Introduction

Biography

Lucy was the daugh­ter of Charles Ben­nett and Ann Smith

As of 1881, Lu­cy was liv­ing with her bro­ther in Hol­den­hurst, Ham­pshire, Eng­land.

After vi­sit­ing Kes­wick con­ven­tions, be­gin­ning in 1888, she met ma­ny not­able Chris­tians of the day. Among her cor­res­pond­ents were Chris­ti­na Ros­set­ti and Charles Spur­geon.

She helped found the All Na­tions Col­lege, Up­per Nor­wood, and Mount Her­mon Col­lege, Streat­ham Com­mon.

Works

• Songs for Si­lent Hours, 1878
• Heavenward, with Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1886)
• Gleanings (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• Harpstrings (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• Open Sec­rets (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• Steering Home (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• Treasure Trove (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• On the Wing. Script­ure Texts for Each Day in the Month (Lon­don: Cas­tell Brothers, 1887)
• My Re­deem­er Liv­eth, with Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1887)
• Far and Near (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• Our Fa­ther, Who Art in Hea­ven (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• This Same Je­sus (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• He Ev­er Liv­eth (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• Otherwhere (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• Footprints (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• Daybreak (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1888)
• Alleluia Songs, 1889
• Garnered Grain (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1889)
• Risen with Christ (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1889)
• Near and Far, with Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1889)
• ’Neath Sun & Star (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1890)
• Afterward (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1890)
• Good Night (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1890)
• Some Bet­ter Thing and Oth­er Po­ems (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1890)
• Every Day, with Cor­byn Price (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1890)
• Evermore, and Oth­er Po­ems (Lon­don: Cas­tell Bro­thers, 1891)
• Lifted Loads (Lon­don: Mar­shall Bro­thers 1895)
• White Hya­cinths and Oth­er Po­ems, 1899