1858–1927

Introduction

Born: February 22, 1858, Co­bourg, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: May 7, 1927, Cleve­land, Ohio.

Buried: Lake View Ce­me­te­ry, Cleve­land, Ohio.

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Biography

Ada was the daugh­ter of Will­iam Blenk­horn and Sar­ah Helm.

Her fa­mi­ly emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1884, set­tling in Cleve­land, Ohio. She did not mar­ry.

Starting in 1904, Ada was a sec­re­ta­ry in her bro­ther Hen­ry’s East End Real­ty Com­pa­ny. She be­came com­pa­ny pre­si­dent fol­low­ing Hen­ry’s death in 1923.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Above the Tem­pest of the Seas
  2. Adrift on Life’s Per­il­ous Ocean
  3. All Hail the Star­ry Flag That Waves in Pride
  4. All the Way Along
  5. Another Day of Ser­vice
  6. Another Year Has Passed Away
  7. Arm You for the Con­flict
  8. Art Thou Bur­dened, Sick, or Help­less?
  9. As Christ the Lord As­cend­ed
  10. As the Days Are Pass­ing By
  11. At My Open Win­dow Sang a Litt­le Bird
  12. At the Sound of His Name
  13. Awake, Awake, ’Tis Morn­ing Bright
  14. Be Strong and Brave, O Pil­grim Band
  15. Bear Them the News
  16. Beautiful Coun­try, The
  17. Beautiful Dai­sies, Pure and White
  18. Beautiful Homes the Sav­ior Mak­eth
  19. Better Far­ther On
  20. By and By, I Know There’ll Be
  21. Came He from Those Streets
  22. Christ Is Call­ing Thee to Seek Him
  23. Christ Is Mine
  24. Christ, My Sav­ior, So Dear to Me
  25. Christ Our Sav­ior Bids Us Go
  26. Christ Who Died for Me, The
  27. Christmas Bells
  28. Come, Child­ren, Smile When­ev­er You Can
  29. Come, Let Us Sing un­to the Lord
  30. Come to Me, He Is Call­ing
  31. Cry Comes to Us o’er the Wa­ter, A
  32. Dark Af­ri­ca
  33. Day Is Gold­en, Light Doth Break
  34. Dear Bro­ther, on Life’s Bil­lowy Ocean
  35. Dear Sav­ior, Prayed a Lit­tle Child
  36. Do Clouds of Doubt You Op­press?
  37. Easter Light Is Shin­ing
  38. Every Lit­tle Bird That Sings
  39. Fair Ol­iv­et! Bright Ol­iv­et
  40. Few Lit­tle Seeds by the Way­side, A
  41. Flowing Fount­ain, The
  42. For All His Ten­der Love to Me
  43. For Fruit­ful Vines, and Fer­tile Fields
  44. For Grace That Saved This Soul of Mine
  45. Forward We Go Joy­fu­lly to the Con­flict
  46. From Sin and Death the World to Save
  47. From the Cares of Life
  48. From the Fold I Went Astray
  49. Full of Joy and Glad­ness
  50. Give Me a Song, O Lord
  51. Glad New Year, The
  52. Go Forth in the Name of Your Con­quer­ing Lord
  53. Go Forth to Meet Him
  54. Go Forth to the Work
  55. God Make My Life a Lit­tle Light
  56. God Reach­es Down
  57. God’s Own Ar­mor for Our Use
  58. Hail! Hap­py Morn
  59. Hark, the Trump of God Is Peal­ing
  60. Harvest Home, The
  61. Have the Days Been Filled with Bless­ings?
  62. Have You Found the Bless­ed Sav­ior?
  63. He Hid­eth Me
  64. He Is Call­ing Thee, My Bro­ther
  65. He Saves Me, Hal­le­lu­jah!
  66. He That Be­liev­eth in Me
  67. Hearing Thy Gen­tle Voice Bid­ding Me Come
  68. Heavenly Song, The
  69. Heavenly Stran­ger, The
  70. Heavy La­dened, Sin-Sick Soul
  71. His Life Je­sus Gave
  72. Ho, Sail­ors on the Chris­tian’s Sea
  73. Hope of the Hope­less
  74. How Beau­ti­ful Was Eden
  75. How Sweet Is the Love of Je­sus
