1823–1915

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 18, 1823, Pom­pey Hol­low, On­on­da­ga Coun­ty, New York.

Died: 1915, Bing­ham­ton, New York.

Buried: Or­an Com­mu­ni­ty Church Ce­me­te­ry, Pom­pey, New York.

Biography

Harriet was the daugh­ter of El­ea­zer Rice, Jr., and Han­nah Good­rich, and wife of mi­nis­ter Ze­nas Alon­zo Jones (mar­ried Ju­ly 7, 1844).

She lived in On­on­da­ga Coun­ty, New York. She spent her girl­hood on a farm, re­ceiv­ing what edu­ca­tion the coun­try schools and one term at high school could pro­vide. She was al­ways fond of read­ing, and was a great sing­er, with a clear, ring­ing voice.

Her song writ­ing ca­reer be­gan when her po­et­ry came to the at­ten­tion of Mer­ritt Mun­ger, who asked if she could write some Sun­day school hymns for him.

She went on to write for Da­ni­el Town­er, John C. Ew­ing, the Fill­more bro­thers, and oth­ers.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abide with Me, O Lord
  2. Ah, No, I’ll Not For­get
  3. All May Come to Je­sus
  4. Angels Watch Till Ea­rly Morn­ing, The
  5. Are We Keep­ing Close to Je­sus?
  6. Are We Walk­ing in the Light?
  7. Are You Toil­ing Day by Day?
  8. Are You Toil­ing for the Mas­ter?
  9. Are You Wea­ry, Sis­ter, Bro­ther?
  10. Army of Je­sus, The
  11. Arouse Ye, Awake!
  12. As Pants the Hart for Wa­ters
  13. At the Foot of the Cross
  14. At the Pool of Si­lo­am
  15. Be Loyal, Pil­grims
  16. Beautiful, Gold­en Some­time
  17. Beautiful Wa­ters Are Mov­ing, The
  18. Behold, a Stran­ger, Won­drous Fair
  19. Birthday of Our King, The
  20. Bless the Lord, O My Soul
  21. Bless Us Just Now
  22. Blessed Lord and Dear Re­deem­er
  23. Blue Sea of Ga­li­lee
  24. Bright Lit­tle Sol­diers Are Need­ed To­day
  25. Bring the Lit­tle Lambs to Je­sus
  26. By and By, Our Lord Is Com­ing
  27. By and By, We Shall Meet
  28. Can I For­get When from the Throne
  29. Can You Sing a Sweet New Song?
  30. Christ as Judge Is Com­ing by and By
  31. Christ Died for Me
  32. Christ Is Now Rea­dy to Cleanse
  33. Christ Is Wait­ing to Save
  34. Close to Thee
  35. Come in­to Our Sun­day School
  36. Come, Lit­tle Lambs
  37. Come, Spir­it, Come, with Light Di­vine
  38. Come to the Fount­ain
  39. Come to the Migh­ty to Save
  40. Cruel Thorns Are in My Path­way
  41. Dear Lit­tle Child­ren Are Ga­thered To­day, The
  42. Dear Re­deem­er Came, The
  43. Do the Clouds Oft Veil Your Sky?
  44. Do You Hear the Glad Re­frain?
  45. Does the Lord Own Me His To­day?
  46. Don’t Let Your Sick­le Get Rus­ty
  47. Down at the Cross Where the Sav­ior Died
  48. Draw Me Near Thee, Loving Sav­ior
  49. Enlisted for Christ
  50. Eternity, How Long, How Long
  51. Every Day An­oint­ings
  52. Faint Not, Wea­ry Pil­grim
  53. Feast and the Robes, The
  54. Fields Are White with the Rip­ened Grain, The
  55. For Me, O Yes, for Ev­en Me
  56. For the Sun­shine and the Rain
  57. Fountain of Heal­ing Is Op­en, The
  58. Friend of Sin­ners, Take, O Take Me
  59. From Their Bed the Grass­es Spring
  60. Glory of Con­quest, The
  61. Glory to God in the High­est
  62. Glory to Je­sus, His Word Is True
