1851–1920

Introduction

Born: Oc­tober 12, 1851, Penn­syl­vania.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 14, 1920, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Fern­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Lans­downe, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Lavinia was the daugh­ter of Will­iam Brauff and Paul­ine Ve­ra.

Blinded by a se­vere ill­ness in in­fan­cy, she was edu­cat­ed at the School for the Blind in Phi­la­del­phia.

She pub­lished her first hymn in 1894.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Our Songs of Grate­ful Praise
  2. All Things Awake
  3. As a Shep­herd Seeks His Flock
  4. As We March Be­neath His Ban­ner
  5. That Bless­èd East­er Day
  6. Christ Was Once a Lit­tle Ba­by
  7. Easter Morn Is Break­ing
  8. Farewell, Christ­mas Morn
  9. Field Is White with Rip­ened Grain, The
  10. For Me the Bread of Life Was Brok­en
  11. God’s Word Is a Bright and Shin­ing Light
  12. Hearts Grow Firm and Strong
  13. I Am Simp­ly Trusting in My Sav­ior
  14. I Am the Ten­der Shep­herd
  15. I Have a Bless­ed Sav­ior
  16. I Have a Friend in Je­sus
  17. I Have Nev­er Found a Friend Like Je­sus
  18. I Was Once a Wea­ry Pil­grim
  19. Jesus Died for You and Me
  20. Jesus Is Plead­ing with the Sin­ful Soul
  21. Jesus Will Come in and Sup
  22. Let Ev­ery Heart Re­joice and Sing the Song
  23. Let Ev­ery Thank­ful Heart Re­joice
  24. Light of Truth Is Burn­ing, The
  25. Little Lord Je­sus, The
  26. Lord, Our Dear King, The
  27. Lord, We Know That Thou Wilt Hear Us
  28. Love of God Is Bound­less, The
  29. Morning Bright, The
  30. My Heart Is Fixed on Je­sus
  31. My Pre­sence Shall Go with Thee
  32. Our Hearts Are Filled with Glad­ness
  33. Our Song Is One of Lov­ing Praise
  34. Our Way Grows Bright with a Ho­ly Light
  35. Over the Ri­ver of Death
  36. O Lamb of God, Reveal Thy Ho­ly Spi­rit’s Pow­er
  37. O the Bless­ed­ness of Know­ing
  38. Pearly Dew Drops Glist­en
  39. Praise the Lord for All His Good­ness
  40. Put on the Ar­mor of the Lord
  41. Rejoice in Christ Your Sav­ior
  42. Songs We Sing in Our Sab­bath Home, The
  43. Study of God’s Word, The
  44. Thanks Be to God for the Clear Morn­ing Light
  45. That Bless­èd East­er Day
  46. There Is a Home Among the Blest
  47. There Is a Land of Per­fect Peace
  48. They Tell Me All the Ros­es
  49. Trust in Je­sus all the Way
  50. We Are Child­ren of a Sav­ior
  51. We Are March­ing On­ward
  52. We Are March­ing to the Hea­ven­ly Land
  53. We Know That Je­sus Loves to Hear
  54. We May Sing of Sun­lit Mea­dows
  55. With Joy­ful Songs and Hap­py Cheer
  56. World Was Hushed in a Dream­less Sleep, The

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Brauff (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),