1842–1902
Kate Sumner Burr

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 24, 1842, Wood­bridge, Mi­chi­gan.

Buried: Sun­ny­side Ce­me­te­ry, Will­iam­son, New York.

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Biography

Kate was the daugh­ter of Ja­cob and A. Ma­ria Som­mer, and wife of Dr. Hen­ry New­ton Burr.

She lived in Wal­worth, New York. She con­tri­but­ed se­ver­al po­ems to the In­de­pend­ent and oth­er jour­nals.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. At This Wel­come Hour of Pray­er
  2. Blessed Sab­bath, Bright and Fair
  3. Christmas Morn
  4. Follow Me, in Life’s Fair Morn­ing
  5. Get Rea­dy
  6. He Saves from Guilt, His Name Is Je­sus
  7. Holy Spirit, Ev­er Blest
  8. Homeward Ev­er We Are Sail­ing
  9. Hosanna, Ho­san­na, of Old the Child­ren Sang
  10. I’ll Take My Cross
  11. Jesus Is Mine, from Glo­ry Bright
  12. Jesus Is Ten­der­ly Call­ing
  13. Lamb of God, So Meek and Low­ly
  14. Lord Hath Ris­en, The
  15. Lovingly, Gent­ly, Bear Her to Rest
  16. New Year, The
  17. O Let Me Tell It Once Again
  18. O Toil­er in the Vine­yard
  19. Only Be­lieve in Je­sus
  20. Remember the Sab­bath Day
  21. Rise, Sun of Right­eous­ness
  22. Say, Where Are the Loved Ones?
  23. Song of Wel­come
  24. Sound the Trum­pet
  25. There Re­main­eth a Rest to the Peo­ple
  26. We Have Found the Mes­si­ah
  27. Whosoever, Let the Child­ren
  28. Work and Pray

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