1805-1848

Feb­ru­a­ry 22, 1805, Har­low, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Au­gust 14, 1848, St. Mar­tin-in-the-Fields, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land, of tu­ber­cu­lo­sis.

Fos­ter Street, near Harlow, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Sarah F. Adams (1805-1848)

Daughter of jour­nal­ist and pol­i­ti­cian Ben­ja­min Flow­er, she mar­ried Wil­liam Bridg­es Ad­ams in 1834. She had hoped to be an ac­tress, but God had other plans for her. Her stage ca­reer was cut short by poor health (though she did get to play La­dy Mac­beth in 1837), so she turned to writ­ing. Her works in­clude ma­ny mag­a­zine ar­ti­cles; a po­em about ear­ly Christ­ian mar­tyrs called Vi­via Per­pe­tua (1841); The Flock at the Foun­tain (1845), a child­ren’s cat­e­chism; and 13 en­tries in Hymns and An­thems, pub­lished in 1841 by min­is­ter Wil­liam John­son Fox. Ad­ams at­tended Fox’s South Place Un­i­tar­i­an Church, Fins­bury, Lon­don.

  1. Creator Spir­it! Thou the First
  2. Darkness Shroud­ed Cal­va­ry
  3. Gently Fall the Dews of Eve
  4. Go, and Watch the Au­tumn Leaves
  5. He Send­eth Sun, He Send­eth Show­er
  6. Nearer, My God, to Thee
  7. O Hal­lowed Mem­o­ries of the Past
  8. O Hu­man Heart! Thou Hast a Song
  9. O I Would Sing a Song of Praise
  10. O Love! Thou Mak­est All Things Even
  11. Part in Peace: Is Day Be­fore Us?
  12. Sing to the Lord! For His Mer­cies are Sure
  13. The Mourn­ers Came at Break of Day