 1874 for the Sunday School of 2nd Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, and set to music by H. R. Palmer. It first appeared in Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, from whence it has passed into numerous collections, including I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, Lond., 1881. 2. Follow the paths of Jesus. Following Jesus. This is included in the Baptist Hymn [& Tune] Book, Phila., 1871, No. 701. 3. Do the right, never fear. Duty . In W. R. Stevenson's School Hymnal, Lond., 1880, No. 269. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Joanna Kinkel

Hymnal Number: 148 Composer of "[When storms around are sweeping]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

1809 - 1892 Person Name: Tennyson Hymnal Number: 221 Author of "Sweet and Low" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, son of the Rev. G. C. Tennyson, Rector of Somersby, Lincolnshire, was born at Somersby, Aug. 6, 1809; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; appointed Poet Laureate in 1850, and raised to the Peerage in 1884. Although Lord Tennyson has not written any hymns, extracts from his poems are sometimes used as such, as "Strong Son of God, immortal Love" (Faith in the Son of God), from the Introduction to his In Memoriam, 1850; the well-known "Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now," and others. The former is sometimes given as "Spirit of immortal Love," and again as "Eternal God, immortal Love." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Eleanor Allen Schroll

1878 - 1966 Hymnal Number: 70 Author of "I Am His and He Is Mine" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: 1878, Newport, Kentucky. Died: January 8, 1966, Daytona Beach, Florida. Buried: Southgate, Kentucky. Lyrics-- Beautiful Garden of Prayer, The He Lives --www.hymntime.com/bio

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Hymnal Number: 67 Author of "Make Me a Child of the Morning" in Quartets and Choruses for Men See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934

Annie Fortescue Harrison

1851 - 1944 Person Name: Annie F. Harrison Hymnal Number: 44 Composer of "[Blessed Bible, how I love it!]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 102 Author of "Going Down the Valley" in Quartets and Choruses for Men See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

D. S. Hakes

Hymnal Number: 22 Composer of "[Tho' sorrow and toil and care]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Louis D. Eichhorn

1874 - 1927 Person Name: L. D. Eichhorn Hymnal Number: 39 Composer of "[Rock of Ages, cleft for me]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: 1874, Indiana. Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, California. Eichhorn was living in Creek, Indiana, by 1880. He and his wife Edna were in Denver, Colorado, by 1910, and in Redlands, California, by 1920. Eichhorn’s works include: The New Deal, with William Giffe (Logansport, Indiana: Home Music Company, 1898) Conquest Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: New Era Publishing Company, 1902) Songs for Sunday Schools and How to Use Them (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1910) The Moonseed’s Ministry and Other Sonnets and Songs (Redlands, California: Louis D. Eichhorn, 1924) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

William Fletcher McCauley

b. 1858 Person Name: W. F. McCauley Hymnal Number: 100 Author of "Onward, Christian Brothers" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Person Name: J. W. Lerman Hymnal Number: 3 Composer of "[Forward! be our watchword]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men 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

Ida M. Budd

1859 - 1959 Hymnal Number: 205 Author of "Bibles and Beer" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Abner P. Cobb

1853 - 1923 Person Name: A. P. Cobb Hymnal Number: 103 Author of "When the Lord Shall Call His Own" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: October 27, 1853, Wooster, Ohio. Died: February 11, 1923. Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois. Cobb’s family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a machinist. He graduated from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, in 1878, and pastored in Normal, Washburn, Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Covington, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas. He was also an active evangelist, attending meetings in Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, and other major cities. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

W. A. Post

Hymnal Number: 67 Composer of "[Make me a child of the morning]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

