Introduction

Biography

Elizabeth was the third daugh­ter of An­drew Cle­phane, sher­iff of Fife and Kin­ross.

She lived most of her life in Mel­rose, Scot­land, about 30 miles south­east of Ed­in­burgh. She spent most of her mo­ney on cha­ri­ta­ble caus­es, and was known lo­cal­ly as The Sun­beam.

Clephane’s hymns ap­peared post­hu­mous­ly, al­most all for the first time, in the Fa­mi­ly Trea­su­ry, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Ar­nott, under the ge­ne­ral ti­tle of Breath­ings on the Bor­der.