1855–1934

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Breck was a des­cend­ant of Col­o­nel Ti­mo­thy El­lis, who won dis­tinc­tion in the Bat­tle of Ti­con­der­o­ga in the Am­er­i­can re­vo­lu­tion.

Her fa­mi­ly moved from Ver­mont to Vine­land, New Jer­sey, and she spent most of her life in south­ern New Jer­sey. She mar­ried Frank A. Breck in 1884, and they moved to Or­e­gon be­tween 1910 and 1920. A de­vout Chris­tian, she was de­vot­ed to her hus­band and five daugh­ters.

She had no sense of pitch, and could not car­ry a tune, but she had the gift of po­et­ic rhy­thm, and wrote ov­er 2,000 poems.

She was not par­tic­u­lar­ly ro­bust in health, and had to take fre­quent rests while do­ing chores. At such times, she would sit in her fav­o­rite rock­ing chair, take up a note­book, and write po­et­ry, of­ten with a ba­by on her knee, or play­ing at her feet. Her works in­clude:

• To Com­fort Thee, and Oth­er Vers­es (Port­land, Or­e­gon: Me­tro­pol­i­tan Print­ing, 1927)

• Findagrave, ac­cessed 8 Jan 2018
• Gabriel, pp. 26–29
• Hustad, p. 211
• Loyer, p. 30
• Reynolds, p. 258

