A Selection of Sacred Songs #120
Display Title: Sparkling and Bright First Line: Sparkling and bright in its liquid light Author: Mrs. Dana Date: 1842
A Selection of Sacred Songs #120
Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are… Go to person page >| First Line: | Sparkling and bright in its liquid light |
| Title: | Sparkling and Bright |
| Author: | Mary Dana Shindler |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | O then resign your ruby wine |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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