1895–1984

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 12, 1895, Syd­ney, Aus­tral­ia.

Died: Ap­ril 28, 1984, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography

Daughter of Sal­va­tion Ar­my (SA) of­fic­ers, Baird moved with her fa­mi­ly to South Af­ri­ca around 1903.

She be­came an SA of­fic­er in 1915, serv­ing in va­ri­ous posts. She was ev­en­tu­al­ly sent to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, where she ed­it­ed The Young Sol­dier for 11 years.

In 1934, she was trans­ferred to the SA In­ter­na­tion­al Head­quar­ters in Lon­don, and ed­it­ed the pub­li­ca­tion there, as well. She lat­er ed­it­ed The War­ri­or, and was SA Li­ter­ary Sec­re­ta­ry.

She reached the rank of SA co­lo­nel, re­tir­ing in 1957.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Boy Was Born in Beth­le­hem, A (1975)
  2. Brief Is Our Jour­ney Through the Years (1953)
  3. Eternal God, Our Song We Raise (1965)
  4. Jesus, Lead Me Up the Moun­tain (1953)
  5. Jesus, Lord, We Come to Hail Thee (1964)
  6. Let Thy Heart Be at Rest (1939)
  7. Never Fades the Name of Je­sus (1940)
  8. O Bright Eter­nal One (1962)
  9. O Fa­ther, Friend of All Man­kind (1949)
  10. O Love, Re­vealed on Earth in Christ (1950)
  11. Spirit of God, Thou Art the Bread of Hea­ven (1966)
  12. We’re in God’s Ar­my and We Fight (1950)
  13. What Won­drous Gifts Are in My Care (1961)
  14. When Je­sus Looked o’er Ga­li­lee (1935)

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