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Paul Leddington Wright

b. 1951 Person Name: Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Arranger of "SENT BY THE LORD" in Singing the Faith

1865 - 1936 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Non nobis, Domine! Not unto us, O Lord" Born: December 30, 1865, Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Died: January 18, 1936, London, England. Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England. Kipling, Rudyard, the well-known poet and story-teller, was born at Bombay, India, Dec. 30, 1865, and now (1906) lives at Burwash in Sussex. His noble poem, "The Recessional," was written in 1897 at the time of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, contributed to the Times for July 17, 1897, and first published by the author in his The Five Nations, 1903, p. 214, beginning "God of our fathers, known of old" (National). It has passed into Sursum Corda, Phil., 1898, The English Hymnal, 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Charles E. Kettle

1833 - 1895 Person Name: C. E. Kettle Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "RESIGNATION" in The Church Hymnal Charles Edward Kettle, 1833-1895 Born: 1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1895, Steyning district, Sussex, England. As of 1881, Kettle lived in Hove, Sussex, where he was an organist. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Joan Larie Sutton

1930 - 2016 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Translator of "Vinde, Cristãos, Cantai" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão Joan Larie Sutton (nee Riffey) was born in Louisville, KY but lived most of her life in Brazil with her missionary parents. She began the study of violin at the age of ten, continuing her studies at Baylor University. She earned a Masters Degree in sacred music at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. She married William Boyd Sutton and together they worked in Brazil. She translated many hymns into Portuguese. ================ JOAN SUTTON LARIE (Married to Pastor John Boyd Sutton) Brazilian Baptists owe much to this American musician who, after more than 30 years of fruitful work in Brazil (see: "Nassau", p.l66). was the catalyst for musical talent, natives and aliens in the preparation of "Hymns for Christian Worship," which contributed to the translations, which revealed hymns by contemporary authors. http://www.abordo.com.br/nassau/galeria.htm

D. C. Addison

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Blood-Bought" in The Cyber Hymnal

Esther Wiglesworth

1827 - 1904 Person Name: E. Wiglesworth Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Thou Who with dying lips" in The Church Hymnal Wiglesworth, Esther, daughter of Thomas Wiglesworth, was born at 6 Bruce Terrace, Tottenham, Middlesex, in 1827, and is now (1891) Matron of the Magdalen Asylum, Streatham. She has composed a large number of small poetical works, and has contributed numerous hymns and poems to the periodical press. The works from which most of her hymns in common use are taken, are: Verses for the Sundays and Holidays of the Christian Seasons, 1863; (2) Verses for Christian Children, 1871; (3) Hymns for the Feasts, and other Verses, 1878; (4) Songs of Perseverance, 1885, &c. These hymns in common use include:— 1. Almighty Father, God of love. Morning. 2. Father, look upon Thy children. Confirmation. 3. God chooseth out the place. God the Guide. 4. God sets a still small voice. Conscience. 5. How beautiful is earth. Heaven. 6. Little children, Advent bids you. Advent. 7. O Fount of life and beauty. St. Barnabas. 8. Thou Who with dying lips For Orphans. 9. When we in holy worship. Divine Worship. Miss Wiglesworth's hymns are admirably suited, through their simplicity and tenderness, for the use of children. She d. Oct. 31, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

David Lakie Ritchie

1865 - 1951 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "As comes the breath of spring" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Ritchie, David Lakie. (Kingsmuir, Scotland, September 15, 1864--December 14, 1951, Montreal, Quebec). Congregationalist/United Church. Studied at the University of Edinburgh, whose D.D. he received in 1917. Pastorates at Dunfermline (1890-1896) and Newcastle (1896-1903) in Britain; principal of Nottingham Theological Institute, 1903-1919; of Congregational College (Montreal), 1919-1925; and of United Theological College (1925-1939), with which his previous school merged when Canada's Congregationalists entered the church union of 1925. Although he published several works, he was best known in his own day as an effective trainer of ministers for a church in the throes of reorganization. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Emily L. Thorn

b. 1915 Person Name: Emily L. Thorn, 1915- Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Do You Hear?" in Singing the Living Tradition

Harriet Callow

1819 - 1883 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "SOLITUDE (Callow)" Harriet Anne (Smart) Callow, daughter of Henry Smart, a violinist, and the sister of Henry Thomas Smart, composer of hymn tunes (i.a. REGENT SQUARE). She was married to William Callow, the English landscape painter. Dianne Shapiro