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C. G. Woodhouse

1835 - 1876 Person Name: Charles Goddard Woodhouse, (1835-1876) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Author of "Heavenly Shepherd, Thee We Pray" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Woodhouse, Charles Goddard, B.A., son of George Windus Woodhouse, born Aug. 16, 1835, and educated at Albrighton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1860. He was for some time Vicar of Minsterley, Diocese of Hereford. He died Aug. 20th, 1876. He was the author of a very tender hymn for "Institution to a Parish," beginning "By the Cross upon thy brow," and consisting of 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It was printed on a fly-leaf. In 1881, Prebendary G. Thring recast the hymn, added a doxology, and gave it as “Heavenly Shepherd, Thee we pray," in his Church of England Hymn Book, 1882. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Author of "Every Heart Its Tribute Pays" in Psalms for All Seasons Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

Nicola A. Montani

1880 - 1948 Person Name: Nikola Aloysius Montani Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Arranger of "KOŠICE" in The Cyber Hymnal

W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: William H. Doane Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Composer of "MORE LIKE JESUS" in Hymns for the Living Church 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)

Frederic W. Root

1846 - 1916 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Arranger of "BLUMENTHAL" in Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship Frederic Woodman Root was the son of George F. Root and Mary Woodman, born 13 June 1846 in Boston, died 8 November 1916 in Chicago.

William W. Hull

1794 - 1873 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Author of "Mercy Triumphs, Christ Is Born" in The Cyber Hymnal Hull, William Winstanley, M.A., son of John Hull, M.D., an eminent physician in Manchester, was born at Blackburn, March 15, 1794, and educated at Macclesfield and Brazenose, Oxford, where he took a first-class Lit. Hum. in 1814, and subsequently became a Fellow. At Oxford he made life-long friendships with some, and acquaintance with most of the foremost men of his time, including Arnold, Keble, Whately, Milman, Bickards, Card. Newman, Stanley, and others. He entered Lincoln's Inn and was called to the Chancery Bar. He took a prominent part in London and at Oxford in the religious movements of the day. On retiring from the Bar he resided first at Tickwood Hall, Much Wenlock, and then at Knowle, Hazelwood, Derby. He died Aug. 28, 1873. He published several prose works, including Church Inquiry, 1828; Seasons for continuing to Protestants the whole Legislature of Great Britain and Ireland, 1829; Disuse of the Athanasian Greed, 1831; Defence of Dr. Hampden, 1836, &c. His hymns and poems, chiefly distinguished by their earnest piety, were:— (1) A Collection of Prayers for Household Use with a few Hymns and Other Poems, Oxford, J. Parker, 1828; (2) Poems on Various Subjects, 1832; (3) A Collection of Hymns for General Use, Submitted to the Consideration of the Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, Lond., Hatchard, 1833. This Collection is also known as A Churchman's Hymns, this title being printed on the cover; (4) A second edition of his 1828 Collection of Prayers, &c, Lond., Seeleys, 1851. Of these Nos. l and 2 contained 89 of his original hymns and poems. No. 3 contained 209 hymns, of which 83 were original and signed "O." In No. 4 the texts are altered in several instances, and additional hymns and poems are also given. Very few of Hull's hymns were repeated in other collections until 1863, when Dr. Kennedy included the following in his Hymnologia Christiana. The bracketed dates are those of publication. Several of the first lines are altered from the originals, and sometimes additions are also given:— 1. A car of fire is on the air. (1833.) Death and Burial. 2. Comfort ye, people of the Lord: for He. (1828.) God merciful in Judgment. 3. Eternal Spirit, God of all. (1833.) Increase of Faith. 4. Father of all, Who from Thy throne. (1833.) God ever present. 5. Hear, holy Father, God of heaven. (1851.) Lent. 6. Lord God, to Thee we pray. (1828.) National Hymn. Altered form of "God save the King." 7. Lord, let Thy work be done. (1833.) Missions. 8. Mercy triumphs, Christ is born. (1851.) Christmas. 9. 0 Thou, the woman's promised Seed. (1833.) Christmas. 10. Once He came, how meek and lowly. (1823.) Advent. 11. Our hearts worship Thee, Lord, our voices proclaim. (1833.) Blessedness of God's People. 12. Raise up some warning voice, 0 Lord. (1833.) Lent. 13. Son of God, we kneel before Thee. (1851.) Christ's constraining Love. 14. The day must come, the judgment day. (1833.) Advent. 15. The sinful earth was sunk in woe. (1828.) Christmas. 16. 'Tis darkness all, and dreariness. (1833.) Lent. 17. To the God of all creation. (1833.) Divine Worship. 18. We have a name to live. (1833.) Life in Christ. 19. We have heard the solemn story. (1833.) Easter. 20. We know the Spirit's will. (1833.) The Holy Spirit, the Guide. 21. When on the blazing mount the stone. (1833.) Giving of the Commandments. 22. Ye that would worship the Lord. (1833.) Ps.c. These hymns and others by the author are worthy of the attention of hymnbook compilers. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ================================= Hull, William W., p. 542, i. His hymn "Once He came, how meek and lowly," is in the Wellington Psalms & Hymns, 2nd ed., 1817 (p. 333, ii. 33). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)