Lo the glorious dawn is breaking

Author: Josie D. Heard

Josephine Della Heard (b 11 Oct. 1861, Salisbury, NC | d 21 Oct. 1924, Philadelphia, PA), daughter of Lafayette Henderson and Annie M. Grainer, showed an early aptitude for writing and music and was schooled in Charlotte, NC, Scotia Seminary, Concord, NC, and Bethany Institute, NY. She thereafter taught schools in Maysville, SC, Orangeburg, SC, and Covington, TN. In 1882, she married Rev. William Henry Heard. Benjamin Tucker Tanner was a friend of the family and an early advocate of her work. Many of her poems were published in Morning Glories (1890). —Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025). Go to person page >