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S. J. Vail

1818 - 1884 Composer of "[Be not swift to take offence]" in Hymns of the Advent In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music. --Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Merrily, cheerily sing this song" in The Sunday School Hymnary In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Charles H. Purday

1799 - 1885 Person Name: C. H. Purday Composer of "LET IT PASS" in The Home and School Hymnal Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers. Bert Polman

L. B. Shook

Composer of "[Be not swift to take offense]" in Shook's Song Evangelist

Richard Abel Kinzie

1842 - 1918 Person Name: R. A. Kinzie Composer of "[Be not swift to take offense]" in The Standard Sunday School Hymnal Richard Abel Kinzie (last name also spelled Kenzie, Kensey, Kinsey) was born in Ohio in 1842 and raised in Geneseo, Illinois. He served as a bugler during the Civil War for the 9th Illinois Cavalry and in the postwar era for the 13th U.S. Infantry. Kinzie taught music in Geneseo after the war, and by the 1880s had moved to Kansas where he taught at the State Normal School in Emporia. He later taught music and sold pianos and organs in Cherryvale, Kansas. He died in 1918. Source: FamilySearch, "The Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 March 2025), Richard Abel Kinsey (GWYQ-9J2), Details. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GWYQ-9J2

Mrs. T. M. Griffin

Arranger of "Let it Pass" in Shook's Song Evangelist

C. H. Greene

Composer of "[Be not swift to take offense]" in Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools

W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Composer of "[Be not swift to take offense]" in The Little Minstrel 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)

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