  63. Go and Ga­ther in the Child­ren
  64. Go Spread the News Abroad
  65. Go Ye and Ga­ther
  66. God Be with Us Through the Days
  67. Golden Pro­mise from the Fa­ther
  68. Golden Pro­mise I May Claim, A
  69. Hail to the Ris­en Sav­ior
  70. Harbor Home
  71. Have You Been to Je­sus with Your Ev­ery Sin?
  72. Have You Heard About the Fount­ain?
  73. Have You Nev­er Been to Je­sus?
  74. Have You Sins o’er Which You’re Griev­ing?
  75. He Brought Me Up from the Mi­ry Clay
  76. He Who Dwelt Among the Low­ly
  77. Hear the Mer­ry Christ­mas Bells
  78. Hearts Are Nev­er, Nev­er Ach­ing
  79. Herald the Sto­ry of Sav­ing Grace
  80. Hold Fast, Dear Friend
  81. How I Love to Cling to Je­sus
  82. How the Bright An­gels Sing
  83. How the Hand of Love Can Light­en
  84. How They Sing Up Yon­der!
  85. I Am Dwell­ing in the Sun­shine
  86. I Am Dwell­ing with My Sav­ior
  87. I Am Hap­py in the Lord, I Am Trust­ing
  88. I Am on the Lord’s Side
  89. I Am Plead­ing, Bless­ed
  90. I Am so Glad That Je­sus Lives
  91. I Am so Glad That Sal­va­tion Is Free
  92. I Am the Lord’s, and He Is Mine
  93. I Am Think­ing Just Now of That Won­der­ful Clime
  94. I Am Trust­ing in the Lord, Hal­le­lu­jah
  95. I Am Trust­ing in the Sav­ior
  96. I Am Walk­ing with My Sav­ior
  97. I Come to Thee, O Gra­cious One
  98. I Have a Friend
  99. I Have Fought a Good Fight
  100. I Have Found the Wa­ters Sweet
  101. I Have Had a Taste of the Joys Above
  102. I Have Plunged Be­neath the Flood
  103. I Know My Sav­ior Loves Me
  104. I Know That My Re­deem­er Lives
  105. I Learned a Song with Sweet Re­frain
  106. I Like to Think That Je­sus
  107. I Love to Think of Hea­ven
  108. I Love to Think of the Mu­sic Grand
  109. I Love to Think of the Ran­somed Throng
  110. I Need Thee, Lord, from Day to Day
  111. I Sought the Bless­ed Re­deem­er
  112. I Want to Do Some­thing for Je­sus My Sav­ior
  113. I Want to Live in Glo­ry
  114. I Want to Live Just as He
  115. I Want to Work in the Gos­pel
  116. I Will Nev­er Be Afraid When Foes of God As­sail
  117. I Will Trust in the Lord My God
  118. I Would Be a Sun­beam in the Halls of Home
  119. If Christ Should Come To­night
  120. I’ll Bear the Cross
  121. I’ll Do as Pre­cious Je­sus Bids
  122. I’ll Live for My Lord and Re­deem­er
  123. I’ll Speak a Word for Je­sus
  124. I’m a Pil­grim Go­ing Home
  125. I’m Go­ing Home to Je­sus, I’m Near
  126. I’m Now a Child of God
  127. I’m Think­ing Just Now of a Beau­ti­ful Ci­ty
  128. I’m Think­ing Just Now of a Beau­ti­ful Rest
  129. In That Won­drous Home Di­vine
  130. In the Ar­my of the Lord
  131. In the Gar­den Pros­trate Ly­ing
  132. In the Home Be­yond the Tide
  133. In the Home of Bliss, Where the Sav­ior Is
  134. In the Land of End­less Sheen
  135. In the Sha­dow of His Wings I Am Rest­ing Sweet­ly
  136. In the Sha­dow of Thy Wings O Dear Re­deem­er
  137. In the Shel­ter of the Rock
  138. In the Slough of Des­pond
  139. In Yon­der Home My Man­sion
  140. Is Your Heart All Stained
  141. I’ve Enlisted in the Ar­my
  142. I’ve Seen the Light from Hea­ven’s Throne
  143. Jesus Came to Bring Sal­va­tion to a Ru­ined Race