  76. Hymn of Praise To­day We Raise, A
  77. I Am Glad I Can Trust Him
  78. I Belong to Je­sus
  79. I Do Not Know the Way
  80. I Found in Christ a Sav­ior
  81. I Found Mes­si­ah at the Well
  82. I Have a Friend
  83. I Know He Died on Cal­va­ry
  84. I Know I’m but a Lit­tle Branch
  85. I Know That He Loves Me
  86. I Love the Bright Hued Flowers That Bloom
  87. I Love to Wit­ness for My Lord
  88. I Shall Hear the Song That the An­gels Sing
  89. I Shall See His Face
  90. I Want to See Je­sus, Don’t You?
  91. I Was Lost on the Storm-Dark­ened Moor­land
  92. If Across Your Earth­ly Vi­sion
  93. If I Were a Sun­beam
  94. If You Can­not Be a Great Light
  95. If You Keep Your Heart A-Sing­ing
  96. If Your Life Is Free from Sor­row
  97. I’ll Sing of the Match­less and Won­der­ful Love
  98. I’m Go­ing to Meet Him
  99. I’m Hap­py in My Lord Be­low
  100. I’m So Hap­py Since I Gave My Heart to Je­sus
  101. In Ac­cents of Love Doth the Sav­ior Im­plore
  102. In Ac­cents of Ten­der­ness Speak­eth a Voice
  103. In Eart­hly Hon­or, Pow­er
  104. In His Blood I Find My Heal­ing
  105. In Hymns of Praise
  106. In My Sav­ior I Am Trust­ing
  107. In the Home of My Fa­ther
  108. In the Smil­ing Sky
  109. In the Sun­light of His Glo­ry
  110. In the Sweet Vale of Peace
  111. In the Work of Life Be­low
  112. In Waves of Light His Glo­ry Rolled
  113. It Brought Him from His Home So Bright
  114. It Is My Lord
  115. I’ve Found a Place Where I Can Hide
  116. Jesus Is Seek­ing the Child­ren
  117. Jesus Left His Home in Glo­ry
  118. Jesus, Our Mas­ter, Glad­ly We Hear
  119. Jesus Wants Us All to Work
  120. Jesus Was Speak­ing to Me
  121. Jesus When He Needs Me to Help Him
  122. Jordan Ri­ver Is Flow­ing By
  123. Joyful Songs Now Sweet­ly Ring
  124. Judgment Day Is Com­ing, The
  125. Just a Ray of Sun­shine
  126. Keep on the Sun­ny Side of Life
  127. Keep Tell­ing the Won­der­ful Sto­ry
  128. Lead Me, Sav­ior, Gent­ly Lead, I Pray
  129. Lend a Hand
  130. Let Not Your Heart Be Trou­bled
  131. Let the Light Shine Out
  132. Let the Sun­shine In
  133. Let Us Ral­ly, Ral­ly, Ral­ly
  134. Life, Light and Love
  135. Lift High the Lord’s Ban­ner
  136. Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Pear­ly Gates
  137. Lift Up Your Hearts in Praise to God
  138. Light of the Ho­ly Ci­ty, The
  139. Light That Is Shin­ing for You, A
  140. Like the Fir­ma­ment for Bright­ness
  141. Little Buds of Pro­mise
  142. Little Hearts at Ea­ster Time
  143. Little Town of Beth­le­hem, The
  144. Living in the Sun­shine
  145. Lo He Stand­eth Knock­ing
  146. Lord Give Me the Spir­it of Ser­vice
  147. Lord, I Would Be a Shin­ing Light
  148. Lord, Let Me Be Thy Mes­sen­ger
  149. Louder and Near­er the Bat­tle Is
  150. Lovely La­dy of Sun­shine
  151. Make Way for the King
  152. My Fa­ther, Now Re­turn­ing from the Un­faith­ful Past
  153. My Hand Clasped in His Wound­ed Hand
  154. My Heart Is God’s King­dom
  155. My Sav­ior Is with Me
  156. My Sav­ior’s Voice Is Sweet to Me
  157. My Sins the Lord Has Washed Away
  158. My Thirs­ty Soul Drank of the Life-Giv­ing Stream
  159. Nearer to Je­sus Eve­ry Day
  160. Nearer to Our Bless­ed Sav­ior
  161. Night Is Past, the Day Doth Break, The
  162. No Other Love Like Thine Can Be
  163. Now He Lives
  164. O Beau­ti­ful Home in Glo­ry
