1862–1911

Introduction

Born: 1862, Ken­tuc­ky.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 17, 1911.

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Biography

Flora Kirk­land was born in 1862 in Ken­tucky, be­fore mov­ing to Brook­lyn, New York. Af­ter gra­du­at­ing from school she became a pub­lic school teach­er for the se­venth grade.

She was a mem­ber of Tomp­kins Ave­nue Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, for which she wrote a num­ber of hymns. She was ve­ry active in the Wal­la­bout Bay Miss­ion in that neigh­bor­hood of Brook­lyn.

Brooklyn Stan­dard Un­ion, Jan­ua­ry 16, 1911
Quoted in the Hymnary

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Across the Si­lent Mid­night
  2. Angels Adore Him
  3. Angels Rolled the Stone Away
  4. As Far as the East
  5. At Work and at Play, by Night and by Day
  6. Awake! Awake! Break Forth in Song
  7. Be Loyal to Your Heav’n­ly King
  8. Be True to God
  9. Beyond Earth’s Lat­est Sun­set
  10. Birdies Sing for Je­sus, The
  11. Blessed Je­sus, We Would
  12. Blessed Peace Sur­rounds Me, A
  13. Bright Breaks the Morn
  14. Building, Dai­ly Build­ing
  15. Carol of Re­demp­tion
  16. Cheery Ro­bin Sings, The
  17. Children Ev­ery­where
  18. Children in the Long Ago
  19. Children of the King­dom
  20. Children, the Wide World Ov­er
  21. Christian, Gird You for the Com­ing Day
  22. Clover Blos­soms Sweet, The
  23. Come, Come, Come, and See the Place
  24. Come! Come! Ral­ly ’Neath the Stand­ard
  25. Come, Let Us Sing of the Beau­ti­ful Child
  26. Come, Sit at the Feet of the Mas­ter
  27. Come to Je­sus, Come to Je­sus, He Will Heal
  28. Come with Sing­ing, Praise the Lord To­day
  29. Countless Mer­cies
  30. Crowds Around the Mas­ter Ga­thered
  31. Daisies by the Road­side Gleam
  32. Daisies o’er Mea­dow Smil­ing
  33. Dare to Be Faith­ful to Je­sus
  34. Day of Re­demp­tion
  35. Do the Waves of Trou­ble O’er­whelm­ing
  36. Do You Hear the Ro­bin Sing Mer­ri­ly?
  37. Do You Love Je­sus?
  38. Do Your Ve­ry Best for Je­sus
  39. Down from Above the Call Is Ring­ing
  40. Easter, Joy­ous East­er
  41. Easter Morn­ing Bright­ens o’er Us
  42. Everything for Je­sus
  43. Everywhere Echo Glad Bells
  44. Fair o’er the Hill­side the Ver­dure Is Seen
  45. Fairest Light That Ever Pierced Earth’s Dark­ness, The
  46. Faithful Be in Lit­tle Things
  47. Farther On, What Joys Await Us
  48. Father, Hear Me, Hear Me Now
  49. Father, Make Us Lov­ing
  50. Father, We Have Come To­day
  51. First a Gleam, and Then a Glow­ing
  52. Follow Thou Where Je­sus Lead­eth
  53. For Me, for Me, This Ho­ly Calm
  54. Forward Now, Pass the Word
  55. From the Coun­try of Sor­row and Sin
  56. Glory and Hono­r to God Our Heav’n­ly Fa­ther
  57. Go Forth, Ye Val­iant Sol­diers
  58. Glory and Hon­or
  59. God Is My Re­fuge, My Fort­ress Is He
  60. God the Spi­rit Beareth Wit­ness
  61. God’s Word Is a Light
  62. Hark, o’er the Bil­low the Signal of Dis­tress Sounds
  63. Hark, the Birds and Brook­lets Sing­ing
  64. Hark! the Sound of Sol­diers March­ing
  65. Have You a Song for Je­sus?
  66. He Called a Lit­tle Child
  67. He Is Risen, Hal­le­lu­jah
  68. He Will Gent­ly, Gent­ly Lead Thee
  69. Hear the Brook­let as It Hast­ens
  70. Hear the Gent­le Voice of Je­sus
  71. Hear the Hap­py Bells
  72. How Can I Serve Thee Best?
  73. I Am but a Lit­tle Work­er
  74. I Had Wan­dered Far from My Fa­ther’s House
  75. I Have Come to Tell
  76. I Will Go For­ward!
  77. I Wonder if That Birdie
  78. If He Will That I Shall Travel
  79. In His Name, in His Name
  80. In the Name of the King We Will Take Our Stand
  81. In the Tem­ple, in the Tem­ple
  82. In Thy Foot­steps, Bless­ed Mas­ter
  83. Inner Cir­cle, The
  84. Jesus All the Way
  85. Jesus Is Our Morn­ing Star
  86. Jesus Look­eth on Child­ren
  87. Jesus on Cal­va­ry Died for All
  88. Jesus Only
  89. Knock, and It Shall Be Op­ened
  90. Lay Aside the Works of Dark­ness
  91. Let Me Sing of His Lov­ing Kind­ness
  92. Life Is Not a Cloud­less Jour­ney
  93. Lift Up the Ban­ner!
  94. Light of Hea­ven, The
  95. Light Be­yond All Earth­ly Sun­shine
