1838–1931
Loula K. Rogers

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 31, 1838, near Tho­mas­ton, Geor­gia.

Died: June 14, 1931, Ten­nille, Geor­gia, at the home of her daugh­ter, Hel­en Gra­ham Ro­gers Frank­lin.

Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Tho­mas­ton, Geor­gia.

Biography

Louisa was the daugh­ter of Da­vid Lane Ken­dall and Lou­isa Ro­gers Steele, and wife of ar­my of­fi­cer James Hen­ry Rog­ers, Sr.

She at­tend­ed the Wes­ley­an Fe­male Col­lege in Macon, Geor­gia.

When hus­band died in 1875, she be­gan teach­ing. In 1879, she took a po­si­tion in the pri­ma­ry school at the pri­vate Gor­don In­sti­tute.

Known as Georg­ia’s po­et lau­re­ate, her works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Brighter Day Is Com­ing, A
  2. Beautiful Day, Ra­di­ant Thy Light
  3. Beautiful Light of the Gos­pel
  4. Come, Child­ren, Ga­ther Near
  5. Come, Let Us All Unite to Sing the Sav­ior’s Praise
  6. Come un­to Me All Ye
  7. Come, Ye Sin­ners, Come To­day
  8. Do We Live Alone for Je­sus?
  9. Glory in His Ho­ly Name
  10. Go Spread the Joy­ful Tid­ings of His Love
  11. How Blest Are We in Chris­tian Love
  12. I Am Trust­ing, Only Trust­ing
  13. I Will Trust in My Sav­ior
  14. I Will Up­hold Thee
  15. Let Us Meet at Ear­ly Dawn
  16. List, List to the Chime of the Christ­mas Bells
  17. Little Child­ren, Ga­ther Near
  18. Nearer Still to Je­sus
  19. O Bless­ed Is the Pro­mise
  20. O How Glad­ly We Sing
  21. O How Sweet Is the Pro­mise
  22. Praise Him, Praise Him
  23. Praise Ye the Lord
  24. Precious Words
  25. Rejoice, O My Soul
  26. Save the Fall­en
  27. Savior Is Wait­ing to Wel­come You, A
  28. There Is a Ci­ty Built Above
  29. There Is a Land of Joy
  30. There Is Joy in Hea­ven To­day
  31. There’s a Land of Love
  32. They’re Ga­ther­ing Home­ward
  33. Though the Night Be Round Me
  34. Though the Sha­dows Ga­ther o’er My Path­way Here
  35. Tune My Voice Thy Praise
  36. We Are March­ing Home­ward
  37. We Are March­ing, March­ing
  38. We Are Work­ers, Ear­nest Work­ers
  39. When He Shall Ap­pear
  40. When I Rise at Dawn
  41. Whene’er the Heart Is Sad
  42. Will You Drink the Flow­ing Fount­ain?
  43. Wouldst Thou Be White as Snow?

Help Needed

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