1864–?
Hattie Pierson, Harriett H. Pierson

Introduction

Born: March 1864, Ca­naan, New York.

Died: Af­ter 1939 (the 1940 cen­sus shows her in Hud­son, New York).

Buried: Hunt­ing­ton Rur­al Ce­me­te­ry, Hunt­ing­ton, New York.

Biography

Hattie was the daugh­ter of Ho­mer C. and Ma­ry E. Pier­son.

She seems to have been a pri­ma­ry school teach­er.

Works

She pro­duced poe­ms, plays, and se­cu­lar songs. Her hymns be­gan ap­pear­ing in 1905.

Her works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Is For­giv­en
  2. All the Way Home
  3. Beautiful Threads of Gold
  4. Bible That Mo­ther Gave Me, The
  5. Blessed Old Book, The
  6. Bugle Call, The
  7. Christ the Light
  8. Christ’s Ban­ner of Love
  9. Christian’s Hope, The
  10. Closely Around Us on Ev­ery Side
  11. Come at the Sav­ior’s Call
  12. Do Not Be Dis­cour­aged
  13. Draw Me Clos­er, Lord
  14. Far from My Home I’ve Wan­dered
  15. Forward in the Name of Je­sus
  16. From the Ho­ly Ci­ty’s Gate­way
  17. Give Je­sus the Best
  18. Glory!
  19. Go Forth in Shin­ing Ar­mor
  20. Go Forth with Ban­ners
  21. Hand That Was Nailed to the Cross, The
  22. He Al­ways An­swers Pray­er
  23. He Is Car­ing for Me
  24. He Is Knock­ing
  25. He Mak­eth All Things New
  26. Hear the Call to Ser­vice
  27. Hear Ye the Voice of the Mas­ter Call
  28. Heavenly Home, The
  29. Heavenly Land, The
  30. Heavy Clouds Ob­scure the Sky, The
  31. Hope for All
  32. I Trust My Life, O, Lord, to Thee
  33. I Was Pray­ing for the Peace
  34. I Will Com­fort You
  35. Jesus Christ, Our King
  36. King of Kings, The
  37. Life for Ev­er­more
  38. Lift Up the Cross
  39. Lift Up Your Heads!
  40. Lift Your Neigh­bor’s Bur­den
  41. Light of the Morn­ing Land, The
  42. Listen to the Won­drous Sto­ry
  43. Little Stars
  44. Lo! A Stran­ger at the Por­tal Stands
  45. Love Is the Great­est of All
  46. Marching On to Vic­to­ry
  47. My Fa­ther Planned It All
  48. My Heart Re­calls the Days of Yore
  49. No More I Fear the Long­est Night
  50. No Sha­dows Yon­der
  51. O Pre­cious Seal of Love!
  52. O Tell the Love of Je­sus
  53. O ’Twas Love
  54. On My Will­ing Lips Is a Hymn
  55. One Life Re­claimed
  56. One Soul Re­deemed
  57. Onward, Up­ward!
  58. Open Gates, The
  59. Open Wide Thy Heart
  60. Our Lord and King
  61. Out in the Dark­ness and Gloom of Night
  62. Praise to His Name
  63. Send Me a Mes­sage from Hea­ven
  64. Shall We Ga­ther at Home?
  65. Slowly the Web of Life Un­rolls
  66. Song of Cheer, A
  67. Sweetest Song, The
  68. Tell Him All
  69. Tempests of Life, the
  70. There’s a Shout in My Heart
  71. They Shall Mount Up with Wings
  72. Thy Way Is Best
  73. Triumph Song, The
  74. Victor’s Crown, The
  75. We Are Lights for Je­sus
  76. We Are March­ing On­ward
  77. When the Sha­dows Are Clos­ing In
  78. Where the Sav­ior Leads
  79. Wondrous Sto­ry, The

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