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Laurence Housman

1865 - 1959 Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Hymnal Number: 489 Author of "Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation" in Rejoice in the Lord Housman, Lawrence, author and artist, was born July 18, 1867, at Bromsgrove, Worcs. His devotional poetry is principally in his Spikenard, 1898, and Bethlehem, 1902. To the English Hymnal, 1906, he contributed eight translations (142, 188, 191, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234); also three original hymns, with a fourth previously published, viz.:— 1. Lord God of Hosts, within Whose hand. St. George. 2. The Maker of the sun and moon. Christmas. From Bethlehem, 1902, p. 75. 3. The Saint who first found grace to pen. St. Mark. 4. When Christ was born in Bethlehem. Holy Innocents. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================== Born: July 18, 1865, Bromsgrove, Hereford, England. Died: February 20, 1959, Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Buried: St. Mary’s, Bathwick, Smallcombe, near Bath. Housman studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He had great success as an illustrator, but when his eyesight began to fail, he turned to writing books and plays. He wrote 80 books during his lifetime. He often seemed to fall afoul of the censors, though, for religious and political reasons. A committed socialist and pacifist, in 1907, he helped found the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. He was also an honorary associate of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League. His works include: Jump-to-Glory Jane, by Meredith Goblin Market, by Christiantina Rossetti, 1893 The End of Elfintown, by Jane Barlow, 1894 Spikenard, 1898 The Sensitive Plant, 1898 Bethlehem, 1902 The Blue Moon, 1904 Angels and Ministers, 1921 Little Plays of St. Francis, 1922 Victoria Regina, 1937 The Unexpected Years, 1937 (autobiography) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Melville Cooke

1912 - 1993 Scripture: Genesis 1:2-3 Hymnal Number: 385 Composer of "METROPOLITAN" in Rejoice in the Lord

R. B. Y. Scott

1899 - 1987 Person Name: Robert Balgarnie Young Scott, 1899- Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Hymnal Number: 178 Author of "O Day of God, Draw Nigh" in Rejoice in the Lord Scott, Robert Balgarnie Young. (Toronto, Ontario, July 18, 1899--November 1, 1987). United Church. University of Toronto, B.A., 1922; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1928. Pastorate at Long Branch, Ont., 1926-1928; professor of Old Testament at Union College (Vancouver), 1928-1931; United Theological College (Montreal), 1931-1955; Princeton University, 1955-1968; also dean of divinity at McGill University (Montreal), 1945-1955. Published many translations of, and commentaries on, Old Testament material, as well as on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Most of his hymns date from his years in Montreal. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

William Merrell Vories

1880 - 1964 Person Name: William M. Vories Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Hymnal Number: 492 Author of "Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts!" in Rejoice in the Lord

Lewis Renatus West

1753 - 1826 Person Name: Louis R. West Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Hymnal Number: 178 Composer of "TYTHERTON" in Rejoice in the Lord Lewis Renatus West, born in London, May 3, 1753, and Moravian Minister at Tytherton, Wilts, from 1809 to his death, Aug. 4, 1826. --Excerpt from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==================== Born: May 3, 1753. Christened: May 3, 1753, Fetter Lane Moravian church, London, England. Died: 1826, Tytherton (near Chippenham), Wiltshire, England. Buried: Moravian cemetery, Tytherton, Wiltshire, England. A Moravian minister, West taught in the Moravian school in Fulneck, Leeds; served as tutor and assistant minister in Bedford; assistant minister in Dublin; and minister in Gracehill, Northern Ireland; Mirfield; Bath; Bristol; and Tytherton. --www.hymntime.com

John Hunt

b. 1827 Scripture: Genesis 1:4 Hymnal Number: 8 Author of "Let All the World Rejoice" in Rejoice in the Lord Hunt, John, D.D., was born at Bridgend, Perth, Jan. 21, 1827, and educated at the University of St. Andrews (D.D. 1878). In 1855 he was ordained to the curacy of Deptford, Sunderland. He held several curacies to 1878, when he became vicar of Oxford, near Sevenoaks. He was for some time on the staff of the Contemporary Review. He has published Select Poems, 1852, being translations from Goethe, Schiller, and other German poets. Also The Spiritual Songs of Martin Luther, 1853. These Songs are noted in this Dictionary under their first lines in German. Very few of them have come into common use. This volume also contains hymns founded on the German of Zinzendorf and others. The versions, however, are very free, and, at Dr. Hunt's suggestion, are not noted in detail in this Dictionary. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Charles Steggall

1826 - 1905 Scripture: Genesis 1:4 Hymnal Number: 8 Composer of "CHRIST CHURCH" in Rejoice in the Lord

Timothy Rees

1874 - 1939 Scripture: Genesis 1:26 Hymnal Number: 381 Author of "Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling" in Rejoice in the Lord

Michael Hewlett

1916 - 2000 Scripture: Genesis 1:26 Hymnal Number: 383 Author of "Sing to Him in Whom Creation" in Rejoice in the Lord Michael Edward Hewlett (b. 1916; d. 2000) was ordained in England as an Anglican priest in 1949, and served several parishes as curate, vicar, or parish priest. For most of his career he was vicar in the diocese of Exeter. He was author of about seventy hymn texts and contributed to many hymnals in the UK and North America. Emily Brink