Meyer taught high school in Bran­don, Ver­mont, and in a school for freed­men at Greens­bo­ro, North Car­o­lina. She then be­came prin­ci­pal of the Troy (Meth­od­ist) Con­fer­ence Acad­e­my in Poult­ney, Ver­mont, and a chem­is­try pro­fess­or at Mc­Ken­dree Coll­ege, Il­li­nois. In 1885, she mar­ried Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter Jo­si­ah S. Mey­er. They opened the Chi­ca­go Train­ing School for Ci­ty, Home and For­eign Mis­sions, where she was prin­ci­pal (1885-1917). This school was one of the pro­gen­i­tors of the Gar­rett-Evan­gel­ic­al The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary. In 1886, she found­ed the Mes­sage per­i­od­ic­al (lat­er re­named the Dea­con­ess Ad­vo­cate), ed­it­ing it un­til 1914. In 1908, she formed the Meth­od­ist Dea­con­ess As­so­ci­a­tion. Her works in­clude:

• Deaconesses: Bib­li­cal, Ear­ly Church, Eur­o­pe­an, Amer­ic­an, 1889
• Everybody’s Gos­pel Songs (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Chi­ca­go Train­ing School of Miss­ions)
• Mary North; a No­vel (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, cir­ca 1903)

1. Beautiful Morn­ing
2. He Was Not Will­ing
3. Give All You Can
4. Ho, Ev­ery One That Is Thirsty
5. I Will Fol­low Je­sus
6. I Will Obey
7. Speak Just a Word
8. We Are Child­ren of a King

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