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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: Edwin O. Excell Composer of "[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam]" in Timeless Truths Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Don Hustad

1918 - 2013 Person Name: Donald P. Hustad, b. 1918 Arranger of "[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam]" in Worship and Service Hymnal

Nellie Talbot

Author of "I'll Be a Sunbeam" in Timeless Truths

C. L. Naylor

1869 - 1945 Arranger of "SUNBEAM" in The New Canadian Hymnal

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: Sr. S. D. Athans Translator of "Nítido Rayo Por Cristo" in Cantos Infantiles para La Escuela Sabática 1 Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Or­tho­dox Church, Ath­ans left home at age 15, af­ter his fa­ther’s death. He spent two years on the is­land of Cor­fu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Bri­tain, where he worked as a sail­or. In 1903 he went to Am­er­i­ca, and dur­ing im­mi­gra­tion pro­cess­ing, some­one gave him a New Tes­ta­ment in Greek. A year lat­er, he joined a Naz­a­rene church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. He then en­rolled in a Bi­ble school and un­i­ver­si­ty. While in school in Ca­li­for­nia, he be­gan to stu­dy Span­ish and to work with the La­ti­no com­mu­ni­ty. In 1910 he de­cid­ed to work in ev­an­gel­ism. In 1931, he joined the Me­thod­ist mis­sion­ary work in La­tin Am­er­i­ca, re­tir­ing in 1949. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Ernesto Barocio

1876 - 1948 Person Name: E. Barocio Author of "Cristo Ha Nacido" in El Nuevo Himnario Popular (Edicion Revisada y Corregida) Ernesto Barocio Ondarza. Baptist minister born in Mexico. Dianne Shapiro

Simon Zachariah

b. 1951 Translator of "യേശു വാഞ്ചിക്കുന്നിതെന്നെ" in The Cyber Hymnal

John Barathi

Person Name: S. John Barathi Translator of "சூர்யனின் ஒளிக்கதிராய் நானிருப்பேன்" in The Cyber Hymnal

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