March 16, 1820, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

No­vem­ber 25, 1905, Chel­sea, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Wood­lawn Cem­e­te­ry, Re­vere, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Kidder was blind­ed as a teen­ag­er, but for­tu­nate­ly for hymn lov­ers, had her sight re­stored af­ter a few years. She be­longed to the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, and lived 46 years in New York Ci­ty.

• Julian, p. 1575
• Sankey, p. 344

1. Above the Waves of Earth­ly Strife
2. Christ Is Born To­day
3. Did You Think to Pray?
4. Is My Name Writ­ten There?
5. Open the Door for the Child­ren
6. Thine Eye Can See
7. We Shall Sleep, but Not For­ev­er