  144. Jesus Is Ten­der­ly Call­ing for Thee
  145. Jesus Loves the Child­ren
  146. Just as He Wills
  147. Just Over Be­yond, in the Ci­ty of Gold
  148. King Bids You Come and Par­take of the Feast, The
  149. King in His Beau­ty up­on the White Throne, The
  150. King’s Call, The
  151. King’s High­way, The
  152. Let the East­er Praise Arise
  153. Let the Lit­tle Child­ren Bring Flor­al Trib­utes
  154. Let Us Arise to Do and Dare
  155. Let Us Work for Je­sus While Be­low
  156. Let Us Work in Cheer­ful Way
  157. Lift Me High­er, Bless­ed Je­sus
  158. Lights for Our Je­sus
  159. Little Girls and Lit­tle Boys
  160. Little Hands, Lit­tle Hands
  161. Little Ones, Tho’ Ve­ry Young, The
  162. Little Sol­diers of Our King, The
  163. Little Sow­ers Blest In­deed
  164. Little Tongues Can Ut­ter Praise
  165. Lo an Ar­my Grand Is March­ing
  166. Lo the Ma­ny Fields
  167. Lo! ‘Tis Free, This Great Sal­va­tion
  168. Lord Is My Shep­herd, Then Why Should I Fear, The
  169. Love’s Re­deem­ing Work Is Done
  170. Loving Sav­ior, Lead Thou Me
  171. Make It Known Among the Peo­ple
  172. Mark Well the Words so Wise­ly Said
  173. ‘Mid the Cold, Bar­ren Ways
  174. Middle of the King’s High­way, The
  175. Move For­ward, Sol­diers of the Cross
  176. My Bro­ther, the Mas­ter Is Call­ing for Thee
  177. My Feet Were in the Mi­ry Clay
  178. My Peace Is Like a Ri­ver
  179. My Re­deem­er Safe­ly Leads Me
  180. My Sav­ior Had Not Where to Lay
  181. Never a Love Like the Love of the Lord
  182. No More Part­ing
  183. Not a Cloud to Hide Our Sky
  184. Not Now, but When ’Tis God’s Sweet Will
  185. Nothing to Bring O Sav­ior
  186. Now Is the Time to La­bor
  187. Now We Glad­ly Ga­ther In
  188. O Be Faith­ful, Chris­tian Sol­diers
  189. O Beau­ti­ful Ban­ner for Mor­tals Un­furled
  190. O Beau­ti­ful Home of the Wea­ry
  191. O Book of Books
  192. O, Cal­va­ry, O Cal­va­ry
  193. O Can It Be
  194. O Come to the Fold of the Shep­herd
  195. O, Dear to the Heart of the Shep­herd
  196. O Ev­er Sweet and Ho­ly
  197. O Glo­ri­ous Home­land Just ov­er the Line
  198. O Home Sweet Home so Free
  199. O How Sweet the Lov­ing Deed
  200. O I Am so Glad That Sal­va­tion Is Free
  201. O I Am so Hap­py in Je­sus
  202. O Lamb of God, for Sin­ners Slain
  203. O Life Giv­ing Wa­ter That Flow­eth so Free
  204. O Praise the Lord, I’ve Been Re­deemed
  205. O Pre­cious, Pre­cious Je­sus
  206. O Roll the Glad Chor­us
  207. O Shall I Help to Swell the Song
  208. O Sing the Sweet Sto­ry
  209. O Sin­ner, Come to Christ To­day
  210. O Soul, by Ma­ny Woes Op­pressed
  211. O Soul of Mine
  212. O Sweet Is the Ser­vice of Je­sus
  213. O That Song, When Safe at Home
  214. O the Match­less Love and Mer­cy
  215. O the Meet­ings, O the Greet­ings
  216. O the Mu­sic ov­er Yon­der
  217. O the Won­drous Love of Je­sus
  218. O ’tis Sum­mer All the Time
  219. O to Be Near­er to Je­sus
  220. O Wanderer Come to Je­sus
  221. O Who Are These So Near the Throne?
  222. O Won­der­ful, Won­der­ful Sto­ry
  223. O Won­drous Love
  224. O Won­drous Sea of Ga­li­lee
  225. Oh! Beau­ti­ful Home of the Soul!
