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Edward C. Bairstow

1874 - 1946 Harmonizer of "IN BABILONE" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

William Pierson Merrill

1867 - 1954 Author of "Not alone for mighty empire" in The Beacon Song and Service book

C. A. Roberts

Arranger of "IN BABILONE" in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Jan McGuire

Author of "Lord, I Lay My Life Before You" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 Author of "As We Gather at Your Table" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

Hary R. Fischer

Person Name: Hary R. Fischer, 20th cent. Author of "Neste Dia, ó Pai Amado" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão

William Palmer

1811 - 1879 Person Name: W. Palmer (1811-79) Translator of "Spouse of Christ, in arms contending" in A Missionary Hymn Book Palmer, William, M.A., eldest s. of W. J. Palmer, Rector of Mixbury, Oxford, was born July 12, 1811, and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, July 27, 1826, aged 15. He graduated B.A. 1831, and M.A. 1833. He subsequently was a Fellow, Bursar, Tutor, and Vice-President of his College; and also held other important appointments both at Oxford and at the University of Durham. He joined the Church of Rome in 1855, and died April 5, 1879. Mr. Palmer published some translations of Latin hymns as Short Poems and Hymns, the latter mostly Translations, Oxford. Printed by I. Shrimpton, mdcccxlv. A few of these have come into common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Curtis Beach

1914 - 1993 Person Name: Curtis Beach, 1914- Author of "O How Glorious, Full of Wonder" in Pilgrim Hymnal Beach, Curtis. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 9, 1914--February 23, 1993, Bangor, Maine). Comes from several generations of ministers. He was educated at Harvard (B.A. 1935), Boston University School of Theology (S.T.B. 1941), and the University of Southern California (Ph.D. 1957). Minister of the Neighborhood Church, Pasedena (1943-1959), and the Smithfield United Church in Pittsburgh from 1959-1975. Minister of First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, Maine, 1975-1980. --Carlton R. Young, DNAH Archives

Joy F. Patterson

b. 1931 Person Name: Joy F. Patterson, 1931- Author of "Christ, You Call Us All to Service" in Worship and Rejoice Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931), of Wassau, Wisconsin, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church who has written many texts and tunes; twenty-nine are collected in Come, You People of the Promise (Hope Publishing, Co., 1994); another collection, Teach Our Eyes New Ways of Seeing, was published in 2005 (Selah). Patterson has enjoyed a varied career as a French professor, homemaker, and claim representative for the Social Security Administration. Sing! A New Creation