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Robert Willis

b. 1947 Person Name: Robert Willis, b. 1947 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Author of "'The kingdom is upon you!'" in Common Praise Priest of the Church of England, Dean o Canterbury Canterbury (2001-. ). Previously (1992-2000) Dean of Hereford Cathedral.

David Peacock

b. 1949 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Composer of "PARKSTONE" in The Worshiping Church

William Harold Ferguson

1874 - 1950 Person Name: W. H. Ferguson, 1874-1950 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Composer of "WOLVERCOTE" in Common Praise Born: January 1, 1874, Leeds, England. Died: October 18, 1950, Littlehampton, Sussex, England. Ferguson was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and was a chorister in the College chapel. After graduating from Keble College, he taught at St. Edward’s School, Oxford (1896-69) and Bilton Grange, Rugby (1899-1901). He later attended Cuddesdon Theological College. After ordination, he served as assistant master, chaplain, organist and director of chapel music at Lancing College (1902-13); Warden of St. Edward’s School, Oxford (1913-25); Warden of St Peter’s College, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (1925-37); and Canon and Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1937-47). With Geoffrey Shaw, he was joint music editor of The Public School Hymn Book in 1919. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Robert Bruce

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Author of "Onward! Onward!" in Sacred Songs No. 1 Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Eseario Sosa Rodríguez

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Adapter of "Si se cae la esperanza" in El Himnario

Carlos Ruiz

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Author of "Si se cae la esperanza" in El Himnario

Ira David Sankey

1840 - 1908 Person Name: Ira D. Sankey Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Composer of "[Onward, onward, looking unto Jesus]" in Sacred Songs No. 1 Sankey, Ira David, was born in Edinburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1840, of Methodist parents. About 1856 he removed with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Four years afterwards he became the Superintendent of a large Sunday School in which he commenced his career of singing sacred songs and solos. Mr. Moody met with him and heard him sing at the International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Indianapolis, and through Mr. Moody's persuasion he joined him in his work at Chicago. After some two or three years' work in Chicago, they sailed for England on June 7, 1872, and held their first meeting at York a short time afterwards, only eight persons being present. Their subsequent work in Great Britain and America is well known. Mr. Sankey's special duty was the singing of sacred songs and solos at religious gatherings, a practice which was in use in America for some time before he adopted it. His volume of Sacred Songs and Solos is a compilation from various sources, mainly American and mostly in use before. Although known as Sankey and Moody’s Songs, only one song, "Home at last, thy labour done" is by Mr. Sankey, and not one is by Mr. Moody. Mr. Sankey supplied several of the melodies. The English edition of the Sacred Songs & Solos has had an enormous sale; and the work as a whole is very popular for Home Mission services. The Songs have been translated into several languages. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Pseudonymns: Harry S. Lower Rian A. Dykes ==================== Sankey, I. D., p. 994, i. During the past fifteen years Mr. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos have had a very large sale, which has justified him in increasing the number of songs and hymns, including " New Hymns and Solos," to 1200. In 1906 he published My Life and Sacred Songs (London : Morgan & Scott). In addition to the "Story of his Own Life," the work contains an account of the most popular of his solos, with interesting reminiscences of the spiritual awakening of many who were influenced through his singing of them in public. In this respect it corresponds in some measure with G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book, &c, 1883 (p. 1094, i.). It is an addition to the Sacred Songs and Solos, which will be held in esteem by many. In addition to his hymn, noted on p. 994, ii., Mr. Sankey gives details of the following:— 1. Out of the shadow-land into the sunshine. [Heaven Anticipated.] Mr. Sankey's account of this hymn is:— "I wrote this hymn specially for the memorial service held for Mr. Moody in Carnegie Hall, where 1 also sang it as a solo. It is the last sacred song of which I wrote both the words and music. The idea was suggested by Mr. Moody's last words, 'Earth recedes; heaven opens before me . . . God is calling me, and I must go.' On account of its peculiar association with my fellow-labourer in the Gospel for so many years, the words are here given in full." The hymn follows on p. 185, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines and a chorus. 2. Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming, [Advent.] Mr. Sankey writes concerning this hymn:— "During one of my trips to Great Britain on the SS. City of Rome a storm raged on the sea. The wind was howling through the rigging, and waves like mountains of foam were breaking over the bow of the vessel. A great fear had fallen upon the passengers. When the storm was at its worst, we all thought we might soon go to the bottom of the sea. The conviction came to me that the Lord would be with us iu the trying hour, and sitting down in the reading room, I composed this hymn. Before reaching England the tune had formed itself in my mind, and on arriving in London I wrote it out, and had it published in Sacred Songs and Solos, where it is No. 524 in the edition. of 1888. From Mr. Sankey's autobiographical sketch we gather that he was born at Edinburgh, in Western Pennsylvania, Aug. 28, 1840, joined Mr. Moody in 1871, and visited England for the first time in 1873. The original of the Sacred Songs, &c, of 23 pieces only, was offered as a gift to the London publishers of P. Phillips's Hallowed Song, and declined by them. It was subsequently accepted by Mr. K. O. Morgan, of Morgan & Scott, and is now a volume of 1200 hymns. From a return kindly sent us by Messrs. Morgan & Scott, we find that the various issues of the Sacred Songs and Solos were:— In 1873, 24 pp.; 1874, 72 pp. ; 1876, 153 hymns; 1877, 271 hymns; 1881, 441 hymns; 1888, 750 hymns; 1903, 1200 hymns. In addition, The Christian Choir, which is generally associated with the Sacred Songs and Solos, was issued in 1884 with 75 hymns, and in 1896 with 281. The New Hymns & Solos, by the same firm, were published in 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Emanuel Olivieri

