1869–1950

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 24, 1869, Cen­ter Point, Ar­kan­sas.

Died: March 3, 1950, San Mar­cos, Tex­as.

Buried: San Mar­cos Ce­me­te­ry, San Mar­cos, Tex­as.

Biography

Frances was the daugh­ter of Hen­ry Da­ni­el Mc­Kin­non and Su­san Ann Ward, and wife of Dr. John Ro­bert Mor­ton.

A po­et and au­thor, she wrote a news­pa­per col­umn in San Mar­cos, Tex­as.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All the Hap­py Birds of Spring
  2. Busy Hands
  3. Dear God, We Thank You for Our­selves
  4. I Do Not Ask a Shel­tered Way
  5. I Looked for the Print of the Mas­ter’s Steps
  6. I Love the Dear Church Where We Wor­ship
  7. I Love the Qui­et­ness of Pray­er
  8. I Thank God for My Fa­ther and My Mo­ther
  9. I Thank You, God, for This Good Day
  10. I’d Like to Go Back to the Lit­tle White Church
  11. If Some Lit­tle Sunbeam, So Warm and Bright
  12. In Ev­ery Heart There Is a Chord
  13. Jesus Re­mem­bers You
  14. Let Us Be Glad Be­cause of Words
  15. Let Us Be Thank­ful for Our Books
  16. Our Fa­thers’ God, to Thee We Sing
  17. Praise Him, Praise Him, Lord of the Earth
  18. There’s a Mes­sage in His Word
  19. There’s Nev­er a Breath of Your Pray­er Is Lost
  20. Trusting, Trust­ing Though I May Not Un­der­stand
  21. Way Down up­on a Lit­tle Al­ley
  22. What Though the Way Be Dark and Drear
  23. When I Sing My Sav­ior’s Praise
  24. Word of Pray­er, A
  25. You’ll Have to Be Care­ful

Help Needed

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