1849–1928

Introduction

Born: May 2, 1849, Suf­field, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 14, 1928, Mon­roe, Wis­con­sin.

Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Brod­head, Wis­con­sin.

Biography

Eliza was the daugh­ter of James Tay­lor Sher­man, a dea­con at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Brod­head, Wis­con­sin, for 50 years, and Abi­gail Tal­cott Mor­gan.

She lived most of her life in Brod­head.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Are You Cling­ing, Cling­ing Close to Je­sus?
  2. Are You Trust­ing in the Mas­ter?
  3. Art Thou Sit­ting in the Sha­dow?
  4. Art Thou Wait­ing on the Watch Tow­er?
  5. As a Dis­tant Strain of Mu­sic
  6. Beautiful Star, Beth­le­hem’s Star
  7. Children’s Glad Voic­es
  8. Chime, Sweet Bells of Christ­mas Time
  9. Christ Alone Shall Be My Song
  10. Christ Arose, O Bells of East­er
  11. Christ Is Born
  12. Christ Is Pre­cious, Do You Doubt Him?
  13. Come Sing Hal­le­lu­jah to Je­sus
  14. Come, Ye Child­ren, March Along
  15. Dear Sa­vior, the Clouds Are All
  16. Do You Doubt the Savior’s Mer­cy?
  17. Easter Of­fer­ings
  18. Echoed Song, The
  19. Father, Be­fore Thy Throne
  20. Father, I Have Heard Thee Call­ing
  21. Full Atone­ment
  22. Go Forth to the Field of the Har­vest
  23. Go, Tell Them of the Sav­ior
  24. Going Home, Where Je­sus Waits Us
  25. Hear the Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther Call­ing
  26. Hear the Lov­ing Fa­ther
  27. I Would Sing of Christ Who Loved Me
  28. In the Vine­yard
  29. Is Your Light Shin­ing Bright­ly?
  30. Jesus Christ Is All My Song
  31. Jesus Christ Our Lov­ing Sav­ior
  32. Jesus Loved Me Long Ago
  33. Jesus, Thought of Me Ere I Thought of Him
  34. Joyfully We’re March­ing
  35. Joyfully with Glad Ho­san­nas
  36. Just Across the Si­lent Ri­ver
  37. Long I’ve Wan­dered from the Mas­ter
  38. Lord Arose, The
  39. Loud and Long the Bells Are Ring­ing
  40. O I Am So Hap­py in Je­sus
  41. O I Would Sing of Je­sus
  42. O List the Bells of Christ­mas Morn
  43. O There’s a Land of Beau­ty
  44. O What Have You Done for Christ To­day?
  45. Oh, the Pre­cious Love of Je­sus
  46. Once I Rode the Rag­ing Bil­lows
  47. Once I Wan­dered Far from Je­sus
  48. Passing Away Like the Sun­beams at Ev­en­ing
  49. Peace with God, What Gift More Pre­cious
  50. Rosy Glow the Ta­pers in the Bar Room Bright
  51. Say, What Are You Do­ing for Je­sus?
  52. See the Migh­ty Con­gre­ga­tion
  53. Shout, Shout Ho­san­na, Shout a Glad Ho­san­na
  54. So, My Boy, You Are Leav­ing the Old Fire­side
  55. Soft on the Win­ter Air, Joy Bells Are Ring­ing
  56. Soft the Bells Are Ring­ing
  57. Softly as a Strain of Music
  58. Softly Fall the Sil­ver Moon­beams
  59. Softly Fall the Twi­light Sha­dows
  60. Some More Con­ven­ient Time
  61. Starting from the Cra­dle To­ward the Grave
  62. There Are Sweet­est Songs at Morn­ing
  63. There Is a Name So Won­drous
  64. There Is a Star in Yon­der Sky
  65. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Home, Far Away
  66. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Land Far Away
  67. There’s a Ci­ty Bright and Gold­en
  68. There’s a Ci­ty ov­er Yon­der
  69. They Say There’s a Land
  70. Traveler, Though Thy Feet Are Worn
  71. Vesper Bells Are Ring­ing
  72. Way Is Dark, My Fa­ther, The
  73. Way Was Long and Dark and Drear, The
  74. We Are Sing­ing Sweet­est Prais­es
  75. We Can Tell the Sweet Old St­ory
  76. What Shall I Do with Je­sus?
  77. When Pear­ly Moon­beams Si­lent­ly
  78. When Thy Heart O’er­flows with Glad­ness
  79. While Bloom Life’s Sweet­est Ros­es
  80. You Are Leav­ing the Hap­py Home Cir­cle To­day

Help Needed

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