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W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: William H. Doane Composer of "MORE LOVE TO THEE" in Lutherförbundets Sångbok An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Ann B. Spratt

1829 - 1929 Person Name: A. B. Spratt Composer of "KEDRON" in Hymnal and Order of Service

Henry Eyster Jacobs

1844 - 1932 Author of "Nearer, My God, to Thee" in Lutherförbundets Sångbok Born: November 10, 1844, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Died: July 7, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Eyster was a graduate of Gettysburg College (1862), and Gettysburg Seminary (1865). While at seminary, he served on the United States Christian Commission in Virginia and Maryland (1864-65). He also attended Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania (DD 1877, LLD 1892) and Muhlenberg College (STD 1907). He later served as principal of Thiel Hall, Monaca, Pennsylvania; as Franklin Professor of Latin and History at the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, Gettysburg College (1870-80); and president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works include: The Lutheran Movement in England, 1891 History of the Lutheran Church in America, 1893 Book of Concord, 1894 Martin Luther: Hero of Faith Lutheran Cyclopedia, with John A. W. Haas, 1899 The Lutheran Commentary The German Emigration to America, 1709-40, 1899 Summary of the Christian Faith, 1905 Works of Martin Luther, translated by Eyster, Adolph Spaeth et al. (Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1915) Lincoln’s Gettysburg World-Message, 1920 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

George C. F. Haas

1854 - 1927 Composer of "ST. MARK'S" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church Born: May 4, 1854, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: September 29, 1927, Staten Island, New York. Haas graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1876) and the Philadelphia Theological Seminary (1880). He pastored at St. Mark’s German Lutheran Church in Manhattan, New York, 1882-1921. Music: O CHRISTIANS, LEAGUED TOGETHER --www.hymntime.com/tch/

John Hullah

1812 - 1884 Composer of "NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE" in Christian Hymns Born: June 27, 1812, Worcester, England. Died: February 21, 1884, London, England.

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