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Philipp Bickel

1829 - 1914 Person Name: Bickel Translator of "Im Herrn entschlummert!" in Glockenklänge

R. A. John

Person Name: R. A. John, P. Author of "So schlaf denn wohl in Jesu Arm" in Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine

Johann Molenar

1810 - 1868 Person Name: Joh. Molenar Author of "Du bist die Wahrheit, Jesu Christ" in Gesangbuch mit Noten

Ione G. Daniels

Author of "Asleep in Jesus" in Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy

W. C. John

Person Name: W. John Author of "¡Oh santo Dios!" in Himnario Adventista

1823 - 1897 Person Name: C. Bodenbender Author of "Der Leib nur sinkt entseelt hinab" in Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) Bodenbender, Conrad. (Heskem, Hesse-Cassel, Germany, July 10, 1823--1897). Baptist. Brought up a Lutheran, but became a Baptist at the age of 22. Emigrated to America in 1849 where he worked as a cabinet maker in Buffalo, New York, before feeling the call to preach. Attended the Rochester Theological Seminary (1854-1858). Ordained in Newark, New Jersey, in September, 1856. Pastorates in German Baptist churches in Tavistock, Ontario, 1861-1865; Berlin, Ontario, 1865-1871; Chicago, Illinois, 1871-1873; Buffalo, New York, 1873- . Described as "calm and thoughtful, scriptural in his sermonizing, genial in his social intercourse, unblamable in character." Three of his hymns appeared in Die Glaubensharfe (Cleveland, 1885): "Ja, Herr, ich will Dir dienen," "Die Pilger zur Heimath der Seligen zich'n" and "Das Leib nur sinkt entseelt hinab." The latter hymn translated "The body only, soulless now, Like seed-corn in the grave lies low" is a hymn on the subject of death and resurrection using vivid imagery. --Richard C. Shadinger, DNAH Archives