  165. O Ci­ty Fair, Be­yond the Sea
  166. O Give to Him Your Love To­day
  167. O Hear the Chime of Gos­pel Bells
  168. O Heart, Adrift from Love
  169. O Let Me In, I Pray Thee Now!
  170. O Let the Love of God Above
  171. O Tell It Again
  172. O’er Hill and Dale
  173. Of Deeds, Like Dai­sies Low­ly
  174. Oh, Pil­grim, Art Thou Wea­ry?
  175. On Board the Staunch Sal­va­tion Ship I Sail
  176. On Christ the Sav­ior Our Sins Were Laid
  177. One Lit­tle Word, O Who Its Pow­er Can Tell?
  178. Only a Song for the Mas­ter
  179. Onward, the Foe to Meet
  180. Our Gifts to Je­sus
  181. Our God, Who Made with Matchl­ess
  182. Our Hap­py Hearts Again Unite
  183. Our Hearts Will Sing with Glad­ness
  184. Out of My Dark­ness in­to Thy Light
  185. Pilgrims, Tra­vel­ing to Yon Ci­ty
  186. Pitter, Pat­ter, Lit­tle Feet
  187. Praise the Name of Je­sus
  188. Praise Ye the Lord! Joy­ful­ly Shout Ho­san­na!
  189. Pressing For­ward Our Cause to Win
  190. Pressing on the Way
  191. Price Is Paid, the Feast Is Free, The
  192. Prince of Glo­ry Left His Throne, The
  193. Red Rose Sweet and Love­ly, A
  194. Rejoice, Re­joice, Ye Sol­diers of the King
  195. Ring Out Sal­va­tion’s Joy­ful Sound
  196. Rise, O Glo­ri­ous Christ Divine
  197. Sailing, Sail­ing, Christ Our Ship Doth Guide
  198. Saved to Save Oth­ers
  199. Savior Gave His Life for Me, The
  200. Savior, I Would Fol­low Thee
  201. See, the Light Is Break­ing over Vale
  202. Seek to Be a Bless­ing in This Dark­ened World
  203. Since God, Through the Blood of the Cru­ci­fied One
  204. Sing a Song for Je­sus
  205. Sing I Will and Sing I Must
  206. Singing, Speak­ing, Pray­ing
  207. Smile and Be Chee­ry
  208. Soldiers of Je­sus, Brave and True
  209. Soldiers of King Je­sus
  210. Sometimes in Days of Dark­ness
  211. Song My Heart Doth Love to Sing, The
  212. Song of Praise To­day We Raise, A
  213. Speak, Dear Lord, Let Me Hear
  214. Standing and Knock­ing To­day at Your Heart
  215. Stormy Sky o’er Me, A
  216. Stepping Light­ly, Sing­ing Bright­ly
  217. Story Worth Tell­ing Again, A
  218. Sunny-Faced Chris­tian, A
  219. Sweet Are the Songs We Sing
  220. Sweetly Sing
  221. Tell Some One
  222. Tell the Sweet Sto­ry of Love
  223. That I Might Not Taste of Death
  224. There Are No Good-Byes in Hea­ven
  225. There Are Souls Op­pressed by Sor­row
  226. There Is a Place I Love to Dwell
  227. There Is a Song So Sweet and Old
  228. There Is One Loved Me So
  229. There’s a Beau­ti­ful, Beau­ti­ful Ri­ver
  230. There’s a Beau­ti­ful, Won­der­ful Sto­ry
  231. There’s a Bless­ed Hour to My Heart Most Dear
  232. There’s a Ci­ty, Shin­ing White
  233. There’s a Dark and a Trou­bled Side of Life
  234. There’s a Gen­tle Voice That We Love to Hear
  235. There’s a Land of Light and Beau­ty
  236. There’s a Light-House by the Sea
  237. There’s a Light That Is Shin­ing
  238. There’s a Sound With­in the Land
  239. There’s a Wel­come Awai­ting the Child­ren
  240. There’s a World from Sin to Save
  241. There’s Al­ways a Song in the Chris­tian’s Heart
  242. There’s an An­them Ever Ring­ing
  243. There’s Joy in the Home­land
  244. Thou Who Didst the Shep­herds Guide
  245. Though High Roll the Bil­lows on Life’s Sto­rmy Sea
  246. Though in the Grave the Sav­ior Lay
  247. Though Rich and Ma­ni­fold Each Hour
