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G. W. Briggs

1875 - 1959 Person Name: George Wallace Briggs Author of "Come, Risen Lord" in The Presbyterian Hymnal George Wallace Briggs is a Canon of Worcester Cathedral and one of the most distinguished British hymn writers and hymnologists of today. Six of his hymns appear in the Episcopal Hymnal of 1940 (American). Another hymn on the Bible entitled "Word of the living God" was written for the 25th Anniversary of the British Bible Reading Fellowship and was sung in Westminster Abbey on June 5, 1947. It has been widely used since that time. Canon Briggs is a leading member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He is also the composer of several hymn times, six of which have appeared in British hymnals. In addition to his work as a clergy man of the Church of England and an hymnologist, he has interest himself actively in the field of religious education, being largely responsible for two books with wide circulation in Britain, "Prayers and Hymns for used in Schools" and "The Daily Service." These books have had great influence on the worship practices of British schools, public and private. It is of historic interest that he is the author of one of the prayers used at the time of the famous meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt on H.M.S. Prince of Wales in 1941 when the Atlantic Charter was framed. --Ten New Hymns on the Bible, 1952. Used by permission.

Brian E. Coombs

Arranger of "SURSUM CORDA" in The Book of Psalms for Worship

June Tillman

b. 1943 Person Name: June Boyce-Tillman Author of "We Sing a Love That Sets All People Free" in Sing a New Creation

Theodore Roethke

1908 - 1963 Person Name: Theodore Roethke, 1908-1963 Author of "Now Light Is Less" in Singing the Living Tradition

John Holmes

1904 - 1962 Person Name: John Holmes, 1904-1962 Author of "The Peace Not Past Our Understanding" in Singing the Living Tradition Holmes, John. (Somerville, Massachusetts, January 6, 1904--1962). He took the degree of B.S. at Tufts College in 1929, and the next year was a student at Harvard. Since then he has taught at Tufts University, rising to the rank of Associate Professor of English. Author of numerous articles and books. For the 125th anniversary of the American Unitarian Association on May 23-24, 1950, he wrote a hymn in three stanzas, 7.6.7.6.D., beginning "O Lord of stars and sunlight." --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Kermit Moldenhauer

b. 1949 Person Name: Kermit G. Moldenhauer, 1949- Arranger of "SURSUM CORDA" in Community of Christ Sings

William Watkins Reid

1890 - 1983 Person Name: William Watkins Reid Sr., 1890- Author of "Forgive Us, Lord, for Shallow Thankfulness" in Worship Supplement Reid, William Watkins, Sr. (Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, October 15, 1890--February 18, 1983, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania). Methodist. Parents were William Reid, a native of Moneymore, near Belfast, and Sarah Watkins of Londonderry. Came to the United States in 1900. Attended New York University (bachelor's degree, 1915; master's degree in journalism, 1917). Served The Hymn Society as President, Executive Director, and Editor of The Hymn from 1966 to 1976. Authored the Hymn Society's 40th anniversary history, Sing with Spirit and Understanding. Also edited The Pastor's Journal for the Methodist church and worked as its director of the News Service of the Board of Missions. Also: Caulfield, Benjamin. --From DNAH Archives ============================== William Watkins Reid, of Whitestone, Long Island, was president of the Hymn Society of America from 1942 to 1945, and is now a member of its Executive Committee. Used the title of "My God is There, Controlling," the Society has published 65 of his hymns, and several others were published in the Society's "searches", for new hymns. He is the author of the Society's history of its first forty years, and also of the added period of ten years (1962-1972). --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

C. Eric Lincoln

1924 - 2000 Author of "How Like a Gentle Spirit" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Walter Farquharson

b. 1936 Person Name: Walter Henry Farquharson Versifier of "Men Go To God" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Farquharson, Walter Henry. (Rosetown, Saskatchewan, May 30, 1936- ). United Church. University of Saskatchewan, B.A., 1957; B.D., 1961 (St. Andrew's College). His single pastorate (1961- ) has been a "tentmaker" ministry" at Saltcoats, Sask., which he combined with teaching English in the town's high school, and which he has from time to time shared with other clergy, notably Margaret Joyce Dickin. Many of his hymns have been set to music by Ron Klusmeier. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives