1832–1901

Introduction

Born: May 16, 1832, Bol­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Oc­to­ber 7, 1901.

Buried: Oak Hill Ce­me­te­ry, To­wan­da, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Anna was the wife of Mah­lon Clark Mer­cur.

She gra­du­at­ed from the Rut­gers Fe­male Se­mi­na­ry in New York Ci­ty, where she won a gold me­dal for an es­say.

She and Mah­lon lived in To­wan­da, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

Poem

When Cometh the Dawn?

The world is waiting for Thy coming, Lord,
And while Thou lingerest Thy people, shorn
Of glory and of triumph, sadly mourn;
For with their life-destroying, ruthless horde,
Disease and dreaded famine stalk abroad.
O watchman! tell us, cometh soon the dawn?
The shadows deepen and we sit forlorn.
Will Faith indeed receive its sure reward?

From height of Zion’s tower there came reply:
Ere long Redemption’s work
Shall be complete,
For God is love. The nations, I repeat,
Are His. He heedeth well His people’s cry;
As now in heaven, on earth His reign shall be
Supreme, omnipotent o’er land and sea

Anna Hubbard Jewett Mercur
Cosmos, and Other Poems, 1893

Sources

Lyrics

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mer­cur (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),