  96. List the Words of Je­sus
  97. List, to the Brook­let’s Hap­py Song
  98. Little Child­ren, You May Be
  99. Little Feet May Fol­low Je­sus
  100. Little Lord Je­sus, The
  101. Little Ones May Sing Praise
  102. Little Rain­drops
  103. Living for Je­sus Here
  104. Long Ago
  105. Long Ago, Long Ago
  106. Long Ago Within the Tem­ple
  107. Lord Je­sus, Low We Bow
  108. Lord, We Come to Thy House To­day
  109. Lost One, the Sav­ior Calls
  110. Love That Bought Thee
  111. Love That Passeth Knowledge
  112. March On, Ye Legions of the Light!
  113. Music of God’s Word, The
  114. ’Neath the Ban­ner of the King of Glo­ry
  115. O Beautiful Blos­som of Pity!
  116. O Bless­ed Ho­ly Spi­rit, Most Pre­cious
  117. O Bring Your Hearts, an Off­ering
  118. O Child of God, Be Trust­ful
  119. O Come in Child­hood’s Sun­ny Hour
  120. O Con­des­cen­sion Won­der­ful
  121. O Fa­ther, Grant Us Now Thy Bless­ing
  122. O Fol­low in His Foot­steps
  123. O Let the Length and the Breadth
  124. O Lit­tle Town of Na­za­reth
  125. O Praise the Lord for Lovely Summer Time
  126. O That Won­der­ful Hand of Je­sus
  127. O the Length and Breadth and the Depth
  128. O to What Won­drous One­ness
  129. On Christ the Sure Foun­da­tion
  130. Once Again the Bells of East­er
  131. Only One Soul for Je­sus
  132. Our Shep­herd Guides Us as We Go
  133. Out in the Dark­ness, Sha­dowed by Sin
  134. Out of the Reach of Storm
  135. Over All the World To­day
  136. Over and Over Glad Voic­es We Hear
  137. Palace of God’s Per­fect Peace, The
  138. Paschal Lambs in Si­lence Point­ed, The
  139. Patient Neath Thy Hand, Lord
  140. Pilgrims, Tra­vel­ing to Yon Ci­ty
  141. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord
  142. Praise Ye the Lord for His Lov­ing Kind­ness
  143. Rally, Chris­tian Sol­diers
  144. Remember Thy Great Cre­at­or
  145. Rest for the Wea­ry Feet
  146. Ring, Ye Chim­ing Bells
  147. Sabbath Bells Are Ring­ing
  148. Saved to Save Oth­ers
  149. Sealed Was the Tomb
  150. See the East­er Sunlight
  151. See the Light Is Shin­ing!
  152. See the Peo­ple Stand
  153. Shine, Beau­ti­ful Sun
  154. Shining Down
  155. Shining Lit­tle Can­dles
  156. Shining Out of Dark­ness
  157. Shout and Sing!
  158. Sing a Song of Dai­sies
  159. Sing for Je­sus, Lit­tle Child­ren
  160. Sing Out Your Glad­some Ca­rols
  161. Soldiers of the Cross, Arise
  162. Sound the Glad Ca­rols
  163. Star of Ful­fill­ment
  164. Strength for My Weak­ness
  165. Take Thy Need un­to the Fa­ther
  166. Tell Again the Sweet Old Sto­ry
  167. Tell It Out
  168. There Came One Run­ning Ea­ger­ly
  169. There Is a Bless­ed Har­bor
  170. There Is a Day Be­tween the Spring and Sum­mer
  171. There Is a Hope That Nev­er Fades
  172. There Is Rap­ture To­night
  173. There Shin­eth a Gleam of Safe­ty
  174. There’s a Beau­ti­ful Pro­mise of Je­sus
  175. There’s a Pro­mise Hid in the Word of God
  176. There’s a Sac­red Day for Child­ren
  177. There’s a Ves­sel That Sail­eth Ev­er
  178. There’s a Won­der­ful Star
  179. There’s Nev­er a Path­way So Lone­ly
  180. Thou Know­est All About Me
  181. To a Dear and Bless­ed Coun­try
  182. To Grow in the Know­ledge of Je­sus!
  183. Unto Us a Child Is Born
  184. Valley Li­lies
  185. Vessel Pre­pared for His Ser­vice, A
  186. Victory in Tr­ial We May Know
  187. Waking Out of Si­lence
  188. Walking in the Sun­shine of the Sav­ior’s Love
  189. We Are Lit­tle Lights
  190. We Are Lit­tle Ser­vants of the King
  191. We Are Tra­vel­ing Ov­er to the Pro­mised Land
  192. We Come, We Come, God’s Will to Do
  193. We Lift Our Hearts in Joy­ful Praise
  194. We Shall Be Like Him
  195. We Shall Prove That Bless­ed Pro­mise
  196. Weary Soul, in Sor­row Pin­ing
  197. Welcome the Day
  198. Welcome, Wel­come, Fair East­er
  199. When I Lie Down to Sleep at Night
  200. When the Clouds of Trou­ble Ga­ther
  201. Where Shall I Go, Lord?
  202. Whither Art Thou Drift­ing?
  203. Who Will Vol­un­teer?
  204. With Our Ban­ners Wav­ing High
  205. Wondrous Ad­vent, The
  206. Wondrous Love
  207. Work for Je­sus, Lit­tle Ones

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