1. Above the Sweet­est Songs of Earth
2. All the Boats Are Com­ing Home
3. All the World for Je­sus
4. Always Face the Sun­shine
5. Am I Reap­ing Any Sheaves for the Mas­ter?
6. Amid Life’s Bu­sy, Hur­ry­ing Throng
7. Answer on The Way, The
8. Anywhere He Wants Me
9. Are You Go­ing Away With­out Je­sus To­night?
10. Are You Hun­gry for the Sav­ior?
11. Are You Win­ning Souls?
12. Arise and Shine!
13. Arise, Arise, Arise, Be Not Af­raid
14. Army of Sal­va­tion, Hear the Trum­pet
15. As Oft as My Eyes See the Dawn of the Day
16. At Mo­ther’s Grave
17. Away from the Home That Shel­tered Thy Youth
18. Be a Life­sav­er of Sin­ners
19. Be Loy­al to the Mas­ter
20. Be Strong to Choose the Path­way Good
21. Behold an Is­ra­el­ite In­deed
22. Beyond Our Earth-Born Sor­row
23. Bible Says That God Loved, The
24. Billows of Jor­dan Are Swell­ing, The
25. Blessed Are the Words of the Sav­ior
26. Blessings Ev­ery­where Abound
27. Bring on Your Men to Meet the Foe
28. Build Ye on the Rock Foun­da­tion
29. By the Pow­er of the Cross We Shall Con­quer
30. By This Sign We Con­quer
31. Careless, Ye Take What Life Of­fers
32. Carry God’s Beau­ti­ful Sun­shine
33. Christ Has Loved Thee Faith­ful­ly
34. Christ Is Not Will­ing That Any Should Per­ish
35. Christ Is Vic­tor
36. Close to the Heart of Je­sus
37. Columbia’s Song
38. Come and Join the Hap­py Band
39. Come, Come to the Sav­ior
40. Come Sing Again the Song of Love
41. Come to the Sav­ior, Be­lieve in His Name
42. Come Ye to the Foun­tain
43. Coming—We Are Com­ing!
44. Conquer the World for Je­sus
45. Consecrated Must I Be, for Christ
46. Do You Hear the In­vi­ta­tion?
47. Do You Know a Right­eous Cause
48. Do You Know That Je­sus Loves You?
49. Doing Your Best for Je­sus
50. Earnest Pray­er Will Up­ward Rise
51. Easter Bells Are Ring­ing ov­er All the World
52. Every Pray­er Will Find Its An­swer
53. Everybody May Know
54. Eyes Have Grown Wist­ful
55. Face to Face with Christ, My Sav­ior
56. Far Away from Home and Mo­ther
57. Far, Far from Thee, Lord
58. Fierce Let the Wild Storm Sound
59. Forward!
60. Gideon, with Three Hun­dred Sol­diers
61. Go Forth, for the Cap­tain Is Call­ing
62. Go Forth! ’Tis Je­sus Who Is Call­ing You
63. Go Glad­den the Lone­ly
64. Go, ’Tis the Lord’s Com­mand
65. Go to the Deeps of God’s Pro­mise
66. God Is Speak­ing, Will You Lis­ten?
67. God Ne­ver Is Tired of For­giv­ing
68. God Save the Dear Boys
69. Has Your Heart Ev­er Been Touched?
70. Have You a Voice with Which to Sing?
71. Have You Chos­en the Things of the Lord?
72. Have You Found the Sav­ior Pre­cious?
73. Have You Heard the Great Com­mand?
74. He Did Not Die in Vain
75. He Know­eth My Frame When I’m Wea­ry
76. He That Be­liev­eth on the Son of God
77. Heart of God Abound­ed, The
78. Heart of the Lord Is Yearn­ing, The
79. Help Some­bo­dy To­day
80. Ho Ye, Ev­ery­one That Thirst­eth
81. Hold Up the Cross
82. Hosts of Sin in Strong Ar­ray, The
83. How Can We Help Trust­ing
84. How Free and Bound­less Are Thy Mer­cies
85. How Goes the Bat­tle Where the Fight Is Long?
86. How Great Is the Kin­dness of Je­sus
87. How Great the Love of God to Me
88. How Ma­ny in Hea­ven Re­joic­ing­ly Stand
89. How Much My Dear Sav­ior Has Suf­fered for Me
90. How Sweet That Bi­ble Sto­ry
91. However Far I Go from Home
92. Hundred Dear Sheep in My Ten­der­ness Shared, An
93. I Am Glad That I Know Je­sus Loves Me So Well
94. I Am Sail­ing Afar on the Ocean of Life
95. I Am Saved Through Faith in Je­sus’ Name
