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Robert A. West
1808 - 1865 Author of "Jesus Reigns" West, Robert Athow, an editor and author, was born in England in 1802. In 1843 he went to America, and was the official reporter of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844. He was also one of the committee appointed by that Conference to prepare a Standard edition of the Methodist Hymn Book. That collection appeared as Hymns for the Use of The Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1849. To it West contributed two hymns—(1) "Come, let us tune our loftiest song" (Praise of Jesus), and (2) "Now, Lord, fulfil Thy faithful word" (On behalf of Ministers). (Nutter's Hymn Studies, 1884, p. 32.)
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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West, Robert Athow. (1809 [sic]--February 1, 1865). The commonly accepted date of West's birth is 1809, not 1802 as given in Julian. He was a Methodist Episcopal layman, editor of the Columbia Magazine, New York, 1846-1849, and for a time, beginning 1858, of the New York Commercial Advertiser. The last years of his life were spent in Washington, D.C., where he was connected with the office of the Judge-Advocate General. He died at his home in Georgetown, D.C. He published Sketches of Wesleyan Preachers (1848) and A Father's Letters to His Daughter (1865).
--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives
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Robert N. West
Composer of "[Oh, my friend, so far from mother]" in Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus
Robert N. West
West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church
Person Name: West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Author of "" in Hymns and services of the Sunday-school of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church
Stephen P. West
Author of "Lord, You Call Us to Your Service" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Stephen P. West is a husband, father, minister, musician, and writer. Along with his wife Sandy, also an ordained elder, he serves as a pastor in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. Coming from a long line of Methodist clergy, he finds that, with Augustine, singing is his way of 'praying twice.' As a vocalist, pianist, and trombonist he has performed in major choral works and played in local musical theater productions, He leads singing at the piano for Annual Conference, clergy retreats, and events such as SoulFeast at Junaluska. He has coordinated liturgy and led music at Academies for Spiritual Formation in Alabama, Florida, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, and Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Birmingham-Southern College, where he studied sociology and music. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry from Sewanee, where his focus was on the Eucharist and spiritual formation in the Wesleyan tradition.
Stephen P. West
Stephen P. West
Thersia West
Composer of "[When we cross over Jordan to Canaan's happy land]" in Chiming Bells
Thersia West
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