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Gerhard Schwarz

1902 - 1994 Scripture: John 3:16 Composer of "[Also liebt Gott die arge Welt]" in Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten

Scripture: John 3:16 Author of "Holy Bible, Book of Love" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Evone Wood Capell was born on August 16, 1918 in Eastman, GA to Edgar and Lelia Pierce Wood. She taught school for a number of years at Summers Elementary School in Lake City, Fl. She was married to Frank Warren Cappell. She died July 17, 2007 in Green Cove Springs, FL. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary

P. P. Bilhorn

1865 - 1936 Person Name: P. B. Scripture: John 3:16 Author of "God's Wonderful Love" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Pseudonyms: W. Ferris Britcher, Irene Durfee; C. Ferris Holden, P. H. Roblin (a anagram of his name) ================ Peter Philip Bilhorn was born, in Mendota, IL. His father died in the Civil War 3 months before he was born. His early life was not easy. At age 8, he had to leave school to help support the family. At age 15, living in Chicago, he had a great singing voice and sang in German beer gardens there. At this time, he and his brother also formed the Eureka Wagon & Carriage Works in Chicago, IL. At 18 Peter became involved in gospel music, studying under George F. Root and George C. Stebbins. He traveled to the Dakotas and spent some time sharing the gospel with cowboys there. He traveled extensively with D. L. Moody, and was Billy Sunday's song leader on evangelistic endeavors. His evangelistic work took him into all the states of the Union, Great Britain, and other foreign countries. In London he conducted a 4000 voice choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckinghm Palace. He wrote some 2000 gospel songs in his lifetime. He also invented a folding portable telescoping pump organ, weighing 16 lbs. It could be set up in about a minute. He used it at revivals in the late 19th century. He founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago. IL, and his organ was so popular it was sold all over the world. He edited 10 hymnals and published 11 gospel songbooks. He died in Los Angeles, CA, in 1936. John Perry

C. E. Rowley

Person Name: C. E. R. Scripture: John 3:16 Author of "Life Everlasting" in The Search Light

Minnie B. Lowry

Scripture: John 3:14 Author of "Little Friends of Jesus" in Joyful Lays

Herbert O'Driscoll

b. 1928 Person Name: Herbert O'Driscoll (1928-) Scripture: John 3:1-17 Author of "O God, beyond All Face and Form" in Common Praise (1998) O'Driscoll, Herbert. (Cork, Ireland, October 17, 1928-- ). Anglican. Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, 1951. Pastorates at Monkstown (Ireland), 1952-1954; Ottawa, Ontario, 1954-1957, 1962-1968; Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1957-1960 (naval chaplaincy); Carp, Ont., 1960-1962; Vancouver, British Columbia, (dean), 1968-1982. In 1982 he moved to Washington, D.C. to become the warden of the College of Preachers at Washington Cathedral, but returned to Canada after one year. In both his hymns and his published sermons, he uses traditional techniques to set forth contemporary concerns, so that his work is unusually approachable. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives Also: O'Driscoll, T. Herbert (Thomas Herbert) O'Driscoll, Thomas Herbert