1865–1945
Vida E. Smith

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 16, 1865, Nau­voo, Il­li­nois.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 3, 1945, Los An­ge­les, Ca­li­for­nia.

Buried: Rose Hill Ce­me­te­ry, La­mo­ni, Io­wa.

Biography

Vida was the daugh­ter of Al­ex­an­der Hale Smith and Eli­za­beth Ken­dall. She mar­ried twice: to Her­man C. Smith (1886), and James E. Yates (1926).

Lyrics

  1. I Have Heard the Sweet­est Sto­ry
  2. I Hear, I Hear from Far Above
  3. I Will Sing a Song for My Lord to Hear
  4. Old, Old Path, The
  5. One Day When Fell the Spir­it’s Whis­per
  6. Songs, Beau­ti­ful Songs Let Us Of­fer
  7. ’Twas So Long, and Long Ago
  8. When I Ope My Eyes at Morn­ing
  9. When I Wake Up in the Morn­ing