1879–1962

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 22, 1879, Cam­den, South Ca­ro­li­na.

Died: May 5, 1962, Ashe­ville, North Ca­ro­li­na.

Buried: Ta­ber­na­cle Unit­ed Me­tho­dist Church Ce­me­te­ry, Black Moun­tain, North Ca­ro­li­na.

Biography

Shields was Di­rect­or of Child­ren’s Work for the Pres­by­ter­ian Church in the U. S. Board of Chris­tian Edu­ca­tion, 1914–36. She built her home, Al­ta­lure, in Mon­treat, North Ca­ro­li­na, in 1933.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. Bible Is a Trea­sure Book, The
  2. Call Rings Out for Ser­vice, A
  3. Chiming Church Bells Ring
  4. Church of God Is Call­ing, The
  5. Each Lit­tle Crea­ture Our Fa­ther
  6. Father, as the Morn­ing Sun
  7. Father in Hea­ven, Our Of­fer­ing
  8. Forgive Me, God, for Things I Do
  9. Friends, Friends, Friends
  10. Friends of All We’d Like to Be
  11. Hail to the Great Cre­at­or
  12. Have You Heard That An­gels Sang?
  13. Hear the Church Bells Sweet­ly Ring­ing
  14. Help Us, Fa­ther, to Re­mem­ber
  15. I Have a Friend Who Loves Me
  16. I Like to Think of Je­sus
  17. I Wake in the Morn­ing
  18. In Days of Old in Pal­es­tine
  19. Glad I Am to Live
  20. Lord, Help Me to Learn to Share
  21. Nature’s Mes­sage
  22. Night Wind in the Trees, The
  23. On a Bed of Sweet, New Hay
  24. Our Fa­ther Has Watched o’er Our Birth­day
  25. Our Fa­ther Made the Ocean
  26. Our Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther Gives Us
  27. Sleep, Lit­tle Seed
  28. Sometimes When Morn­ing Lights the Sky
  29. Teach Us, Lord, Thy Wis­dom
  30. This Is the Way the Snow­flakes Fall
  31. Useful to My Home Folk
  32. We Thank Thee, Fa­ther, for Our Homes
  33. When Jesus Was a Ba­by Boy
  34. While the Christ­mas Stars Are Shin­ing
  35. World Is a Beau­ti­ful, Won­der­ful Home, The

Music

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