96. I Am So Glad for This
97. I Am So Glad My Re­deem­er Came
98. I Am Told That a Sav­ior Doth Love
99. I Am Trust­ing in Je­sus to Save Me
100. I Am Weak, O Lord
101. I Am Work­ing with My Lord
102. I Belong to Je­sus
103. I Can­not Get Bey­ond His Love
104. I Ev­er Must Work for My Sav­ior
105. I Have a Friend Most True
106. I Have an An­chor That Holds Me Safe
107. I Have Found a Great Sal­va­tion
108. I Have Heard Such a Beau­ti­ful Sto­ry
109. I Journey Along Mid the Tri­als of Life
110. I Just Want to Tell You of Je­sus
111. I Know Je­sus Will Not For­get Me
112. I Live un­to Je­sus
113. I Lived in Con­dem­na­tion
114. I Long to Be More Like My Sav­ior
115. I Love to Talk with Thee, My Sav­ior
116. I Need a Lis­ten­ing Time
117. I Re­belled Against My Sav­ior
118. I Sometimes Try to Com­pre­hend
119. I Tell the Old Sto­ry of Je­sus
120. I Want Ev­ery­bo­dy to Know
121. I Want to Make Some­bo­dy Hap­py
122. I Will Cling to the Rock
123. I Would Be a Ga­ther­er
124. If Ev­er My Feet Should Grow Wea­ry
125. If I May but See Him
126. If Thy Path­way Lies in Gloom
127. If You Have Obeyed Our Dear Sav­ior
128. I’ll Count My Bless­ings
129. I’ll Do What I Can for Je­sus
130. I’m Glad That I Have a Good Shep­herd
131. In Gloam or Gleam
132. In Jesus I May Safe­ly Trust
133. In the Dark­ness I Wan­dered Alone
134. In the Day of Sun­light
135. In the Light of the Cross There Is Peace
136. In the Path­way of Life
137. In the War­fare of Life There Are Con­flicts
138. Is Father’s Eye­sight Grow­ing Dim?
139. Is There a Ray of God’s Bright­ness
140. Is There Bless­ing at the Cross?
141. Is There Some Work Wait­ing?
142. Is Thy Heart with Sor­row Smit­ten?
143. Is Your Soul in Touch with Je­sus?
144. It Is Not Fair
145. It Will Not Mat­ter if My Way Be Hard
146. I’ve a Sav­ior So Lov­ing to Sin­ners
147. Jesus Came to Save My Soul
148. Jesus Is Our Bless­ed King
149. Jesus Is Vic­tor
150. Jesus’ Love Is High­er
151. Jesus, Our De­fend­er
152. Jesus Speaks in Times of Sor­row
153. Jesus Will Car­ry Your Bur­dens
154. Keep in Step with Je­sus
155. Keep on Be­liev­ing
156. Keep on Sing­ing, Sing­ing, Bro­ther
157. Keep the Light of Je­sus Shin­ing
158. King of Kings Hath Said, The
159. Launch Out on the Pro­mise
160. Let Me Win Some­one to Je­sus This Year
161. Let Me Work in the Morn­ing
162. Let Our Songs of Glad­ness Swell
163. Let Them That Love Him Be Shin­ing
164. Let Thy Beau­ty, O Lord
165. Let Us Find Some Load
166. Letting Je­sus Love Us, We Obey
167. Life of Love Must Be, The
168. Lifetime Is Work­ing Time
169. Like a Wea­ry, Home­less Dove
170. Live for Him Who Died to Save You
171. Lord, I Am Thine, an Heir of Sal­va­tion
172. Lord, I Take These Earth­ly Em­blems
173. Lord, My Shep­herd, Gent­ly Leads Me On, The
174. Make Him Known
175. Make Your Own Sun­shine
176. Many Walk Where Sha­dows
177. March On, There Is No Time to Lose
178. Marriage Sup­per, The
179. Mother’s Gone, We Say
180. My Bark Is on a Bil­low­ing Sea
181. My Blest Re­deem­er Left Hea­ven One Day
182. My Child­hood Faith Had Been For­got
183. My Days with Sun­shine Shall Be Fraught
184. My Lord Doth Give Me As­sur­ance of Hope
185. My Sav­ior Is with Me, Wher­ev­er I Go
186. My Sins Were Laid up­on Je­sus Christ
187. My Sins Were Ma­ny in Thought and Deed
188. My Soul, Stay Not in Sha­dows
189. Nailed to the Cross
190. Never Give Up Trust­ing
191. No Mat­ter What the Tri­als We May Bear
192. No Mo­ther’s Hand to Lead Me
