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Hattie E. Buell

1834 - 1910 Author of "A Child of the King" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Hattie (Katie) Eugenia Peck Buell USA 1834-1910. Born in Cazenovia, NY, she lived in Manlius, NY, until 1898, then moved to Washington, D.C., but maintained a summer residence at Thousand Island Park, NY. She married Willard Barnes Buell, and they had two sons. Her husband died in 1905. She wrote poems to the Northern Christian Advocate in Syracuse, NY. John Perry

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[My Father is rich in houses and lands]" in The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. R. Alterer of "The Child of a King" in Zion's Delight Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Valeria A. Foster

Arranger of "BINGHAMTON" in African American Heritage Hymnal

John B. Sumner

1838 - 1913 Composer of "BINGHAMTON" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.)

J. P. Weston

Composer of "[My Father is rich in houses and lands]" in Songs of Victory

H. T. Crossley

1850 - 1934 Person Name: H. T. C. Alterer of "A Child of the King" in Songs of Salvation Hugh Thomas Crossley was part of Canadian revival team, along with John Edwin Hunter. They were both Methodist ministers. Dianne Shapiro, from Revivals and Roller Rinks: religion, leisure and identity in late-nineteenth-century small-town Ontario by Lynn Sorrel Marks, University of Toronto Press, 1996