Lydia and her sis­ter came to Christ with the help of Bap­tist mis­sion­ary Eben Tucker. Fol­low­ing their con­ver­sion, the Bax­ter girls helped found the lo­cal Bap­tist church. Af­ter Ly­dia mar­ried, she moved to New York Ci­ty. She was an in­va­lid most of her adult life, but that didn’t stop her ac­tive mind from stu­dy­ing the Bi­ble and writ­ing. In 1855, she pub­lished Gems by the Way­side, a book of de­vo­tion­al po­ems. In ad­di­tion, she of­ten host­ed meet­ings of re­li­gious lead­ers at her home.

• Emurian, pp. 125-8
• Hustad, p. 204
• Jones, p. 12
• Julian, p. 118
• McCutchan, p. 291
• Nutter, p. 390
• Reynolds, p. 248

1. Cast Thy Net Again, My Bro­ther
2. Gate Ajar for Me, The
3. Go, Work in My Vine­yard
4. I’m Kneel­ing, Lord, at Mercy’s Gate
5. I’m Wea­ry, I’m Fainting
6. In the Fade­less Spring­time
7. Mas­ter Is Com­ing, The
8. One by One we Cross the Ri­ver
9. Precious Name