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Greville Phillimore

1821 - 1884 Person Name: Rev. Greville Phillimore Author of "Every Morning Mercies New" in The New Christian Hymnal Phillimore, Greville, M.A., was born in 1821 and educated at Westminster, the Charterhouse, and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1842). Taking Holy Orders in 1843, he became Vicar of Downe-Ampney, Cricklade, Gloucestershire, in 1851, Rector of Henley-on-Thames, 1867, and of Ewelme, 1883. He died Jan. 20, 1884. His Parochial Sermons were pu.lished in 1856. He was joint editor with H. W. Beadon and J. R. Woodford (afterwards Bishop of Ely) of The Parish Hymn Book, 1863 (195 hymns), and the enlarged edition, 1875 (274 hymns). The first edition of this collection was one of the first hymn-books which gave Dr. Neale's translations of Greek hymns for congregational use. To the 1863 edition Mr. Phillimore contributed the following hymns, several of which have been repeated in other collections:— 1. Christ, through grief and toil we come. Epiphany. 2. Darkly frowns the eastern sky. Good Friday Evening and Easter Eve. 3. Every morning they are new. 4. Lonely in her virgin home. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 5. 0 fear not, little flock. Security of the Church in Christ. 6. 0 God, before the sun's bright beams. Morning. 7. 0 God, the weary path of life. Public Worship. 8. 0 Lord of health and life, what tongue can tell. Epiphany. 9. Peace be in the house of death. Evening, or Anticipation of Death. 10. Saul, why such furious hate, such blinded zeal? Conversion of St. Paul. 11. Thou art gone up on high, Why gaze they, &c. Ascension. In addition some of Mr. Phillimore's translations from the Latin were given in the 1863 edition of the Parish Hymn Book; and other original hymns which are annotated under their respective first lines. His hymn forSaints Days, "O Lord of glory, King of saints," was included in the 1875 edition of that collection. Phillimore's Sermons and Hymns. were published in 1884. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

C. C. Cox

1816 - 1882 Translator of "Without haste, and without rest" in Jubilate Deo Cox, Christopher Christian, M.D., was a Maryland physician, and long prominent in the public service. Born at Baltimore, Aug. 28, 1816, and graduated at Yale College, 1835. He practised medicine in Baltimore, 1838, and in Talbot County, Maryland, 1843. In 1861 he became Brigade Surgeon U. S. A., and resided in Washington. He died Nov. 25, 1882. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. His hymns in common use are:— 1. Silently the shades of evening. Evening. Written in 1840 or 1846, and published in Woodworth's Cabinet, 1847, with music. It is much used in American hymn-books. 2. The burden of my sins, 0 Lord. Lent. Appeared in the Cantate Domino, Boston, 1859, together with two additional originals and two translations. These hymns are unknown to English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Pantycelyn

Author of "'D oes gyffelyb iddo Ef" in Cân a Mawl See Williams, William, 1717-1791

Evelyn Robert-Olivieri

b. 1940 Person Name: Evelyn Robert-Olivieri, b. 1940 Translator of "As with Gladness Men of Old (Con Gran Gozo y Candor)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Karol Hławiczka

1876 - 1976 Author of "Za wspaniałość ziemi tej" in Śpiewnik Ewangelicki

A. S. Amarasekara

Author (stanza 1) of "පෙර පඬිවරයන්" in The Cyber Hymnal

Martin E. Leckebusch

b. 1962 Person Name: Martin Leckebusch Author of "All the Earth, Exalt the King" in Psalms of Grace

Michael Morgan

b. 1948 Author of "Trees" in Psalms for All Seasons Michael Morgan (b. 1948) is a church musician, Psalm scholar, and collector of English Bibles and Psalters from Atlanta, Georgia. After almost 40 years, he now serves as Organist Emeritus for Atlanta’s historic Central Presbyterian Church, and as Seminary Musician at Columbia Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Florida State University and Atlanta University, and did post-graduate study with composer Richard Purvis in San Francisco. He has played recitals, worship services, and master classes across the U. S., and in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He is author of the Psalter for Christian Worship (1999; rev. 2010), and a regular contributor in the field of psalmody (most recently to the Reformed collections Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts, and the new Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God). Michael Morgan