  226. O, Fa­thom­less Fount­ain of Mer­cy
  227. O Glad Who­so­ev­er, the Deed Is Done
  228. O the Home­land ov­er Yon­der
  229. Old-Fa­shioned Sto­ry, The
  230. On Cal­va­ry’s Mount­ain He Bought Me
  231. On for the Truth and Right
  232. On, On, to the Re­scue
  233. One Who Suf­fered on the Tree, The
  234. Onward, Bro­thers, Shout the Watch­word
  235. Onward, Chris­tian, Wrecks
  236. Onward God’s Ar­my Is March­ing
  237. Our Bless­ed Lord Is Just the Same
  238. Our Lord Com­mands, and We Ob­ey
  239. Out on Sin’s Ocean the Care­less Are Drift­ing
  240. Over Where the Ran­somed Ga­ther
  241. Passing Through the Fie­ry Fur­nace
  242. Patiently We Toil Along
  243. Plant Bloss­oms, Rare Bloss­oms
  244. Praise, O Praise the King
  245. Precious Christ, in Whom I Trust
  246. Precious Days Are Pass­ing By
  247. Precious Je­sus Saves from Sin
  248. Precious Pro­mise from My Sav­ior
  249. Press On­ward, Chris­tian Sol­diers
  250. Redeemed
  251. Righteous Fa­ther Know­eth Best, The
  252. Ring Out, Glad Bells o’er Hills and Dells
  253. Ring Out, Ring Out
  254. Ring Out the Tid­ings in Notes Loud and Clear
  255. Ring, Ring the Bells
  256. Rock Amid the Waves, The
  257. Savior Died to Set Me Free, The
  258. See the Bea­con Bright­ly Burn­ing
  259. See Yon­der Ves­sel, the Storm Rag­es High
  260. Shall I Tell You Why I Sing a Joy­ful Lay
  261. Since My Soul Is Re­deemed
  262. Sing, O Sing the Dear Old Sto­ry
  263. Sing the Chris­tian’s March­ing Song
  264. Sing the Joy­ful News Again
  265. Sing the Love of Je­sus
  266. Soldiers of Je­sus, Arise
  267. Some Sweet Morn­ing, Noon or Ev­en­ing
  268. Sometime the Night of Sor­row Will Be O’er
  269. Sometime We’ll Cross
  270. Sometime We’ll Reach the Sum­mer Land
  271. Song in My Heart, A
  272. Song of Love, The
  273. Sons and Daught­ers, Hearts Unit­ed
  274. Souls That Are Pre­cious
  275. Spread the Tid­ings All Abroad
  276. Step Out on the Pro­mise
  277. Still Out of Christ
  278. Sweet Is the Fount of Mer­cy
  279. Sweet Songs Are Heard in Wood­land
  280. There Are Break­ing Hearts To­day
  281. There Are Dan­gers Drear on the Sea of Life
  282. There Are Days of Toil for His Ser­vants True
  283. There Are Songs, Sweet Songs
  284. There Is a Beau­ti­ful Home Be­yond the Si­lent Sea
  285. There Is a Beau­ti­ful Path
  286. There Is a Friend Whose Name Is Love
  287. There Is Glo­ry in My Soul
  288. There Is Sweet Con­tent­ment in My Soul To­day
  289. There Is Sweet Rest
  290. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Home for the Child­ren
  291. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Re­gion Just Now in My View
  292. There’s a Glit­ter­ing Star Ov­er­head
  293. There’s a Home Be­yond the Jor­dan
  294. There’s a Star in the East
  295. There’s a Star Ov­er­head
  296. There’s a Stran­ger Close Be­side You
  297. There’s an Old Fa­shioned Sto­ry
  298. There’s Joy in the Thought of a Rai­ment of White
  299. These Are Days of Toil
  300. This Grand Lit­tle Ar­my
  301. Though Oft­en Our Feet May Be Bleed­ing
  302. Though Your Sins Be Red Like Crim­son
  303. Three Hours the Earth Is Filled
