Vol. for 1958 includes also the Minutes of the final General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the minutes of the final General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

George A. Allen and Jane Campbell, both born in Ireland or Scotland, were married in 1843. One year later, they sailed from Liverpool for New York. After their arrival in America, the couple lived north of Toronto, Canada for nine years, then moved to the vicinity of Lockport, New York, where they stayed for one year before moving on to Kendall County, Illinois. George married Lydia Cole Sliter in 1872, two years after Jane's death. Descendants have lived primarily in the Midwestern United States.

Taking piano lessons at three years of age and composing by five, William Mathias became one of Britain's leading 20th-century composers. (He was invited to compose the wedding anthem for the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer.) This work provides, for the first time in one volume, up-to-date and comprehensive details of the composer's life's work. It includes a biography, a complete list of works and performances, a discography of sound recordings, and an annotated bibliography, along with useful appendixes and an index. This book will be of interest to musicologists, students, and 20th century music buffs alike. Mathias was a prolific and versatile composer whose works included opera and music for orchestra, chamber groups, solo instruments, organ, brass ensembles, choral, church, and children's groups. His wedding anthem for Prince Charles and Lady Diana was heard by over 750 million people around the world on television—probably the largest audience for any first performance of a new work.