Daughter of Mi­chael and Eliz­a­beth Butch­er Hohf, Ad­a­line’s family moved to Io­wa when she was 10. She at­tend­ed Mount Mor­ris Col­lege Acad­e­my (1881-2), and for while taught in Iowa public schools. At Hunt­ing­don, Penn­syl­van­ia, she ed­it­ed Gold­en Dawn (1884) and Young Dis­ci­ple (1885-8). She mar­ried mu­si­cian and hymn-writ­er Will­iam Beery in 1888. Ad­a­line wrote hun­dreds of po­ems, ma­ny of which ap­peared in Brethren pe­ri­od­i­cals and in the 1897 Po­ems of a De­cade.

1. Angel Watch­ers
2. Child in the Midst, The
3. Draw Me, Je­sus!
4. Hand That Rocks the Cra­dle, The
5. Home Coun­try, The
6. Kingdom of Song, The
7. We Come, Come Again
8. Work for the Mas­ter