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Mrs. A. L. Davison

Mrs. A. L. Davison
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Short Name: Mrs. A. L. Davison
Full Name: Davison, A. L., Mrs.
Birth Year: 1851
Death Year: 1887

Fannie Estelle Davison
Born: 1851, Cuy­a­ho­ga Falls, Ohio.
Died: March 10, 1887, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.
Buried: Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri.

Fannie’s fa­ther was killed when she was 10 years old; af­ter her mo­ther’s re­mar­ri­age to ho­tel­i­er Hen­ry War­ner, the fam­i­ly moved to Carth­age, Mis­sou­ri. Fan­nie mar­ried court re­port­er Asa Lee Da­vis­on and they moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, then Ma­di­son, Wis­con­sin. Sev­er­al of her songs ap­peared in pub­li­ca­tions from the Fill­more Bro­thers of Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, in­clud­ing Songs of Gra­ti­tude (1877), Joy and Glad­ness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882).

Lyrics--
Last Words, The
Purer in Heart, O God

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Texts by Mrs. A. L. Davison (110)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A golden glory wraps thee roundMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
Ah who is this so glory crownedMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Alas that we must partMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
All golden and ripe is the harvestFannie E. Davison (Author)1
All the beauties of the eart are to fade by and byFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Beautiful flag of the brave and freeMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English3
Behold the lilies of the field, No toiling do they knowFannie E. Davison (Author)English5
Beneath the stars in slumber deepFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Beyond the silent valeFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Cease your waiting, stand not idleFannie E. Davison (Author)English3
Christmas is come, the hills are all whiteMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
Close by my side, O tender loveFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Come sing with happy voicesMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Day by day, my Lord and SaviorMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English4
Fair and bright the morningFannie E. Davison (Author)English3
Gladly sing, gladly sing, Happy hearts hither bringFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Go early to thy labor fieldMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Go forth and sow the seedsMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
God, who the universe doth holdFannie E. Davison (Author)0
Guard your lips with thought unceasingFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Hail, dear friends and schoolmatesMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
Happen to you what there willFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Happy is the man that givethMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Have you heard of the wonderful land?Mrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Have you heard the wondrous songFannie E. Davison (Author)1
He beareth the lambs in His bosomFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Hear the happy children singMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Hearken, hearken, every nationMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
High over the hills of dutyFannie E. Davison (Author)English4
How beautiful Thy work, O GodMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
How blessed are the pure in heartFannie E. Davison (Author)English3
How blessed is the day of restFannie E. Davison (Author)English3
How fair are the walls of that city of lightFannie E. Davison (Author)English4
How much my Lord has done for meMrs. A. L. D. (Author)English1
I bring my heart, O Lord, to theeMrs.A. L. Davison (Author)1
I have heard of the joy of the soul's sweet homeMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English6
I heard a joyful cry through all the mourning landFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
I know not where the pathway liesMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
In the darkness of the midnightFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
It doth not yet appear what we shall be, The light is faint, and we can only seeMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Jesus always loved the childrenFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Jesus loves the children With a tender careMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
Lay thou not up thy treasureFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Speak with kindness, loving tenderMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English4
Lo, the Savior invites thee todayFannie E. Davison (Author)2
Lord, I believe thy word is true!Fannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Mais puro quero ser, ó meu SenhorFannie Estelle Davison (Author)Portuguese2
My Savior, thou who once on earthFannie E. Davison (Author)English4
Narrow is the way, sometimesFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Near, so near I see the goldenFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Not yet thy rest timeFannie E. Davison (Author)1
O birdie, singing on the bough Through all the summer dayMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English3
O dark is the wearisomeFannie E. Davison (Author)1
O hark, and hear the songFannie E. Davison (Author)1
O hark, to the sound of strifeFannie E. Davison (Author)1
O Man of sorrows, mortal griefFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
O Savior, loving, holyMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)2
O Savior, most holyFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
O the morning has dawned all so brightlyMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
O wanderer in earthly waysMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
O what can I do for my Lord (Davison)Fannie E. Davison (Author)1
Over heavenly plains the golden chimesMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English9
Over Juda's hills a star aroseMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
O what kind of seed are we sowingMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
On the holy hill of ZionMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Onward, onward, onward, hear the anthem rollMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
Out in the desert waysFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Out through all our great ColumbiaMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
Pilgrim with thine eyes upliftedFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Purer in heart, O God, Help me to beMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English130
Red is wineFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Ripple on; O laughing riverMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Save my soul which thou didst cherishFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Schaffe in mir, o Gott, ein reines Herze, dass ich an dir nur hang'Mrs. A. L. Davison (Author)German1
Sing, gladly, sweetly singFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Snow white hands are claspedMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)1
So near, my Lord, to TheeMrs. A. L. D. (Author)English1
Some day, some day, I know not whenFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Sometimes softly over my soulFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
Somewhere beyond the visionFannie E. Davison (Author)English3
Somewhere, I know, for me Not yet in sightMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Such a little thing we thought itFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Tenderly, softly, sing we of HeavenMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
The Lord is risen, through the gloomMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English6
The love of Christ constraineth us, O Savior, ever mildMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
The sun is on the harvest fieldFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
The world's a field of battleMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English3
There is a hope whose gloryMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
There is light from heaven's portalsFannie E. Davison (Author)2
Thou who comfortless hath weptMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
Thou who sittest on the throneMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
Thou who watchest wearilyFannie E. Davison (Author)English2
Through the years of the earthFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Two angels watch beside me, whichever may I goMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English7
Upon the great highway [highways] thou standest wearyMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English18
Watchman on the mountain standingMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English2
We are journeying to heaven, to the home our Lord has givenMrs. A. L. D. (Author)English4
We are waiting, watchingMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)2
We need not walk in darknessMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
What can I do for Thee, My childish hands are weakMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English1
What wilt thou bid us to do?Fannie E. Davison (Author)English1
When doubt and fear ariseFannie E. Davison (Author)1
When o'er thy path have the dark cloudsFannie E. Davison (Author)3
When the silence and shadow of darkness are spreadFannie E. Davison (Author)English1
When winter snows fall fastFannie E. Davison (Author)1
Whence comes this countless host with banners floating fairMrs. A. L. D. (Author)English3
Wherever our path may leadFannie E. Davison (Author)English4
Why stand the people silent hereMrs. A. L. D. (Author)English1
Within his gates what blessings waitMrs. A. L. Davison (Author)English3
Would I were like himFannie E. Davison (Author)1
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