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Mary D. James

Mary D. James
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Short Name: Mary D. James
Full Name: James, Mary D. (Mary Dagworthy), 1810-1883
Birth Year: 1810
Death Year: 1883

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She strived to live a life as close to Christ as possible. She died in New York City.

John Perry


Texts by Mary D. James (98)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A los pies de Jesucristo Es el sitio aquí mejorMary D. James (Author)Spanish1
All for Jesus, all for Jesus! All my being's ransomed powersMary D. James (Author)English226
All glorious Christ, the world's great needMary D. James (Author)English2
Alles, alles nur für JesumMary D. James (Author)German1
Alles geb' ich hin für JesumMrs. Mary D. James (Author)German3
Allt för Jesus, allt för Jesus!Mary D. James (Author)Swedish2
Almost saved, almost savedMary D. James (Author)English4
Amid the world's tumultsMary D. James (Author)2
And did he hear that little prayerMary D. James (Author)2
Are you drifting down life's currentMary D. James (Author)English10
Behold the rock, the smitten rockMary D. James (Author)English6
Christ Jesus is my anchorage groundMary D. James (Author)English6
Christian, tell me is thy lightMary D. James (Author)3
Come, join our temperance bandMary D. James (Author)English3
Come, thou blessed Holy SpiritMary D. James (Author)English4
Come, weary wanderer, to thy restMary D. James (Author)English3
Count the mercies, count the merciesMary D. James (Author)English2
Crowded is your heart with caresMary D. James (Author)English13
Deep in the mire of sinMary D. James (Author)English2
Descansando en la rocaMary James (Author)Spanish2
都歸耶穌,都歸耶穌 (Dōu guī yēsū, dōu guī yēsū)Mary D. James (Author)Chinese2
என் ஆவி ஆன்மதேகம் (Eṉ āvi āṉmatēkam)Mary D. James (Author)Tamil2
Exhaustless Source of blessingMary D. James (Author)2
Ganz für Jesum, ganz für Jesum!Mary D. James (Author)German1
Geist, Seele, Leib und LebenMary D. James (Author)German1
Gemeinschaft pflegen Herr mit dirMary D. James (Author)German1
Go tell the great Redeemer's loveMary D. James (Author)English5
Good night, we will meet in the morning (James)Mary D. James (Author)English3
Good tidings, good tidings! A Savior is born!Mary D. James (Author)English3
Good tidings, good tidings, ring out, O Christmas bellsMary D. James (Author)English2
Grander than the billowy oceanMary D. James (Author)English3
He is a whole Christ, He is a full SaviorMary D. James (Author)English5
He is not dead, but sleepethMary D. James (Author)2
Herr, hier bring' ich mein allesMary D. James (Author)German2
Ho! ye seekers after pleasureMary D. James (Author)English3
Hold up the gospel bannerMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English3
How prospers thy soul, fellow pilgrimMary D. James (Author)English3
How sweet the sacred rest it bringsMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English6
I am waiting, only waiting (James)Mary D. James (Author)English5
I love to trust in Jesus, my Savior so adoredMary D. James (Author)5
I saw a happy pilgrim, On Zion's shining roadMary D. James (Author)English4
I see the bright effulgent raysMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English4
I'm nearing home, life's wintry blastMary D. James (Author)English8
I'm standing on the mountainMary D. James (Author)English3
In der Felsenkluft geborgenMary D. James (Author)German6
In the rifted rock I'm resting, Safely sheltered I abideMary D. James (Author)English97
In this world of sin and danger, How I need a constant guideMary D. James (Author)English4
Jesus, alles sei Dein EigenMary D. James (Author)German3
Jesus called the little onesMary D. James (Author)2
Jesus calls us, listen, listenMary D. James (Author)English4
Lebensworte, reich an SegenMary D. James (Author)German1
Lo! The ripened grain is wavingMary D. James (Author)English7
Lo, we come to preach glad tidingsMary D. James (Author)English3
Long I struggled climbingMary D. James (Author)1
Long in sin's dark dreary pathMary D. James (Author)2
Loving words the Shepherd saidMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English2
Lovingly the Savior standsMary D. James (Author)English2
Mein Geist, mein Leib und SeeleMary D. James (Author)German1
Mi espíritu, alma y cuerpoMary D. James (Author)Spanish9
'Mid the deep and billowy oceanMary D. James (Author)English3
Min kropp, min själ och andeMary D. James (Author)2
Mon corps, mon coeur, mon ameMary D. James (Author)2
My body, soul and spirit, Jesus, I give to TheeMary D. James (Author)English132
O blessed, glorious hopeMary D. James (Author)English3
O child of the Kingdom in doubt and distressMary D. James (Author)English3
O dies Heil in seiner Fülle!Mary D. James (Author)German2
O dies köstlich Werk der Gnade!Mary D. James (Author)German2
O glorious promises of GodMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English10
O glory to God in the highestMary D. James (Author)2
O how we love the Sunday schoolMary D. James (Author)2
O save our boys, our cherished boysMary D. James (Author)English2
O sing the sweet song of the angelsMary D. James (Author)English2
O this uttermost salvationMary D. James (Author)English53
O to touch the great RedeemerMary D. James (Author)English2
O weary and wandering oneMary D. James (Author)2
O blessed fellowship divineMary D. James (Author)English67
O, dying souls, look up, and seeMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English5
One Jesus for allMary D. James (Author)2
One look at the crucified JesusMary D. James (Author)English3
Our Father said that precious wordMary D. James (Author)2
Our glorious risen LordMary D. James (Author)English2
Out amid the waves of oceanMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English15
Should the summons, quickly flyingMary D. James (Author)English26
So will I comfort theeMary D. James (Author)English6
Sow beside all waters, sowMrs. Mary D James (Author)English3
They are coming with songs, The victorious throngMary D. James (Author)English7
They walked and talked with JesusM. D. James (Author)English3
Under His wings I am hidingMary D. James (Author)English4
Was weinst du, Kind Gottes in Zweifeln und Leid?Mary D. James (Author)German1
Wehrlos und verlassen sehnt sichMary D. James (Author)German4
What bliss ineffable, divineMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English3
When entering the portals of pearlMary D. James (Author)English5
Who can unfold the bliss untoldMary D. James (Author)English5
Whom have I in heaven but Thee, Thee, my light, my life, my blissMary D. James (Author)English2
Why not now? The Spirit's pleadingMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English3
Wondrous words, how rich in blessingMrs. Mary D. James (Author)English9
Yes, more and more it shineth, more and moreMary D. James (Author)English3
Yes, pray and wait, poor, tempted, sorrowing oneMary D. James (Author)English3
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