  304. Through the Pre­cious, Pre­cious Blood
  305. Throw to the Breeze the Ban­ner
  306. Thy Lead, O Lord, I Know Is Best
  307. ’Tis Sweet to Dwell in Love Di­vine
  308. ’Tis Sweet to Know That Christ Re­ceives
  309. ’Tis Sweet to Know That Je­sus Came
  310. To Save the World the Sav­ior Came
  311. To That Sweet Home for Which I Long
  312. To Thee We Ren­der Thanks and Praise
  313. Toiler, Have You Wea­ry Grown?
  314. Trusting in the Bless­ed Christ
  315. Trusting in the Words of Je­sus
  316. ’Twill Mat­ter but Lit­tle
  317. Unto Our God Let Notes of Praise
  318. Unto Thee I Fly
  319. Upon the Cross the Sav­ior
  320. We Are Child­ren of a King
  321. We Are Com­ing, We Are Com­ing
  322. We Are Daugh­ters of a King
  323. We Are Hap­py Pil­grims
  324. We Are Jun­ior Work­ers Strong
  325. We Are Lit­tle Blos­soms
  326. We Are Lit­tle Chris­tian Ser­vants
  327. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers True
  328. We Are March­ing Right Along
  329. We Are Sol­diers in the Ar­my
  330. We Are Will­ing Workers in the Op­en Field
  331. We Are Youth­ful Stu­dents
  332. We Can Give a Cup of Wa­ter
  333. We Come, We Come, This Fest­ive Day
  334. We Come, We Come, This Hal­lowed Day
  335. We Come with Songs of Glad­ness
  336. We Have a Rock, a Safe Re­treat
  337. We Love the Ho­ly Bible, Its Pag­es Love to Scan
  338. We May Bright­en Paths
  339. We May Plant Some Bloss­oms
  340. We Must Wait, We Must Work, We Must Watch
  341. We Shall Con­quer in the Bat­tle for the Right
  342. We Shall Cross the Roll­ing Tide Some Day
  343. We Shall Gain the Shin­ing Land
  344. We Shall Meet the King of Hea­ven
  345. We Shall Reach Our Home Some Day
  346. We Shall Reach the Gold­en Gate
  347. We Will Bear Each Other’s Bur­dens
  348. We Will Love the Child­ren’s Friend
  349. Welcome, Sweet Spir­it of Love
  350. We’ll Meet Again on Ed­en’s Plains
  351. We’re a Lit­tle Chris­tian Band
  352. We’re a Lit­tle Sun­shine Band
  353. We’re Going to Hang a Ty­rant
  354. We’re March­ing to Con­quer
  355. We’re on Our Way to Glo­ry Land
  356. We’re Sail­ing in Sal­va­tion’s Ark
  357. We’re Un­der the Ban­ner
  358. What Can Sweet­ly Fill My Soul
  359. What Re­joic­ing There Will Be
  360. When Drea­ry Sha­dows Veil My Skies
  361. When I Would Count My Bless­ings
  362. When the Bur­dened Heart Re­lents
  363. When the Call from the Skies
  364. When the Pear­ly Gates Un­fold
  365. When the Saints March in for the Crown­ing
  366. When the Sha­dows Round Me
  367. When the Toil­ing Time Is End­ed
  368. When the Work­ing Time Is Ov­er
  369. When We Reach the Fields of Ed­en
  370. While Sail­ing Ov­er the Wa­ters Wide
  371. Who Will Forth to Lead the Child­ren
  372. Will You Come to the Feast?
  373. With Joy We Come and Glad­ly Sing
  374. Within Thy Courts, O Lord
  375. Witness for Je­sus His Name
  376. Wonderful, Lov­able Sav­ior, A
  377. Would You Bear the Wel­come Plau­dit?
  378. Would You Go Re­joic­ing On?
  379. Would You La­bor for the Mas­ter?
  380. Ye Saints of God, Re­joice
  381. You’re Sail­ing To­ward the Fear­ful Ra­pids

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