Daughter of John Les­lie, Bi­shop of El­phin and Kil­more, Em­ma mar­ried Rev. Ni­cho­las Toke, God­ing­ton Park, Ash­ford, Kent, in 1837. Her ear­ly hymns were writ­ten in 1851, at the re­quest of a friend who was col­lect­ing for the Com­mit­tee of the [So­ci­e­ty for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge]. She con­trib­ut­ed ano­ther ser­ies of hymns to the Sun­day School Li­tur­gy…and Hymn Book, ar­ranged by the Rev. R. Judd, B.A., In­cum­bent of St. Ma­ry’s, Hal­i­fax (Hal­i­fax: F. King, 1870).

• Julian, pp. 1181, 1715. Note: Ju­li­an’s first ed­i­tion Toke’s year of death as 1872; the se­cond edi­tion cor­rects it to 1878.

1. Glory to Thee, O Lord
2. Jesu! by Whose Al­migh­ty Grace
3. Joyful Day at Last Is Come, The
4. Lord God, the Strength and Stay of All
5. Lord of All Pow­er and Might
6. Lord of Light and Life
7. Lord, of Thy Mer­cy, Hear Our Cry
8. O Fa­ther, Whom in Truth to Know
9. O God of Com­fort, Thou Alone
10. O God of Mer­cy, Chill and Dark
11. O God, the Strength and Stay of All
12. O God, up­on This Sol­emn Day
13. O Lord, in All Our Tri­als Here
14. O Lord, Thou Know­est All the Snares
15. O Thou, to Whose All See­ing Eye
16. O Thou, Who Didst Through Hea­vens
17. O Thou, Who Didst with Love Un­told
18. This Is the Day When Je­sus Christ
19. Thou Art Gone Up on High
20. Upon This Sad and Sol­emn Day
21. We Bless Thee, Lord, for That Clear Light