1849–1906

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 22, 1849, Sche­nec­ta­dy, New York.

Died: 1906, Ed­es­on, Il­li­nois.

Biography

Servoss was Ma­ry’s maid­en name.

She lived with her crip­pled grand­mo­ther for 18 years, and lat­er took care of her mo­ther, then her fa­ther, un­til he died. It is said that Fan­ny Cros­by was Ma­ry’s in­spi­ra­tion to write Gos­pel songs.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Across Life’s Rug­ged Mount­ains
  2. All the Way Home, All the Way Home
  3. Always Rea­dy
  4. Amid the Deep Val­leys of An­guish
  5. Be Glad in the Lord
  6. Be Not Af­raid, ’Twas Je­sus Spoke
  7. Beyond the Roll­ing Bil­lows
  8. Christian Ar­my Stands Ar­rayed, The
  9. Come Up High­er, Till the Fa­ther
  10. Come with Bright Gar­lands
  11. Conflict Is Rag­ing, The
  12. Dearer Than Hea­ven
  13. Door of Sal­va­tion Is Op­en Wide, The
  14. Faithful Is He That Call­eth Thee
  15. Fields Are White for Har­vest, The
  16. Fight the Good Fight, Christ­ian Sol­dier
  17. Floating on Be­tween the Sha­dows
  18. From the North and the South
  19. From the Windy Storm and Tem­pest
  20. Full Ma­ny, Ma­ny Years Have Passed
  21. Gates of Praise
  22. Gently as the Wind of Au­tumn
  23. Give Thanks un­to God
  24. Happy in God’s Sun­light
  25. Have You Felt a Sav­ior’s Love?
  26. He Spake in the Cloudy Pil­lar
  27. He Whose Word Hath Nev­er Been
  28. He Will Hide Me
  29. Hear Ye Now the Glad­some Tid­ings
  30. Hoping in Je­sus
  31. How Blind­ly Some Have Wait­ed
  32. I Am Com­ing, Gen­tle Sav­ior
  33. I Have Found a Rest Com­plete
  34. I Know Not the Hour of His Com­ing
  35. I Know the Great Re­deem­er
  36. If with Sin You’re Ov­er­cast
  37. In the Gar­den of the Lord
  38. In the Jour­ney of Life There Are Du­ties
  39. In the Morn­ing Lit Land
  40. Into His Rest, How the Heart
  41. Jesus Loves the Lit­tle Child­ren
  42. Jesus On­ly, When the Sin­ful Heart
  43. Journeying Home­ward
  44. Like the Li­ly of the Val­ley
  45. Lord Will Ap­pear, The
  46. Mid the Mire and Clay
  47. No Pear­ly Gate on Hinge
  48. Not Far from the King­dom
  49. O Be Ear­nest, Friends
  50. O Ci­ty of Beau­ty
  51. O Ho­ly Word with Re­ver­ent Hands
  52. O Lift Up Your Voic­es in Song
  53. O Morn­ing Land of Sun­shine
  54. O Sing, Ye Morn­ing Stars
  55. O Ye Who Would Jour­ney to Ca­naan’s Land
  56. O Zi­on, Ac­claim Your Re­deem­er!
  57. Our God Is Our Re­fuge and Strength
  58. Out on the Mount­ain the Tem­pest
  59. Patiently En­dur­ing as the Days
  60. Peace on Earth the An­gels Sang
  61. Quench Not the Spir­it
  62. Rejoice, Re­joice, for Je­sus Reigns
  63. Rock of My Re­fuge
  64. Salvation Morn­ing
  65. Shall De­so­la­tion Al­ways Rule?
  66. Ship Comes ov­er the Sea of Time, A
  67. Sing How the An­gels Came by Night
  68. Song, a Song for Je­sus, A
  69. Tenderly and Re­as­sur­ing
  70. Then Make Us Hum­ble, Lord
  71. There Are Pain Pri­soned Souls
  72. There Was Rest, Sweet Rest
  73. There’s a Tide of An­guish Rolls
  74. Though Long My Feet Have Wan­dered
  75. ’Tis Je­sus When the Bur­dened Heart
  76. ’Tis Sweet to Know That Je­sus Hears
  77. To the Child­ren of God There Re­main­eth a Rest
  78. ’Twas On­ly a Sin­ner
  79. Unto the Shin­ing Hills of God
  80. Waiting for Je­sus
  81. Waiting for the King
  82. We Are Go­ing on a Jou­rney
  83. We Sing of the Days That Have Passed Away
  84. We Will Sweet­ly Sing on the Gold­en Shore
  85. We’re Try­ing to Ga­ther
  86. Whatever the Bat­tles of Life
  87. When a Heart Is Wea­ry
  88. When Mo­thers Brought Their Child­ren
  89. When the Clouds Hang Dark­ly o’er Us
  90. When the Glo­ri­ous Bells Are
  91. When Toil Along
  92. When with Earth­ly Con­flicts
  93. Why Should I Wait?
  94. Why Should We Be Dis­cour­aged?
  95. Within Thy Gates of Peace

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