193. Nobody Told Me of Je­sus
194. Not Hav­ing Seen Him
195. Not Till Sow­ing Days Are Ov­er
196. Now We Come from Far and Near
197. O Bro­ther, Have You Heard the Call?
198. O Christ Is the Way and the Truth and the Life
199. O Come to the Foun­tain Deep and Broad
200. O God of All the Ag­es
201. O Have You Been Told of a Sav­ior Who Came?
202. O How Hap­py I Have Been
203. O How Pre­cious Is the Thought
204. O I Have a Ten­der Shep­herd
205. O Patiently Wait, Sow the Seeds of God’s Truth
206. O Praise the Lord, His Grace Pro­claim
207. O the Grace of God That Could Save My Soul
208. O the Sweet­ness of the Sto­ry
209. O There Is Bless­ed Sun­shine
210. O Wea­ry Hearts, Ye Shall Be Blessed
211. O What a Won­der­ful Sav­ior
212. O What Calm for Loved Ones Sleep­ing
213. O When Thy Feet Are Bruised
214. O Why Are You Halt­ing, My Bro­ther?
215. O Why Have You Wan­dered So Far?
216. O Why Should I Carry My Bur­dens?
217. O Why Should Je­sus Die for Me?
218. O Why Should We Sink?
219. O’er the Dark, Surg­ing Wa­ters
220. O’er the Moon­lit Pas­tures
221. Oh, What Are We Sow­ing?
222. Oh, How Pre­cious the Time
223. Oh, Stand for the Right
224. On the Stead­fast Rock I’m Rest­ing
225. Once I Heard a Song of Sweet­ness
226. Only in the Cross I’ll Glo­ry
227. Only One Way of Sal­va­tion I See
228. Our Land Is Bound­ed By No Sea
229. Our Rock Stands Firm
230. Over Yon­der There Is Rest
231. Peace That Flow­eth, The
232. Peace That Par­doned Sinner Knows, The
233. Praise Our Great Re­deem­er
234. Praise the Lord of Love and Light
235. Preach the Bless­ed Gos­pel
236. Press For­ward, So­ldier of the Lord
237. Pretty Shin­ing Lit­tle Star
238. Prince of Peace, So Low­ly Born, The
239. Rejoice, My Soul, Be Not Cast Down
240. Savior for You, The
241. Savior, I Come in the Deep­est Dis­tress
242. Scatter Seed, Go Forth
243. Search the Scrip­tures
244. Seek the Sav­ior, He Is Call­ing
245. Shadowing Sor­rows to Me May
246. Shall I Cru­ci­fy My Sav­ior?
247. Shall I Tell You How?
248. Should Those Who Once Were Friend­ly
249. Show Your Col­ors While You Jour­ney
250. Sing for Joy, O Sons of Glo­ry
251. Sing Forth Co­lum­bia’s Song
252. Sing Mer­ri­est Songs
253. Sinner, What Will Ye That Je­sus Should Do?
254. Some One Who Knows
255. Somebody Cares for Sin­ners
256. Sometime I Shall Know
257. Sovereign Mer­cy a Sin­ner May Claim
258. Speak as Thy Sav­ior Would Have Thee
259. Steadily On­ward, O Turn Not Aside
260. Step in Any­where
261. Story of Eas­ter Is a Les­son, The
262. Sun Is Shin­ing Some­where, The
263. Take, O Take Your Stand for the Sav­ior
264. Teach Me, Sav­ior, How to Pray
265. Tell the Tid­ings Ev­ery­where
266. Tell Thy Life Sto­ry to Je­sus
267. Tenderest Shep­herd That Ev­er Was Known, The
268. There Are Loved Ones ov­er Yon­der
269. There Is a Light That Shin­eth in Dark­ness
270. There Is No Friend Like Je­sus
271. There Is One Who Long Hath Sought You
272. There Is Res­cue for the Dy­ing
273. There Is Twi­light in the Val­ley
274. There Ne­ver Was An­y­one Like Him
275. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Ci­ty
276. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Val­ley of Peace
277. There’s a Bless­ed Old Book
278. There’s a Day of Glad­ness By and By
279. There’s a Place I Love to Wan­der
280. There’s a Ref­uge in Time of All Trou­ble
281. There’s a Sound of Bat­tle
282. There’s a Won­der­ful Gos­pel
283. There’s An­oth­er to Be Saved
284. There’s Com­fort in the Time
