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Songs of Zion

by H. F. Morley




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Syd said ...
Can anyone help? Who is the author "N.G.B." of the hymn "Guiding all the way" on page 6?

Is there some source to established other less obvious writers in Morley's "Songs of Zion"? I suppose W.A.G. (page 8) is William Arthur Garratt , author of many poems; "ELB" is EL Bevir? But, A.L.R; M.B.B., etc?
Thanks
Saturday, Sep 28, 2024 : 17:04
Nick Fleet said ...

Syd, I was wondering about this myself. Here's a start to a list, which I'll edit as I discover more:

A.J.H.B. - Arthur John Henry Brown (1866-1934)

A.L.R.

A.S.O. - Annie Selina Ormsby (1848-1933)

C.A.Tydeman.

C.L. - Charles Leflaive (1864-1933)

Miss E. Byrd

E.H.C. - Edward Henry Chater (1845-1915)

E.L.B. - Edward Lawrence Bevir (1847-1922)

F.B.

F.Sellars

Geo. C. - George Cutting (1843-1934)

G.H. - Gertrude Helyar (1849-1913)

H.D'A.C. - Henry D'Arcy Champney (1854-1942)

H.F.M. - Henry Frederick Morley (1851-1936)

H.H.Trent

H.K.B. - Hannah Kilham Burlingham (1842-1901)

J.C.J.

J.B.Stonebridge

J.J. - J. Jay

J.McKillop

J.M.

J.N.D. - [of course, this is John Nelson Darby but here, as also in Sankey's, incorrectly suggested as the author of 'Though faint, yet pursuing', actually by Benjamin Beddome]

J. Pellatt - Joseph Pellatt (1842-1913)

J.V.

K.M. - [Florence] Kathleen Morford, nee Oakes (1869-1960)

M.B.B.

N.G.B.

Nellie Tunley

R.B. - Robert Beacon [Jnr] (1848-1936)

S.C.M.A.

W.A.G. - William Arthur Garratt (1862-1916)

W.L. - William Lawrence

Sunday, Sep 29, 2024 : 20:50
Syd said ...
Nick, thanks so much; most kind of you.
Sunday, Sep 29, 2024 : 22:29
Martin Arhelger said ...

R. B. is Robert Beacon and the poem ("There is no voice like Thine") was published in Beacon's book "Poems" in 1910 on pages 114 and 115. See a scan of this book here: https://archive.org/details/poemsbeac00beaciala/page/114/mode/2up

The poem of RB was also printed in The Bible Treasury, New Series 1914, page 75. Morley might have got it from there.

By the way: Many of the poems which Morley used seem to have been taken from Brethren magazines about 1910.

Martin

Monday, Sep 30, 2024 : 13:59
Nick Fleet said ...
Thanks, Martin. I did think RB might be Robert Beacon but I wanted to check before putting that down. There is also the question of whether it is Snr or Jnr, I suppose Snr?
Monday, Sep 30, 2024 : 15:18
Nick Fleet said ...
Actually, I think it was Robert Jnr.
Monday, Sep 30, 2024 : 23:37


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