1851–1887
Mrs. A. L. Davison

Introduction

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Born: 1851, Cu­ya­ho­ga Falls, Ohio.

Died: March 10, 1887, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Park Ce­me­te­ry, Car­thage, Mis­sou­ri.

Biography

Fannie’s fa­ther was killed when she was 10 years old. Af­ter her mo­ther’s re­mar­riage to ho­te­li­er Hen­ry War­ner, the fa­mi­ly moved to Car­thage, Mis­sou­ri.

Fannie mar­ried court re­port­er Asa Lee Da­vis­on, and they moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, then Ma­di­son, Wis­con­sin.

Several of her songs ap­peared in pub­li­ca­tions from the Fill­more Bro­thers of Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in­clud­ing Songs of Gra­ti­tude (1877), Joy and Glad­ness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882).

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Gold­en and Ripe Is the Har­vest
  2. All the Beau­ties of the Earth
  3. Behold the Li­lies of the Field
  4. Beneath the Stars in Slum­ber Deep
  5. Beyond the Si­lent Vale
  6. Cease Your Wait­ing, Stand Not Idle
  7. Close by My Side, O Ten­der Love
  8. Coming with Hap­py Voic­es
  9. Fair and Bright the Morn­ing
  10. Gladly Sing, Glad­ly
  11. Go Early to Thy La­bor Field
  12. Go Forth and Sow the Seeds
  13. God, Who the Uni­verse Doth Hold
  14. Golden Glo­ry Wraps Thee, A
  15. Guard Your Lips with Thought Un­ceas­ing
  16. Hail, Dear Friends and School­mates
  17. Happen to You What There Will
  18. Happy Is the Man That Giv­eth
  19. Have You Heard the Won­drous Song?
  20. He Bear­eth the Lambs in His Bo­som
  21. Hearken, Heark­en, Ev­ery Na­tion
  22. High o’er the Hills of Du­ty
  23. How Beau­ti­ful Thy Work
  24. How Bless­ed Are the Pure in Heart
  25. How Bless­ed Is the Day of Rest
  26. How Fair Are the Walls of That Ci­ty of Light
  27. How Much My Lord Has Done for Me
  28. I Bring My Heart, O Lord, to Thee
  29. I Heard a Joy­ful Cry
  30. I Know Not Where the Path­way Lies
  31. In the Dark­ness of the Mid­night
  32. Jesus Al­ways Loved the Child­ren
  33. Jesus, Hear My Pray­er
  34. Jesus Loves the Child­ren
  35. Last Words, The
  36. Lay Thou Not Up Thy Trea­sure
  37. Lo the Sav­ior In­vites Thee To­day
  38. Lord, I Be­lieve Thy Word
  39. Lord Is Ris­en, The
  40. Love of Christ Con­strain­eth Us, The
  41. My Sav­ior, Thou Who Once on Earth
  42. Narrow Is the Way
  43. Not Yet Thy Rest Time
  44. O Bird­ie, Sing­ing On the Bough
  45. O Dark Is the Wea­ri­some
  46. O Hark, and Hear the Song
  47. O Hark, to the Sound of Strife
  48. O Man of Sor­rows
  49. O Sav­ior, Lov­ing, Ho­ly
  50. O Sav­ior, Most Ho­ly
  51. O What Can I Do for My Lord?
  52. O What Kind of Seed Are We Sow­ing?
  53. O’er Hea­ven­ly Plains the Gold­en Chimes
  54. O’er Ju­dah’s Hills a Star Arose
  55. On the Ho­ly Hill of Zi­on
  56. Onward, On­ward, On­ward
  57. Out in the De­sert Ways
  58. Out Through All Our Great Co­lum­bia
  59. Pilgrim with Thine Eyes Up­lift­ed
  60. Purer in Heart, O God
  61. Save My Soul Which Thou Didst Cher­ish
  62. Sing, Glad­ly, Sweet­ly Sing
  63. Snow White Hands Are Clasped
  64. Some Day, Some Day, I Know Not When
  65. Sometimes Soft­ly
  66. Somewhere Be­yond the Vi­sion
  67. Somewhere, I Know
  68. Soul’s Sweet Home, The
  69. Speak with Kind­ness, Lov­ing Ten­der
  70. Such a Lit­tle Thing We Thought It
  71. Sun Is on the Har­vest Field, The
  72. There Is a Hope Whose Glo­ry
  73. There Is Light from Hea­ven’s Por­tals
  74. Thou Who Com­fort­less Have Wept
  75. Thou Who Watch­est Wea­ri­ly
  76. Through the Years of the Earth
  77. Two An­gels Watch Be­side Me
  78. Upon the Great High­way Thou Stand­est Wea­ry
  79. Waiting
  80. Watchman on the Mount­ain Stand­ing
  81. We Are Jour­ney­ing On
  82. We Are Jour­ney­ing to Hea­ven
  83. We Are Wait­ing, Watch­ing
  84. We Need Not Walk in Dark­ness
  85. What Can I Do for Thee?
  86. What Wilt Thou Bid Us to Do?
  87. When Doubt and Fear Arise
  88. When o’er Thy Path Have the Dark Clouds
  89. When the Si­lence and Sha­dow
  90. When Win­ter Snow Falls Fast
  91. Whence Comes This Count­less Host?
  92. Where’er Our Path May Lead
  93. Within His Gates What Bless­ing
  94. World’s a Field of Bat­tle, The
  95. Would I Were Like Him