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Robert Morris

1818 - 1888 Person Name: Robert Morris, LL. D. Hymnal Number: 84 Author of "Memories of Galilee" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Morris, Robert, LL.D., born Aug. 31, 1818, is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an extensive writer on Freemasonry. In 1868 he visited the Holy Land on behalf of the Freemasons of America, the outcome of which was his work, Freemasonry in the Holy Land. He is the author of some 300 poetical pieces. One of these, "Each gentle dove and sighing bough" (Evening), is in H. R. Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, &c.. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

S. Y. Harmer

1809 - 1884 Person Name: Samuel Young Harmer Hymnal Number: 191 Author of "In the Christian's Home in Glory" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Harmer, Samuel Young, son of Samuel Harmer, a member of the Society of Friends, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1809. In 1827 he joined the American Methodist Episcopalian Church, and was engaged for several years as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. In 1842 he became a local preacher of that body, and, in 1847, was admitted into the ministry. He has held appointments in Philadelphia and Iowa. His well-known hymn "In the Christian's home in glory" (Heaven) was written in 1856 for a camp-meeting collection which the Rev. John Gladding was then compiling. It has been slightly altered, and set to music by the Rev. W. McDonald of Boston, Massachusetts. (For these details we are indebted to Dr. Hatfield's Poets of the Church N. Y., 1884.) -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907

John B. Sumner

1838 - 1913 Hymnal Number: 67 Composer of "[My Father is rich in houses and lands]" in Crowning Glory No. 1

Jessie H. Brown

Hymnal Number: 141 Author of "Anywhere with Jesus" in Crowning Glory No. 1 See Pounds, Jessie Brown, 1861-1921

Annie Fortescue Harrison

1851 - 1944 Person Name: Harrison Hymnal Number: 55 Composer of "[Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah]" in Crowning Glory No. 1

William Ellsworth Witter

1854 - 1954 Person Name: W. E. Witter Hymnal Number: 140 Author of "While Jesus whispers" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Witter, Will Ellsworth, was born Dec. 9, 1854, near La Grange, New York, and educated at the Genessee State Normal School, New York, and the University of Rochester. From the latter he passed in 1880 to the Rochester Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1884 he entered the Baptist Ministry. He has written several songs and poems, one of which:— While Jesus whispers to you (The Divine Call) has come into somewhat prominent use. It was written in July 1878, and originated mainly in the great anxiety of the author respecting two of his pupils. In 1878 it was set to music by H. R. Palmer, and included in his Book of Anthems, 1878: from whence it passed into Good as Gold, and I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London 1881. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John A. Stevenson

1761 - 1833 Person Name: Stevenson Hymnal Number: 107 From of "[Depth of mercy! can there be]" in Crowning Glory No. 1

Norman MacLeod

1812 - 1872 Person Name: Rev. N. McLead Hymnal Number: 179 Author of "Do the Right" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Macleod, Norman, D.D., son of Dr. Norman Macleod, was born at Campbelton, Argyleshire, June 3, 1812. He studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, then went to Germany, and subsequently completed his course at the University of Glasgow, from which, in 1858, he received the degree of D.D. In 1838 he was appointed parish minister of Loudoun; Ayrshire, in 1843 of Dalkeith, and in 1851 of the Barony, Glasgow. He became one of the Queen's Chaplains in 1841, and in 1860 the editor of Good Words, which he continued to edit till his death. He was one of the most influential ministers in the Established Church of Scotland, and was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1869. He died at Glasgow, June 16, and was buried at Campsie, June 20, 1872. His works are numerous and popular. He was appointed a member of the Assembly's Hymnal Committee in 1854 and 1855. His best known hymn, "Trust in God, and do the right"(Right Doing), appeared in January 1857, in The Edinburgh Christian Magazine of which he was for some years the editor. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Macleod_(1812–1872)

John B. Matthias

1767 - 1848 Person Name: J. B. M Hymnal Number: 188 Author of "Deliverance Will Come" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Born: January 21, 1767, Germantown, New York. Died: May 27, 1848, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Buried: Methodist churchyard, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Matthias moved to New York City as a young man, and attended the John Street Methodist Church. He was licensed as a Methodist preacher in 1793, and four years later Bishop Asbury ordained him a deacon. He entered the "itinerant connection" in 1811, and in 1813 Bishop McKendree ordained him an elder. He pastored at a number of locations in New York, and by 1836 was in Huntington, where he wrote Deliverance Will Come. In 1841, failing eyesight forced him to retire to Hempstead, Long Island. Sources: Choir Herald, June 1947, pp. 222-23 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/t/matthias_jb.htm ================= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Matthias

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: C. M. Von Weber Hymnal Number: 154 Composer of "[Lead me forth, O blessed Jesus!]" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908