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Mary E. Leslie

Short Name: Mary E. Leslie
Full Name: Leslie, Mary Eliza, 1831-
Birth Year: 1831

Leslie, Mary Eliza, is daughter of Andrew Leslie, for many years Baptist missionary in Calcutta, was born at Monghyr, Jan. 13, 1831, became a member of her father's church, and having received a superior education, was for eight years Superintendent of an Institution for the education of Hindoo young ladies. Since 1877 Miss Leslie has been engaged in various kinds of philanthropic work in Calcutta. Her publications include:—
(1) Ina and Other Poems, 1852. (2) Sorrows and Aspirations, 1858. (3) Heart Echoes from the East; or Sacred Lyrics and Sonnets (London, Nisbet, 1861). (4) The Dawn of Light; a Story for Hindoo Women, 1867. (5) Eastern Blossoms; a Story for native Christian Women, 1875. (6) A Child of the Day, 1882.
In the Heart Echoes from the East is a lyric beginning "They are gathering homeward from every land (Death contemplated), which has been exceedingly popular, and has been reprinted in many forms. It is in W. R. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880. Several of Miss Leslie's lyrics and sonnets are very good, and worthy of the attention of hymn-book compilers. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


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