작사 : 찰스 S. 로빈슨(Charles Seymour Robinson, 1829~1899).
Robinson was educated at Williams College, studied theology for a year at Union Seminary in New York City, and finished his course at Princeton, New Jersey. He was ordained to the ministry April 19, 1855, and became pastor of the Park Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York. In 1860 he was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York, where he stayed until 1868. At that time he became minister of the American Chapel in Paris, France. Returning to America in 1870, he became pastor at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. He stayed there 17 years, resigning in 1887 go to into literary work. He became editor of The Christian Weekly in 1877, and of Every Thursday in 1890. He then returned to pastoral work at the Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church in New York City, where he remained until 1892, when he moved to the New York Presbyterian Church.
작곡 :피터 필립 빌흔 (Peter Philip Bilhorn, 1865~1936) 미국 일리노이 주 태생의 복음 성가 가수이며 찬송 작가. 그는 G. 스테븐스가 인도하는 영적 집회에서 회심하여 복음 전도 사역에 헌신하였을 뿐만 아니라 통산 2,000여편에 달하는 찬송가를 남겼다.
Bilhorn’s family name was originally Pulhorn; it was changed by a judge in Ottawa, Illinois, named Abraham Lincoln. Peter and his brother formed the Eureka Wagon and Carriage Works in Chicago, Illinois. Later, Peter became involved in Gospel music, studying under George Root, George Stebbins, and others. He wrote some 2,000 Gospel songs in his lifetime, and for a while, worked with evangelist Billy Sunday. He also invented a folding pump organ used at revivals in the late 19th Century, and founded the Bilhorn Folding Organ Company in Chicago, Illinois.
One of the high points in Bilhorn’s career came in 1900, when he traveled to London. There he conducted a 4,000 strong choir in the Crystal Palace, and Queen Victoria invited him to sing in Buckingham Palace.

Charles S. Robinson(1829~1899). Peter Philip Bilhorn (1865-1936)