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Arranger of "CALEB" in El Himnario

Ian White

b. 1956 Person Name: Ian White (b. 1956) Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Author of "Focus my eyes on you, O Lord" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Howard Charles Adie Gaunt

1902 - 1983 Person Name: Howard Charles Adie Gaunt (1902-1983) Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40, 12:1 Author of "Glory to you, O God" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Rolando S. Tinio

b. 1937 Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 Author of "Grant Now Your Blessing" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Lorenzo Álvarez

1897 - 1969 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Translator (es. 1-3) of "Jesús excelso" in El Himnario

Richard Storrs Willis

1819 - 1900 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Arranger of "CRUSADER'S HYMN" in El Himnario Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900) was an American composer, notably of hymn music. One of his hymns is "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears. He was also a music critic and journal editor. Willis, whose siblings included Nathaniel Parker Willis and Fanny Fern, was born on February 10, 1819, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Chauncey Hall, the Boston Latin School, and Yale College where he was a member of Skull and Bones in 1841. Willis then went to Germany, where he studied six years under Xavier Schnyder and Moritz Hauptmann. While there, he became a personal friend of Felix Mendelssohn. After returning to America, Willis served as music critic for the New York Tribune, The Albion, and The Musical Times, for which he served as editor for a time. He joined the New-York American-Music Association, an organization which promoted the work native of naturalized American composers. He reviewed the organization's first concert for their second season, held December 30, 1856, in the Musical World, as a "creditable affair, all things considered". Willis began his own journal, Once a Month: A Paper of Society, Belles-Lettres and Art, and published its first issue in January 1862. Willis died on May 7, 1900. His interment was located at Woodlawn Cemetery. His works and music compilations include: Church Chorals and Choir Studies (1850) Our Church Music (1856) Waif of Song (1876) Pen and Lute (1883) --en.wikipedia.org

Andrew J. Scobie

b. 1935 Person Name: Andrew J. Scobie (b. 1935) Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 Author of "Look forward in faith" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Alan Gaunt

b. 1935 Person Name: Alan Gaunt (1935-) Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 Translator of "As Royal Banners Are Unfurled" in Common Praise (1998)

Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan

b. 1967 Person Name: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 Author of "God, Be the Love to Search and Keep Me (O Christ, Surround Me)" in Glory to God Adjunct Instructor in Liturgy and Christian Life at Wartburg Theological Seminary. He is currently serving at Olive Branch Church (ELCA) in Rochester, MN. Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan

Ernest K. Emurian

1912 - 2004 Scripture: Hebrews 12:2 Author of "Nuestra Esperanza Está en el Señor" in Himnario Bautista Born: February 20, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: January 23, 2004, Alexandria, Virginia. Buried: Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Son of an Armenian immigrant pastor, Emurian attended Davidson College, North Carolina (BA); Union Theological Seminary, Virginia (BD); and Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey (ThM). Randolph-Macon College of Virginia also conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him in 1971. Emurian served as pastor of the Cherrydale United Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia, for 19 years, until retiring in 1981. He wrote some 19 books and 60 hymns, as well as hymn tunes, anthems, and popular songs. His works include: Hymn Festivals Hymn Stories for Programs The Living Dramatization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s the Last Supper Sweetheart of the Civil War Living Stories of Famous Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1955) Famous Stories of Inspiring Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1956) Stories of Christmas Carols, revised and enlarged edition (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1958) Forty Stories of Famous Gospel Songs (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1959) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ =========================== Ernest K. Emurian is pastor of the Elm Avenue Methodist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia. He has served several pastorates in the Methodist Church, chiefly in Virginia. He has long been interested in hymns, and has written several of them, including "When Dawns the Morning Sunlight" in the "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" published by the Society in 1955. He is the author of two volumes entitled "Dramatized Stories of Hymns and Hymn Writers". He had his college work at Davidson College, graduating in 1931. --Twelve New World Order Hymns, 1958. Used by permission. =========================== Ernest K. Emurian, a fourth-generation minister, is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Princeton Seminary. He has been a Methodist minister since 1936 and is currently pastor of Cherrydale Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of seventeen books in the fields of hymnody and drama, and of more than thirty hymns. A member of ASCAP, he is the composer of hymn tunes, and sacred and secular songs. His hymn "We Dedicate This Temple" is in The Armed Forces Hymnal and The Presbyterian Hymnal. He lectures widely on Practical Hymnology and Religious Drama, and as an after-dinner speaker addresses conventions and conferences in many states. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission.

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