1859–1929

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 20, 1859, Han­ov­er, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 24, 1929, Kane, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Bluff Ci­ty Ce­me­te­ry, Elg­in, Il­li­nois.

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Biography

Adaline was the daught­er of Mi­chael Hoff and Eli­za­beth Butch­er, and wife of mu­si­cian and hymn writ­er Will­iam Beery (mar­ried 1888).

She moved with her fa­mi­ly to Io­wa when she was 10 years old. She at­tended Mount Mor­ris Col­lege Aca­de­my, Mount Mor­ris, Il­li­nois (1881–82) (lat­er merged with Man­ches­ter Uni­ver­si­ty), and for while taught in Io­wa pub­lic schools.

Works

At Hunt­ing­don, Penn­syl­van­ia, she ed­it­ed Gold­en Dawn (1884) and Young Dis­ci­ple (1885–88). Ada­line wrote hund­reds of po­ems, ma­ny of which ap­peared in Breth­ren pe­ri­od­icals and in the 1897 Po­ems of a De­cade.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abide with Me, My Sav­ior Dear
  2. Angel Watch­ers
  3. Bless Je­ho­vah, O My Soul
  4. Bountiful Giv­er of Good­ness
  5. Child in the Midst, The
  6. Come, Ga­ther, All Tribes and All Na­tions
  7. Do You Pur­pose to Be True?
  8. Draw Me, Je­sus!
  9. Fairest Flow­er, The
  10. Father, We Would Think on Thee
  11. Forth to the Har­vest
  12. God of Might, Truth and Right
  13. Hail, Bless­ed Tri­ni­ty, Low Here We Bow
  14. Hand That Rocks the Cra­dle, The
  15. Happy Are the Birds and Flow­ers
  16. Holy Bi­ble, The
  17. Home Coun­try, The
  18. I Come to Thee, Je­sus
  19. I Would Be Thine
  20. I’ll Praise Thee, Lord for Length
  21. I’m Now Re­solved
  22. In the Days Long Ago
  23. In the Lord’s Good Pro­mis­es My Heart Is Glad
  24. I’ve Read of Man­sions in the Skies
  25. Jesus, Pre­cious Friend and Sav­ior
  26. Jesus, Roy­al, Hea­ven­ly Friend
  27. Jesus Stands and Of­fers Com­fort
  28. Kingdom of Song, The
  29. Leave All to Him, O Trou­bled Soul
  30. Let Your Face Be Like the Day­break
  31. Lift Up Im­ma­nu­el’s Ban­ner
  32. Lo, a Gleam from Yon­der Hea­ven
  33. Lo, What Song Breaks on the Morn­ing
  34. Master’s Call, The
  35. O Angel with Mis­sion of Heal­ing
  36. O Fair Was the Vi­sion That Flooded My Soul
  37. O Hark, What Sounds Are Float­ing
  38. O Man­sions of Beau­ty in Hea­ven
  39. O Soul in the Sha­dow of Sin
  40. O Spirit Ho­ly, Flame Di­vine
  41. O Sweet Was the Song
  42. O the Dear Love of a Sav­ior and King
  43. Onward to the Con­flict
  44. Open Your Heart, Bro­ther
  45. Praise Him, Hal­le­lu­jah!
  46. Put Off the Old
  47. Rally, Chris­tian Work­ers
  48. Rally to Our Stand­ard
  49. Rows of Cheer­ful Fac­es
  50. See, the Morn Is Bright­en­ing
  51. Some Day Among the White Robed Throng
  52. Standing on the Great King’s High­way
  53. Tell Me the Sto­ry of Je­sus Ov­er and Ov­er Again
  54. Tell of the Love of Our Sav­ior and King
  55. Sun Shall Pale Be­fore Him, The
  56. There’s a Song of Glad­ness in My Heart To­day
  57. There’s a Stran­ger Stands
  58. They Tell Me That Show­ers of Bless­ing
  59. Through the World We’re Tra­vel­ing
  60. Up, Up, My Bro­ther
  61. Upon a Gloomy Hill­top
  62. Upon This Ho­ly Sab­bath Day
  63. We Are Hap­py Lit­tle Child­ren
  64. We Are Little Tra­vel­ers
  65. We Can Sing of Christ the Lord
  66. We Come, Come Again
  67. We Come to Thee, O Ho­ly Christ
  68. We Come to Wor­ship Thee
  69. Wonderful Love
  70. We Come with Ban­ners Wav­ing
  71. We Have Come to Sing the Praise
  72. We Sing of Christ Our Sav­ior
  73. We’re a Band of Hap­py Child­ren
  74. We’re Com­ing to Work for the Mas­ter
  75. We’re March­ing with Ban­ners All Wav­ing and Bright
  76. When Je­sus Passed the Fig Tree
  77. When Je­sus Was Asked by His Ser­vants
  78. When My Sav­ior Speaks to Me
  79. When Wea­ry Walk­ing the High­way of Life
  80. Why Do You Tar­ry, O Sin­ner?
  81. Why Will You Strug­gle, Dear Bro­ther?
  82. Work for the Mas­ter

Music

  1. Holy Bi­ble, The