H. R. Trickett

1839 - 1909 Hymnal Number: 46 Author of "Blessed Are They" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Henry Robert Tricket (sometimes called Harry Robert Tricket), born December 1839, Nottinghamshire, England; died April 1909, Keokuk, Iowa. A hymn writer, minister, and pastor/preacher/teacher from the American Restoration Movement. He spent the bulk of his time in ministry serving churches in the Disciples of Christ, one of the three branches of a movement founded by Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, and Walter Scott. The other branches include Churches of Christ and Independent Christian Churches. Most of his compositions, largely as a lyric and text writer, are found in the mid-20th century hymnals of Churches of Christ. His partnership in composing with Fred Fillmore and others through the Fillmore Brothers Publishing House allowed his hymns to be sung in primarily Restoration Movement Churches, especially prior to 1940. Trickett emigrated to America at age 12. He went back to England as a young man to complete his education, and studied for a career in law, but soon decided for the minis-ry. After returning to America, he bought a farm in Montebello Township, Hancock County, Illinois, which was home for the rest of his life. He became a Disciples of Christ minister, and held pastorates in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, and did much evangelistic work, particularly in the Midwest. D. J. Bulls

J. P. Knight

1812 - 1887 Hymnal Number: 189 Composer of "[Rocked in the cradle of the deep]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Joseph Philip Knight, 1812-1887 Born: July 26, 1812, Bradford-on-Avon, England. Died: June 1, 1887, Great Yarmouth, Lincolnshire, England. Pseudonym: Philip Mortimer. Knight studied under J. Corfe, the organist at Bristol Cathedral, and began composing around age 20. In 1839, he visited America, and for a year taught music in the school in Vermont run by Emma Willard. It was then that he wrote the music for "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" while there. Some years later, he was ordained by the Bishop of Exeter and became Vicar of St. Agnes, Scilly Isles. --www.hymntime.com/tch

George B. Nevin

1859 - 1933 Hymnal Number: 31 Arranger of "[All the world for Jesus]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Born: March 15, 1859, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Died: April 17, 1933, Easton, Pennsylvania. A member of the Nevin musical family, George’s cousins were composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin; his son, Gordon Balch Nevin, also became a composer. George spent most of his life in the town of Easton. His output consisted mainly of cantatas, and included such works as The Crown of Life and The Incarnation. He was also known for his setting of Sidney Lanier’s poem A Ballad of Trees and the Master, and wrote a number of hymns as well. For nearly 30 years, he ran a wholesale paper business in addition to composing. Nevin was also a historian and lecturer, and sometimes gave lectures on subjects related to music history to local historical societies. Sources: New York Times, April 18, 1933, p. 16 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/e/v/nevin_gb.htm

Adaline Hohf Beery

1859 - 1929 Person Name: Adeline H. Beery Hymnal Number: 170 Author of "Our Happy Land" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Adaline H. Beery was born on December 20, 1859 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Adaline’s family moved to Iowa when she was 10 years old. She attended Mount Morris College Academy, Mount Morris, Illinois and for while taught in Iowa public schools. Adaline wrote hundreds of poems, many of which appeared in Brethren periodicals and in the 1897 Poems of a Decade. She died on February 24, 1929, Kane, Illinois. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: Cyber Hymnal

Henry C. Work

1832 - 1884 Hymnal Number: 220 Composer of "MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA" in Quartets and Choruses for Men b. 10-1-1832, Middletown, CT, d. 6-8-1884, Hartford, CT; composer LOC Name Authority Files

Stanley Greenwood

Hymnal Number: 91 Composer of "[My hope is built on nothing less]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Gerald Massey

