My Anchor Holds

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My fragile bark [barque] on life's rough billow

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Tune: [My fragile barque on life's rough billow]
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman

Anzentia Igene (Angie) Perry Chapman, 1849-1889. Born near Lansing, MI, Angie was the wife of Free Methodist minister, Edwin W. Chapman. They had three children. She helped on his evangelism tours and rural preaching circuits. They worked in Sparta, MI, and helped found the first Free Methodist church in Grand Rapids, MI. She also wrote hymn lyrics. In 1888 they followed an evangelistic tour of Kansas, and them moved to Isabella County, MI. She died in Mt. Pleasant, MI. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line:	My fragile bark [barque] on life's rough billow
Title:	My Anchor Holds
Author:	Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	My anchor holds within the vail
Copyright:	Public Domain