1836–1898

Introduction

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Born: June 21, 1836, Eden, New York.

Died: June 12, 1898, Rich­mond, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Ce­dar­vale Ce­me­te­ry, So­lon Mills, Il­li­nois.

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Biography

Sanford was the son of Ro­bert Ben­nett and Sal­ly K. Kent, and hus­band of Ger­trude Cro­sby Jo­hon­nott.

His po­et­ry be­gan ap­pear­ing in the Wau­ke­gan, Il­li­nois, Ga­zette in the ear­ly 1850’s, and he at­tend­ed the Wau­ke­gan Aca­de­my and Uni­ver­si­ty of Mi­chi­gan.

He served as su­pe­ri­nten­dent of schools in Rich­mond, Il­li­nois, for two years, then in 1860 moved to Elk­horn, Wis­con­sin, and be­came as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of the Elk­horn In­de­pen­dent.

In the Am­eri­can civil war, Ben­nett served in the 40th Wis­con­sin Vol­un­teers.

Upon re­turn to Elk­horn, he ran a drug­store and stu­died me­di­cine. Gra­du­at­ing from Rush Me­di­cal Col­lege in 1874, he worked as a doc­tor for ov­er two de­cades.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Above the Stars Is Rest
  2. Be Thou My Guide, I Can­not Clear­ly See
  3. Bethlehem
  4. Birds Sing Prais­es, The
  5. Blessed An­gel Bands Are Watch­ing
  6. Care for Us Lit­tle Ones
  7. Care for Us, Sav­ior
  8. Child Amid the Sun­shine
  9. Children, Do You Love the Sav­ior?
  10. Christ’s Lit­tle Lambs
  11. Christ­mas Morn­ing
  12. Come Away from the World and Its Care
  13. Come, Ho­ly Spir­it
  14. Consolation
  15. Draw Near, O Com­fort­er
  16. Evening Pray­er
  17. Feed Us with the Bread of Hea­ven
  18. Following Christ
  19. Gather Gent­ly Round the Bier
  20. Gentleness
  21. God Loves the Child­ren
  22. Gone, but Not Lost
  23. Hail, Gra­cious Morn
  24. Happy Land
  25. Have You Heard the Sweet Sto­ry?
  26. He Loves Me, Too
  27. Help Me to Pray
  28. His Lead­ing Hand
  29. How Pre­cious the Bi­ble
  30. How Sweet to Sing Thy Praise
  31. I Am Com­ing to Je­sus for Rest
  32. I Love My Pre­cious Sav­ior
  33. I Stand on Me­mo­ry’s Gold­en Shore
  34. I Was Hung­ry and Lame
  35. I Will Be Good
  36. I Would Learn of Je­sus
  37. I’m Not Ashamed of Je­sus
  38. In the Sweet By and By
  39. Incense of Pray­er
  40. Jesus’ Heart Is Full of Mer­cy
  41. Jesus Is My Sav­ior
  42. Keep Your Light Burn­ing
  43. Lead Me, Sav­ior
  44. Lead the Lit­tle Ones to Je­sus
  45. Life Is Fleet­ing
  46. Live for the Right
  47. Morning
  48. National Hymn
  49. Never Tell a Lie
  50. O Give Me a Place in the Man­sions Above
  51. Old Glo­ry
  52. On Jor­dan’s Strand We’re Wait­ing
  53. On the Fur­ther Shore
  54. Our Fa­ther in Hea­ven Has Made
  55. Over in the Glo­ry Land
  56. Remember Thy Cre­at­or
  57. Return
  58. Sabbath Morn Breaks o’er the Hills, The
  59. Sabbath Morn­ing
  60. Show Me the Way
  61. Sit Down by My Side as of Old
  62. Softly Breaks the Light of Morn­ing
  63. Song of the Beau­ti­ful Land, A
  64. Song of the Sav­ior
  65. Stand by the Sab­bath School
  66. Supplication
  67. Sweet Is the Rest That Waits
  68. Sweetly Ring the Sab­bath Bells
  69. Thank God for the Beau­ti­ful
  70. Thank God for the Sun­shine
  71. There Is Rest in Je­sus
  72. There Shall Dawn a Glo­ri­ous Morn­ing
  73. ’Tis Best to Do Right
  74. To God Be­long the Child­ren
  75. Trust God
  76. Trust Him, O, Trust in the Sav­ior
  77. We Are but Young
  78. We Shall Meet By and By
  79. We Shall Sing the Songs of Hea­ven
  80. We Shall Wear the Crown
  81. We Sing the Song of Je­sus
  82. Weary Not in Do­ing Good
  83. We’ve a Home Up Yon­der
  84. When the Morn­ing Sky Is Glow­ing
  85. When Will the Sweet To­mor­row
  86. Why Sing the Birds So Mer­ri­ly?
  87. With Hum­ble, Hap­py Heart
  88. Work Away