1828 - 1907 Hymnal Number: 80 Author of "His Banner Over Me is Love" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Massey, Gerald, was b. May 29, 1828, in the parish of Tring, Herts, was for some time on the staff of the London Atherneum, and frequently contributed to the Quarterly Review. He has published many volumes of poems. The following have been used as hymns:— 1. Jerusalem the golden! I languish for one gleam. [Heaven.] In the Sunday Magazine, May 1865, p. 7. In his Tale of Eternity, 1870, p. 235, it reads "I weary for." 2. Surrounded by unnumbered foes. [Christian Courage.] In his Tale of Eternity, 1870, p. 272. 3. There lives a voice within me. [God's Voice.] In his Ballad of Babe Christabel, 1854, p. 32, entitled "This world is full of beauty." Mr. Massey died at South Norwood, London, Oct. 29,1907. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ===================== Born: May 29, 1828, near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Died: October 29, 1907, at home, South Norwood Hill, London. Buried: Southgate Cemetery, London. Son of an illiterate canal boatman, Massey went to work for a silk manufacturer at age eight. After the factory burned down, Massey began work plaiting straw. "Having had to earn my own dear bread by the eternal cheapening of flesh and blood thus early, I never knew what childhood meant. I had no childhood. Ever since I can remember, I have had the aching fear of want, throbbing heart and brow. The currents of my life were early poisoned, and few, methinks, would pass unscathed through the scenes and circumstances in which I have lived; none, if they were as curious and precocious as I was. The child comes into the world like a new coin with the stamp of God upon it…the poor man’s child [is] hustled and sweated down in this bag of society to get wealth out of it…so is the image of God worn from heart and brow, and day by day the child recedes devil-ward. I look back now with wonder, not that so few escape, but that any escape at all, to win a nobler growth for their humanity. So blighting are the influences which surround thousands in early life, to which I can bear such bitter testimony." Despite his hard beginnings, Massey learned to read at a "penny school," with the Bible and Bunyan being his principal resources. Afterward he obtained access to Robinson Crusoe and a few Wesleyan tracts left at his cottage. These constituted his only sources until he went to London at age 15. With access to more reading material, he flourished, absorbing the classics and other influences. In 1849, Massey started a cheap journal, The Spirit of Freedom, written entirely by workingmen. He was fired from five different jobs for publishing it, but he was committed to the cause of the laborer. He eventually went on to publish poetry, as well. He is particularly known for his 6-volume trilogy on the origin of religions. His works include: A Book of the Beginnings The Natural Genesis Ancient Egypt Sources: Julian, p. 1669 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/s/massey_g.htm

John Fawcett

1789 - 1867 Person Name: Fawcett Hymnal Number: 190 Composer of "[Prohibition, prohibition, prohibition is right]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

James Ryder Randall

1839 - 1908 Person Name: James R. Randall Hymnal Number: 174 Composer of "[I love thine ev'ry hill and vale]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

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H. S. Taylor

1847 - 1947 Hymnal Number: 177 Author of "De Brewer's Big Hosses" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

W. H. Bagby

Hymnal Number: 98 Author of "The Lord Is In His Holy Temple" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Nicholas Gatty

1874 - 1946 Person Name: Gatty Hymnal Number: 17 Composer of "[Until my sun sinks in the west]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Nicholas Comyn Gatty (13 September 1874 – 10 November 1946) was an English composer and music critic. As a composer his major output was opera, which was generally musically undistinguished but well-presented theatrically. As a critic he worked for the Pall Mall Gazette and The Times, and served as assistant editor for the second and third editions of Grove. He was born in Bradfield, Yorkshire, the second son of the Revd Reginald Gatty. He was educated at Downing College, Cambridge (BA 1896, Mus B 1898, Mus D 1927) and studied under Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music. At the beginning of the 20th Century he was assistant conductor at Covent Garden and at some time organist to the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Chelsea. Gatty was a close contemporary and friend of Ralph Vaughan Williams and from around 1900 the latter was to spend summer holidays with the Gattys at Hooton Roberts, between Rotherham and Doncaster, where Gatty's father was Rector. He died in London. He was the nephew of Alfred Scott-Gatty. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Robert O. Smith

Person Name: Rev. Robt. O. Smith Hymnal Number: 179 Author of "At the Polls" in Quartets and Choruses for Men

Albert G. Methfessel

1785 - 1869 Person Name: Methfessel Hymnal Number: 202 Composer of "[O sing with voices clear and strong]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Albert Gottlieb Methfessel; b. Statilm, Thueringen, 1785; d. heckenbeck, 1869 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Samuel John Duncan-Clark

1875 - 1938 Person Name: S. J. Duncan-Clark Hymnal Number: 84 Author of "For the Man of Galilee" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Duncan-Clark’s works include: The Progressive Movement (Boston, Massachusetts: Small, Maynard & Company, circa 1913) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Josef Rheinberger

1839 - 1901 Person Name: Rheinberger Hymnal Number: 9 Composer of "[For the morning bright with beauty]" in Quartets and Choruses for Men Rheinberger, Joseph (Gabriel); b. Mar. 17, 1839, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, d. Nov. 25, 1901, Munich; German composer, organist, conductor, and teacher. LOC Name Authority file

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