285. There’s Joy in Tell­ing of the Lord
286. There’s Light a Lit­tle Far­ther On
287. There’s No One Like Thee, O My Sav­ior
288. Tho’ We Have a Time of Sor­row
289. Thou Art My Rock, O Bless­ed Re­deem­er
290. Though Far You May Stray
291. Though Migh­ti­est Bil­lows Should ov­er Me Roll
292. Thy Light May Be Need­ed
293. ’Tis a War­fare Bit­ter
294. ’Tis Bless­ed to Have Je­sus with Me
295. ’Tis Com­ing, It Dai­ly Comes Near­er
296. ’Tis Love, ’Tis Love the World So Needs
297. ’Tis Past All Hu­man Know­ing
298. ’Tis the Pro­mise of God
299. To Live a Life That Is Hid
300. To the Res­cue
301. Today I Re­joice in a Sav­ior of Love
302. Today I Re­joice in My Sav­ior
303. Toilsome Way the Burn­ing Des­ert Sand, The
304. Touch of Faith Is the Touch of Pow­er, The
305. Triumph of the Cross Means Sal­va­tion, The
306. Try to Be Like Je­sus
307. Turn, O Turn the Light up­on Us
308. ’Twas a Won­drous Light
309. ’Twas Love That Brought Life un­to Men
310. Valley of Peace, The
311. Was It in Vain?
312. Way of Sal­va­tion Must Lead By the Cross, The
313. We Are Faith­ful Sol­diers of the Cross
314. We Are Hap­py in the Morn­ing
315. We Are March­ing Neath the Ban­ner of the Cross
316. We Are March­ing on with Our Flag Un­furled
317. We Are on the Win­ning Side
318. We Are Trav­el­ers Walk­ing in the Glo­ry of the Lord
319. We Come, with Hap­py Hearts
320. We Will Fol­low Our Guide
321. We Will Set Up the Ban­ner of Love
322. We Would Be Liv­ing Bi­bles
323. We’re a Band of Child­ren
324. What Should I Do if I Had Not a Sav­ior?
325. When Blight­ing and Sor­row Shall
326. When Dark­est Night Sur­rounds You
327. When Far from My Sav­ior I Wan­dered
328. When I Am Press­ing Through Wa­ters
329. When Life’s Cares Are Great
330. When Love Comes Like Sun­shine
331. When Love Shines In
332. When Ma­ry Stood with Weep­ing Eyes
333. When Sun­shine Had Left Me
334. When the Call to Serve the Mas­ter
335. When the Lone­ly Shep­herds Watched
336. When the Lord on Cal­va­ry Bore My Pain
337. When the Sha­dows Are o’er Thee
338. When Tri­al and Doubt Ov­er­take Thee
339. When Ye Are Met By Tow­er­ing Foes
340. When Your Feet Come Down to Jor­dan
341. Whenever I Go the Sav­ior
342. Where Is the King for Whom We Mourn
343. Where’er I Go the Sav­ior Will Go with Me
344. Wherever I Go I Must Al­ways Tell
345. Wherever There Is Sor­row
346. Who Will En­list to Serve?
347. Who Will Help to Save the Lost Ones?
348. Who Will Man the Life Boat?
349. Who Will, May Have Life’s Shin­ing Day
350. Who Will Vol­un­teer for the Ar­my?
351. Wholly on Je­sus Re­ly­ing, My Soul
352. Will You Be One in That Beau­ti­ful Land
353. Will You Come to Christ To­day?
354. Will You Come to the Dear Lov­ing
355. Will You Come to the Sav­ior?
356. Will You Join Our Ranks?
357. Wonderful An­gels in Gar­ments of White
358. Wonderful Boon to Man Is Giv­en, A
359. Wonderful Gos­pel, A
360. Working, Watch­ing, Pray­ing
361. Would You Be a Sol­dier in the Ar­my of the Lord?
362. Would You Dwell?
363. Would You Have a Life of Joy?
364. Would You the Sav­ior Obey?
365. Ye Child­ren of the Heav’n­ly King
366. You Are Not Your Own
367. You Are Stand­ing
368. You Have a Friend Would Bless Your Soul To­day
369. You Have Told Me of Christ
370. You Know of the Won­der­ful Sav­ior
371. You May Look for True Plea­sure in Ma­ny a Place
372. You Mean to Be Saved—But When?
373. You Oft Have Heard the Sweet Sto­ry
374. You Ought to Do Some­thing for Je­sus