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W. E. Miller

1766 - 1839 Hymnal Number: d159 Author of "A Savior let creation sing" in The Western Harp

Miller

Hymnal Number: d226 Author of "Today if ye [you] will hear his voice" in The Western Harp

Elijah Hedding

Hymnal Number: d258 Author of "Ye angels who mortals attend" in The Western Harp

Hymnal Number: d181 Author of "Sinner [sinners], will you [ye] scorn [slight] the message" in The Western Harp Allen, Jonathan. Concerning this hymn-writer, to whom is credited the hymn, "Sinners, will you scorn the message?" we can only say that this hymn appeared in Hymns adapted to Public Worship, collected from various Authors, Exeter, S. Woolmer, 1801, edited by Richard Pearsell Allen, Minister of Castle Street Meeting, Exeter; and that in D. Sedgwick's marked copy of John Dobell's New Selection, &c., 1806, it is attributed to Jonathan Allen. What authority Sedgwick had for this ascription we cannot determine. It is through him that it has gained currency. Allen's hymn, "Sinners, will you scorn, &c," is sometimes given with stanzas i. and ii. transposed, as "Hear the heralds of the Gospel," as in the American Baptist Praise Book, N. Y. 1871. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Josiah Goddard

Hymnal Number: d103 Author of "I've listed [enlisted] in the holy war" in The Western Harp

Luther J. Cox

1791 - 1870 Hymnal Number: d12 Author of "An alien from God, and a stranger to grace" in The Western Harp Cox, Luther J. (December 27, 1791--July 26, 1870). He was born on a farm in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and died in Hampden, Maryland, his home for the last twelve years of his life. The "Bard of the American Methodist Reformation," a layman and local preacher, one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church, he engaged in mercantile pursuits throughout all of his active life. He was the author of several hymns which were popular with the early-day Methodist Protestants. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Annie Chadwick

Hymnal Number: d250 Author of "Prayer, prayer, [O] sweet, sweet, prayer" in The Western Harp Chadwick, Mrs. Annie. "When torn is the bosom by sorrow and care" in 1840 is attributed to "Miss Ann Lutton of Ireland." In 1885, however, it is attributed to Mrs. Annie Chadwick, presumably Ann's married name. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Thomas Roberts

Hymnal Number: d127 Author of "My Shepherd's mighty [gracious] aid" in The Western Harp Roberts, Thomas. Concerning this writer and his hymn, “My Shepherd's mighty aid" (Ps. xxiii.). Nutter says in his Hymn Studies, 1881, p. 297, that the hymn "came into our hymn-book (Methodist Episcopal Hymns) in 1849. I have not been able to learn anything more concerning it, or its author." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)