1861–1940
Georgia Tillman Snead

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 7, 1861, Lynch­burg, Vir­gin­ia.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 15, 1940, Staun­ton, Vir­gin­ia.

Buried: Spring Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Lynch­burg, Vir­gi­nia.

portrait

Georgie was the daugh­ter of George Till­man Snead and Mar­tha Da­vis Spin­ner.

Works

Poem

Inspiration

Oh, wondrous grace my God hath given,
To me whose eyes were void of sight!
He hath infused His glorious light,
And now this earth is like to Heaven!

For now I see, my eyes discern,
The mighty marvels of His love,
The glories of the heavens above.
And wonders of the earth I learn.

New beauties everywhere now spring
In leaf and bud and tree and flower;
I feel the glory of each hour,
As fast it speeds on golden wing.

Can I repine when this rich feast
Is evermore before me spread,
In this great volume daily read,
Which God can show unto the least?

No, may I ever praise His name.
How hard soe’er my cross to bear,
Since everywhere in earth and air,
I see His wondrous love aflame.

Then let me through this day be strong
In earnest word and noble deed,
Since God supplies my every need.
And maketh bright my path along.

Georgie Tillman Snead
Joy-Bells, 1909

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All the Sor­rows of Thy Life
  2. Father, Take My Hand and Lead Me
  3. For Me, He Left the Realms of Light
  4. For the Com­ing of His King­dom
  5. Give Me the Old, Old Gos­pel
  6. How Sweet Amid Earth’s Wild Al­arms
  7. I Am Just a Lit­tle Child
  8. I Can Be a Lit­tle Light
  9. I Could Not Live With­out My Sav­ior
  10. I Want to Tell the Sto­ry of His Love for Me
  11. I Would Be a Sun­beam
  12. If We Fol­low Je­sus
  13. Into All the World the Call Is Ring­ing
  14. Looking on the Bright Side
  15. Now the Day Is Dy­ing in the Gold­en West
  16. O Chim­ing Bells, O Hap­py
  17. O Sing Away Sor­row and Sing Away Care
  18. O the Gold­en Dawn Has Brok­en
  19. Only a Smile, It Quick­ened the Heart
  20. Over All
  21. Pilot Me, O Gra­cious Sav­ior
  22. Through the Sun­shine and the Sha­dow
  23. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers
  24. We’ll Win the World for the Mas­ter
  25. What a Hap­py Band Are We
  26. What Is It Makes My Path­way Bright?
  27. Who Will Work for Je­sus?
  28. Whole Wide World for Je­sus, The
  29. Would You Make This Dark World Bright?

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