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Jemima Luke

1813 - 1906 Person Name: J. Luke Matching Instances: 18 Author of "I think when I read that sweet story of old" in The Church Hymnal Luke, Jemima Thompson, the wife of Rev. Samuel Luke, an Independent minister of England, was the daughter of Thomas 422 Thompson, a philanthropist, and was born at Colebrook Terrace, Islington, August 19, 1813. When only thirteen years of age she began writing for the Juvenile Magazine. She published a volume titled The Female Jesuit in 1851 and A Memoir of Eliza Ann Harris, of Clifton, in 1859, but her name is known to the Christian world almost wholly through the one hymn found in this volume. Mrs. Luke died February 2, 1906. I think when I read that sweet 682 Hymn Writers of the Church, 1915, Charles Nutter =============== Luke, Jemima, née Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson, sometime of Bath, was born at Colebrooke Terrace, Islington, Aug. 19, 1813, and was married to the late Samuel Luke, a Congregational Minister, in 1843. She was an anonymous contributor to The Juvenile Magazine at the age of 13, and subsequently pub. several works, including The Female Jesuit, 1851; A Memoir of Eliza Ann Harris, of Clifton, 1859, &c. Mrs. Luke is known to hymnody through her hymn:— I think when I read that sweet story of old. [The Love of Jesus.] It is recorded that this hymn was composed in a stage coach in 1841, and was designed for use in the village school, near her father's seat, Poundsford Park. It was published anonymously in the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, No. 874, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, and has since come into use through children's hymn-books in most English-speaking countries. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Severa Euresti

1872 - 1946 Person Name: Euresti Matching Instances: 1 Translator of "Sus manos ungieron al niño feliz" in El Himnario para el uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Espanola en Todo el Mundo Severa Euresti worked as a music instructor at Centro Social Roberts in Saltillo, Coahuila, México in the 1930's. email to Hymnary

Rhys Thomas

1867 - 1932 Matching Instances: 1 Harmonizer of "SALAMIS" in The Book of Praise

Purcell James Mansfield

1889 - 1968 Person Name: P, J. Mansfield Matching Instances: 1 Arranger of "SALAMIS" in Redemption Songs

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Matching Instances: 1 Composer of "GREEK AIR" in The Church Missionary Hymn Book In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

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