| Gay, Robert |
b USA. He has been in full-time ministry since c1985. The pastor of High Praise Worship Center, Panama City, Florida, USA, who also has a travelling and teaching ministry âwith an emphasis on… |
| The Psalter Hymnal, 1987 |
A collection from the Christian Reformed Ch in N America, edited by a group of 12 chaired by Emily R Brink, âincluding the psalms, Bible songs, hymns, ecumenical creeds, doctrinal standards and… |
| Ebeling, Johann Georg |
b LĂŒneburg, nr Hamburg, N Germany 1637, d Stettin (Szczecin), S Poland 1676. St Johannisâ Gymnasium, LĂŒneburg; Univ of Helmstedt (Theology). In 1662 he succeeded J CrĂŒger (qv) as Cantor at St… |
| Smith, Henry |
b USA, 1952. A songwriter in the renewal movement; the namesake of, but not connected with, others including Henry P Smith, 1825-98. Many recordings have been made of his best-known song, featured… |
| Founds, Rick |
A guitarist and worship leader since his teens, he began a full-time ministry in 1990 and has written over 500 âpraise songsâ in various styles. In 1992 he recorded âCarry me awayâ; today… |
| Sayers, James (Jim) David |
b Epsom, Surrey 1966. Ashcombe Sch Dorking, Univ Coll of Wales, Aberystwyth (LL.B) and Edinburgh Theological Seminary (DipTh, M.Th). After two and a half years as assistant to Brian Edwards at Hook… |
| Bruce, Robert |
No information on this 19th-c author has yet come to light, apart from the evidence of his biblical faith in the hymn for which his name is known, and the fact that Sankey included his work in his… |
| Kethe, William |
b ?Scotland c1530, d Dorset 1594. His early years are obscure; he is known to have been active in 1559, and exiled in Frankfurt (1555) and Geneva (1557) during Queen Maryâs reign. He may have worked… |
| Steve Cook, Vikki Cook & Bob Kauflin |
Steve, Vikki and Bob are published by Praise! online at number 1282
See individual entries for Steve, Vikki and Bob for more details. |
| Parker, Ian |
b Middlesbrough, N Yorks 1956. A chartered civil engineer who is employed as a director by his local council; also a member of Browning Avenue Baptist Ch in Hartlepool (Grace Baptist). He composed… |
| Macbean, Lachlan |
b Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire 1852, d Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire 1931. Living in the generation after Mary MacDonald (qv), he edited the Fifeshire Advertiser and was an authority on Gaelic culture including… |
| Herbst, Martin |
b Rothenbach, Germany 1654, d Eisleben, Germany 1681. After his education at the St Lorenz Sch, NĂŒremburg, he went on to study theology and philosophy at Ăltdorf and Jena. He became pastor of St… |
| Davies, Henry Walford |
b Oswestry, Shropshire 1869, d Wrington, Somerset 1941. Chorister at St Georgeâs Chapel Windsor, where he was later organist; scholar of RCM; organist in London notably at the Temple Church,… |
| Cousins, Marion |
Born at Felixstowe, Suffolk, into a musical family, she grew up in the Salvation Army, playing the piano from an early age and with formal lessons from 7 onwards. From the mid-1970s she has played the… |
| Lacey Carolyn |
b 1973 in South London. She attended a local comprehensive school and Sixth Form college before moving to study Engineering Mathematics at the University of Bristol. After graduating in 1995, she… |
| Everest, Charles William (?Henry) |
b East Windsor, Connecticut, USA 1814, d Waterbury, Conn 1877. Trinity Coll, Hartford, Conn (MA). He published Visions of Death, and Other Poems, which included the hymn-text for which he is best… |
| Jones, Roger |
A composer of Christian musicals and cantatas as well as Psalm versions, hymns and songs, who works with Christian Music Ministries. He is represented in Letâs Praise (1988), and since 1994 has… |
| Horatius Bonar, Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin |
Horatius Bonar wrote the original words to 'All praise to him who built the hills.'
Matt and Bob have written the music and additional words to the song, 'All praise to him, the God of light'
which… |
| Sweney, John Robson |
SWENEY, John Robson, b West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA 1837, d Chester, PA 1899. By the age of 22 he was teaching music in Dover, Delaware. After serving as a Delaware regimental band conductor in the… |
| Allchin, William Thomas Howell |
b Oxford 1843, d Oxford 1883. Oxford BMus 1969; Organist of St Johnâs Coll Oxford 1875â83, and Conductor of the Oxford Choral Soc; Prof of Music and RAM examiner 1881. He composed a cantata and… |
| Day, Victor Edward |
b Ipswich, Suffolk 1943. Northgate Grammar Sch Ipswich and Ipswich Sch of Art. FPC3; then followed his main career as financial adviser, CIS Ltd. He is a member of Mt Zion (Grace) Baptist Ch, Ipswich.… |
| Revell, Alison |
(nĂ©e Huntley, aka Alison Huntley Revell); named in error as the author-composer of no.695, a popular song from 1978 which several books have included since the 1980s. It was printed as âAnonâ in… |
| Orchard, Stephen Charles |
b Derby 1942. Trinity Coll Cambridge (MA, PhD). Ordained in 1968 as a Congregational (later, URC) minister, he pastored churches at Abercarn (Caerphilly, nr Cwmbran), Sutton (Surrey, cf notes for Fred… |
| HĂ©my, Henri Friedrich |
b Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1818, d. Hartlepool, Co Durham 1888. Of German parentage, he became organist at St Andrewâs Roman Catholic Ch, Newcastle, before teaching music at Tynemouth, then singing and… |
| Wainwright, John |
b Stockport, Gtr Manchester (Ches) 1723, d Stockport 1768. A joinerâs son who moved into Manchester aged 23. He was a âsinging manâ at the cityâs Collegiate Church (see notes to 352 in EP1)… |
| Swift, James Frederick |
b Manchester 1847, d Liscard, nr Wallasey, Merseyside (Ches) 1931. Living in Liverpool for over 40 years from boyhood onwards, he was organist in at least 3 of the cityâs churches, starting at… |
| Mackrell, Paul |
b Totton, nr Southampton, Hants 1951. Totton Grammar Sch and Liverpool Univ. He works as a civil servant in the Dept for Work and Pensions (social security); and as a p/t church minister, at Hampstead… |
| Ellmore, Jackie |
b Cheltenham, Gloucs 1957. Edgehill Coll, Bideford, Devon; then moved to London to study piano performing at the RCM (ARCM, Teachers; PGCE and Dip in Music Education, Trinity). She taught class music… |
| Lane, Andrew |
b 1959, Cambridge) is a professional writer who works in broadcasting. He leads the worship in an FIEC church. Apart from his main work, he has published Just for Me, a collection of new worship… |
| Ada Habershon and Matt Merker |
Ada wrote the original words for 'He will hold me fast'.
Matt wrote the music and the chorus.
for more details about Ada and Matt, please access their personal entry pages. |
