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Judson W. Van DeVenter

1855 - 1939 Person Name: J.W. Van De Venter Author of "Sunlight, Sunlight" in Victorious Hymns Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Judson W. Van DeVenter

W. S. Weeden

1847 - 1908 Person Name: W.S. Weeden Composer of "[I wandered in the shades of night] Weeden" in Victorious Hymns Winfield S. Weeden was born in 1847 in Middleport, OH. In his early life he was active in teaching singing schools throughout that area in Ohio. As singer and associate to Judson VandeVenter in his evangelistic campaigns, Weeden assisted in meetings at East Palestine and Sebring. He compiled several collections of hymns among them The Peacemaker, Songs of the Peacemaker, and Songs of Sovereign Grace. Weeden died in 1908. (see 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985) Mary Louise VanDyke
W. S. Weeden

Speros Demetrios Athans

1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Author of "Andando En La Luz" in Himnos de Gloria 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)
Speros Demetrios Athans

Julius O. Berr

1844 - 1914 Person Name: J. O. Berr Translator of "Sonnenschein" in Lobe den Herrn!
Julius O. Berr

Erich Zech

Author of "Lichtglanz" in Heils-Lieder, eine Sammlung Geistlicher Lieder für Sonntagsschulen, Jugendvereine
Erich Zech

Arthur B. Deter

1868 - 1945 Person Name: Arthur Beriah Deter, 1868-1945 Translator of "Eu Alegre Vou na Sua Luz" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão Born: Oc­to­ber 25, 1868, Dade Coun­ty, Mis­sou­ri. Died: Oc­to­ber 2, 1945, Dal­las, Tex­as. Buried: Oak­wood Cem­e­te­ry, Wa­co, Tex­as. His tomb­stone car­ries the words "His works do fol­low him." Arthur’s par­ents were George De­ter and Sarah Dye De­ter. He came to Christ at age 20, while at­tend­ing Nor­mal School in Par­sons, Kan­sas. He at­tend­ed Bay­lor Un­i­ver­si­ty, Wa­co, Tex­as (1889-94), and Will­iam Jew­ell Col­lege, Li­ber­ty, Mis­sou­ri (1895-96). He spent one year at Louis­ville Sem­in­a­ry and three at Ro­ches­ter Sem­in­a­ry, gra­du­at­ing from Ro­ches­ter in May 1891. The For­eign Mis­sion Board for Bra­zil ap­point­ed him in 1891, and he spent four de­cades as a mis­sion­a­ry in Rio de Ja­ni­e­ro. His works inc­lude: Forty Years in the Land of To­mor­row (Broad­man Press, 1946) --www.hymntime.com/tch/
Arthur B. Deter

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