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Short Name: Martha Shepard Lippincott
Full Name: Lippincott, Martha, 1867-1949
Birth Year: 1867
Death Year: 1949

Born: March 31, 1867, Moorestown, New Jersey.
Died: August 10, 1949, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lippincott never married. She spent most of her life in Pennsylvania, attending a Friends’ High School and Swarthmore College. Known as the Quaker Poetess, she is said to have written over 4,000 poems and sacred songs. Her works include:

Visions of Life


Texts by Martha Shepard Lippincott (20)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Asleep in Jesus, no more to knowMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English1
Christ has arisen to realmsMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
Go, shepherds, seek the little childMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
Going home to God in heavenMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English3
I cannot, through the mist perceiveMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
Jesus, my Savior, teach me the wayMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English5
Jesus, my Savior, teach me Thy willMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English4
Let your light so shine foreverMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English1
Lord, how I need Thy careMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English1
Mother, only take me backMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
O Father, be our nation's guideMiss Martha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English1
O see Him in GethsemaneM. S. Lippincott (Author)English2
Ring the bells, for years agoMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
Surely, surely, there is safetyMartha S. Lippincott (Author)English2
Take me, guide me, let me beMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
Tell me, tell me, Jesus, LordMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English1
The story will never grow oldMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English2
Though thy steps have erring strayedMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
When the chord of life is brokenMartha S. Lippincott (Author)English2
Ye who are weary and afraidMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)1
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