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W. G. Cooper

1861 - 1938 Person Name: Rev. W. G. Cooper Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "[Far away in the depths of my spirit]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Rv William Gustin Cooper USA 1861-1938. Born in Evansville, WI, he married Mabel Luella Cooper. He became a Baptist minister having pastorates in Hortonville Village, WI, 1897 – 1901, and later in Ira, VT, in 1922. He also conducted camp meetings. He wrote a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He died in Canton, ME. Note: In a campmeeting service in 1889, when the service was over, a lyricist, Warren Cornell, sat writing a poem. As he left the site, he dropped the paper he was writing and didn't notice it. An hour or or so later, Rev. Cooper came in to tidy up the tent area for the next service, saw the paper, picked it up and read it, and was so inspired by the words, that he finished writing the text and went to the organ and composed the tune for the hymn, “Wonderful peace”. John Perry

James Oren Thompson

1834 - 1917 Person Name: J. O. Thompson Hymnal Number: 117 Author of "The Call for Reapers" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Born June 9, 1834 in Waldo, ME. He was a minister before joining the army and fighting in the Civil War. After the war he joined the Methodist Episcopal Maine Conference in 1866. He transferred to the Providence, RI conference and retired in 1886. He moved to Keyser, WV and edited The Mountain Echo. He then moved to Charleston, WV and served as secretary of the Agriculture. In 1905 he moved to St. Petersburg, FL where he was the minister at the First Ave. Methodist Church. He died Sept. 28, 1917. From Hymn Studies http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies/

J. B. O. Clemm

1855 - 1927 Hymnal Number: 117 Composer of "[Far and near the fields are teeming]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 James Bowman Overton Clemm

Guillaume Franc

1500 - 1570 Hymnal Number: 229 Composer of "OLD HUNDRED" in Sermons in Song No. 3

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Hymnal Number: 21 Author of "Face to Face" in Sermons in Song No. 3 See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934

Lewis E. Jones

1865 - 1936 Person Name: L. E. J. Hymnal Number: 36 Author of "Under the Banner" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Pseudonyms: Mary Slater ================ Lewis Edgar Jones USA 1865-1936. Born in Yates City, IL, his family moved near Davenport, IA, where he lived on a farm until age 21. He went into business for awhile, and attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He was a classmate of evangelist, Billy Sunday. After graduating, he worked for the YMCA in Davenport, IA; Fort Worth, TX (1915, as general secretary); and Santa Barbara, CA (1925 as general secretary). Hymn writing was his avocation, and he wrote 200+, advising that many came from pastors’ sermons. He married Lora May Wright (1872-1950), and they had a daughter, Frances Ellen (1897-1982). He died in Santa Barbara, CA. John Perry

C. R. Dunbar

1830 - 1895 Hymnal Number: 9 Composer of "[My life, my love I give to Thee]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Rv Charles R Dunbar USA 1830-1895. Born in Pulaski,NY, he became a minister. He died in Columbus, OH. John Perry

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Hymnal Number: 215 Composer of "SEYMOUR" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

George Thomas Caldbeck

1852 - 1918 Person Name: G. T. Caldbeck Hymnal Number: 213 Composer of "[Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?]" in Sermons in Song No. 3 George Thomas Caldbeck United Kingdom 1852-1918. Born in Waterford, Ireland, he attended the National Model School, Waterford, and Islington Theological College. His desire to be a missionary was thwarted by his poor health. He returned to Cork and became a schoolmaster and evangelist in ireland. In 1888 he moved to London as an independent itinerant preacher. He was arrested in 1912 for selling scripture cards door to door without a license. The judge dismissed the case upon learning he was composer of the hymn tune” Pax Tecum.”. At the time he was living in a church hostel. He died in Epsom, Surrey. John Perry

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712 - 1778 Person Name: J. T. Rosseau Hymnal Number: 195 Composer of "GREENVILLE" in Sermons in Song No. 3 Jean Jacques Rousseau; b. 1712, Geneva; d. 1778, Paris. Born in the city-state of Geneva in the Swiss Confederacy, his mother died whenhe was 9 days old. Rousseau's father was a watchmaker, but got into trouble with local officials and left the town, leaving his son with an uncle who had Rousseau and his own son board with a Calvinist minister for 2 years. He was later apprenticed to a notary and then to an engraver, who beat him. He ran away from Geneva at 16. In nearby Savoy, he sheltered with a Roman Catholic priest. He was sent to Italy to convert to Catholicism. He supported himself as a servant, secretary, and tutor. His life was filled with personal and political upheaval, and his writings infuriated many, to the point he had to leave several habitations. He had many friends and enemies due to his philosophies on life, religion, and God. He was concerned with decay of society (having experienced the French Revolution) and became a philosopher, writer, botanist, and composer, he influenced the Enlightenment period through his political philosophy, both in France and across Europe, including aspects of the French Revolution and overall development of modern political and educational thought. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was the most popular of philosophers. He believed that self-preservation was the highest virtue and that we should study to understand how society operates and where pitfalls lie. His personal family life was very chaotic as a result of his outspoken opinions and writings. He returned to his Calvinistic beliefs in later life, but digressed from them on several issues important to that church. John Perry