  248. Though Stor­my Clouds of Dark­ness
  249. Though Toil­some the Jour­ney
  250. Throw Open Ev­ery Door
  251. Thy Light Is Come
  252. ’Tis Not Too Late
  253. ’Tis the Sav­ior Speaks un­to You To­day
  254. ’Tis the Time of Sow­ing
  255. To Be Like Thee, Lord I Seek
  256. To Each Soul a Voice Is Call­ing
  257. To Je­sus Draw Nigh
  258. To the Bat­tle!
  259. Toil On, Toil On, nor Wea­ry Grow
  260. Unto the Lord a New Song We Will Sing
  261. Upon the Cross of Cal­va­ry
  262. Upon the Mount­ain Heights
  263. Voice of Thy Con­science Oft Whis­pers, The
  264. Waiting for Je­sus
  265. Waiting with Joy­ful Hearts
  266. Walking in the Steps
  267. Wandering Far from Thee, Dear Lord
  268. Washed in the Blood That Doth
  269. Way to Heav’n Will Bright­er Grow, The
  270. We Are Child­ren of the King
  271. We Are March­ing, March­ing, March­ing
  272. We Live in the Love­ly Land
  273. We Shall Find as We Pass ov­er Life’s Long Road
  274. We Sing of the Stars
  275. We Speak, Our Sav­ior Dear
  276. We Walked in a Field of Dai­sies
  277. We Will Con­quer the World for Je­sus
  278. We Will Fol­low Je­sus
  279. We Will Toil for Christ
  280. We’ll Watch and Pray and La­bor Ev­ery Day
  281. We’re Sol­diers True, and Mean to Do
  282. We’re Un­der March­ing Or­ders
  283. What Can We Give to Je­sus?
  284. When a Sha­dow Fall­eth
  285. When All With­out Is Dis­cord
  286. When Around My Soul the Stor­my Waves Are Beat­ing
  287. When Dan­ger and Sor­row En­com­passed My Soul
  288. When Dan­gers Sur­round Me, My Heart Will Not Fear
  289. When from the Fold I Went Astray
  290. When from the Fold of Christ
  291. When He Com­eth
  292. When I Shall Cross o’er the Ri­ver
  293. When Lost up­on the De­sert Wild
  294. When Skies Are Blue Above Our Head
  295. When the Clouds of Trou­ble Ga­ther
  296. When the Dark Clouds of Trou­ble
  297. When the Dark Clouds of Trou­ble Pass Over
  298. When the King Shall Come to Zi­on
  299. When the Morn­ing Sun Is Bright
  300. When the Sky Is Bright and Our Hearts Are Light
  301. When the Sky Is Over­cast
  302. When the Storm Tossed Waves Are Roll­ing
  303. When the Sun Shines Bright­est
  304. When We Get Home
  305. Where His Pre­cious Blood Is Flow­ing
  306. Where They Have Heard Not
  307. Where’er He Leads Us We Can Go
  308. While I’m Bu­sy in the Work
  309. While Je­sus Doth Plead for Some One to Lead
  310. While You On­ward Fare, in the Nar­row Way
  311. Whispers of His Love Com­ing from Above
  312. White Are the Fields Be­fore Us Ly­ing
  313. Who Is the Child­ren’s Dear­est Friend
  314. Whom Shall I Meet in the Un­seen Coun­try
  315. Will You Give All to Je­sus?
  316. Will You Give Your­self to Je­sus?
  317. Will You Go with Me, Dear Bro­ther?
  318. With Joy­ful Song We Greet the Day
  319. Wonderful Gift of His Love Is Mine, A
  320. Wonderful, Won­der­ful Mes­sage from Above
  321. Woodland Hymns Are Wak­ing, The
  322. World and Its Plea­sures, The
  323. World Is Full of Sin and Pain, The
  324. World Wide Ho­san­na Fill the Air
  325. Would You Be Free from the Bond­age of Sin?
  326. Would You Mount Temp­ta­tion’s Wave?
  327. Would You to Your Sav­ior Now Be Re­con­ciled?
  328. Ye Sol­diers of the Cross, Awake
  329. Ye Toil­ers in the Vine­yard
  330. Yield Not to the Temp­ter