Kidder, M. A. (Mary Ann), 1820-1905 Texts

Mary Ann Pepper Kidder, 1820-1905

Born: March 16, 1820, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.
Died: No­vem­ber 25, 1905, Chel­sea, Mass­a­chu­setts.
Buried: Wood­lawn Cem­e­te­ry, Re­vere, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Kidder was blind­ed as a teen­ag­er, but for­tu­nate­ly for hymn lov­ers, had her sight re­stored af­ter a few years. She be­longed to the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, and lived 46 years in New York Ci­ty.

Lyrics--
Above the Waves of Earth­ly Strife
Christ Is Born To­day
Did You Think to Pray?
Is My Name Writ­ten There?
Open the Door for the Child­ren
Thine Eye Can See
We Shall Sleep, but Not For­ev­er

--hymntime.com/tch
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Kidder, Mary Ann, née Pepper, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, March 16, 1820, is the author of "Lord, I care not for riches" (Name in the Book of Life desired), and "We shall sleep, but not for ever" (Hope of the Resurrection), both of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by Mary Ann KidderAs
A radiant shore of light and loveMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Above the waves of earthly strifeMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Although 'tis many years since temperance work begunMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Am I a lover of the LordMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Are you weary, heavy ladenMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Be kind to thy pastor - for many long yearsMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Bear the news to every nationMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Beautiful Eden, refuge of peaceMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Beautiful spirit of faithMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Before I strive to save poor soulsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Bethlehem star, sweet gem of lightMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Blessed Lord, thy invitationMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Blow, ye golden trumpets, blowMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Brethren, let us work for JesusMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Bright is the joy of the girl or boyMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Cherish kindly feelings, childrenMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Children, blest with every comfortMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Come, come, come to the fount clear and sweetMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Come each with happy heartMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Courage, courage, brothers, courageMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Crowned with light in a home of gloryMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Dark is my skyMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Dear Savior, all I think and [or] do Thine eye can seeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Don't be idle, little childrenMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Don't drink it, Tom, don't drink itMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Don't forget to do good! like the stream to the seaMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Don't forget to read the BibleMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Ej mig jorden foerMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Ere you left your room this morningMary A. Kidder (Author)
Every day I am nearer Canaan's shoreMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Far away beyond the shadowsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
"Fear not, little flock," says the Savior divineMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
For many years we've waitedMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Forward shall be our watchwordMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Glory in the highest, gloryMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Go to Sunday school--Children do, children doMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Good news and glad tidingsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Gud, jag fraagar ej efterMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Hail, hail, hail, hail! blessed Sabbath hail!Mrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Hail to this our festal greetingMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Happy and gay, I will hasten awayMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Happy, happy festal day [eve]Mary Ann Kidder (Author)
Hark, and hear them singingMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Have you paid, or care, or sorrowMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Heavenly land! beautiful land! Mrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Herr, nicht fleh' ich um ReichtumMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Holy and bright in the sweet sunlightMary Ann Kidder (Author)
How I long to be there, where my spirit may restMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
How sweet 'tis to think; when this life fades awayMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
How sweet will be the welcome homeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I am bought not with richesMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I dreamed a dream of heavenMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I have a home upon the earthMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I hear not a footstepMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I look in vain for lightMary Ann Kidder (Author)
I met a poor wand'rer todayMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
I'll labor for the SaviorMary Ann Kidder (Author)
In the church of the LordMary Ann Kidder (Author)
In the highways, or the hedgesMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Is it well with your soul today, brotherMary Ann Kidder (Author)
It should ever be our ruleMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
I've wandered all day in the pitless stormMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Jesus, help me day by dayMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Jesus, I come to the fountMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Jesus, I turn to theeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Jesus my Saviour, oh! keep me and guide me!M. A. Kidder (Author)
Jesus wants a messengerMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Joy, joy, joy today, Joy, joy, joy today, We are marching onMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Lambs of the SaviorMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Leave me with Jesus, I ask for no otherMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Let the children rejoice in Christ their KingMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Let us sing with joyMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Long my spirit pined in sorrowMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Look on me, Savior mineMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Lord, I care not for riches, neither silver nor goldMary A. Kidder, 1820-1905 (Author)
Make us faithful, blessed SaviorMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Many sleep, but not foreverMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Mich verlangt nicht nach Sch'tzenMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Mother, watch the little feetMary Ann Kidder (Author)
No matter what temptationsMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Now, Uncle Sam, though well preparedMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O, blessed bond that makes us oneMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
O Father, behold thy wondering childMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O give the drunkard freedomMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O happy, happy tidingsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O how I love the SabbathMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O, how my spirit longs for theeMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
O Jesus, precious, bleeding LambMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O Jesus, we praise theeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O leave the crowded ranks of sinMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O let me sing the blessed songMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O touch not the wine cup, dear brotherMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O we love our faithful pastorMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O where are your hearts so lightMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O where do you journey my brotherMary Ann Kidder (Author)
O who is my neighbor pray tell meMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Of all the sweet and holy sounds on God's fair day of restMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Oh, have you seen the King of kingsMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Oh! I'm a happy blue birdMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Oh! let not your hearts be troubledMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
On the sweet Eden shore so peaceful and brightMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
On this beautiful Sabbath day, brotherMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Only just across the river, over on the other sideMary Ann Kidder (Author)
"Only this time," is the drunkard's cryMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Open the door for the childrenMary A. Kidder (Author (attr.))
Our glorious flag, it floats on highMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Pressing onward looking upwardMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Rain down righteousness O JesusMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Read, for the Bible's cheerful pageMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Savior, keep me near Thy sideMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Savior, walk Thou still beside usMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Savior, we wait for TheeMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Say, earthly pilgrim, why delayMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Seek the face and favorMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Shall we meet no more to partMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Shepherd, we stray, Show us the wayM. A. Kidder (Author)
Songs of praise to Thee, my SaviourMary A. Kidder (Author)
Soon, oh! soon, I am going overM. A. K. (Author)
Speed away! speed away! happy soul of the blestMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Strains of music often greet meMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Strength for today is our only [all that we] needMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Strength for today, that the weary heartsMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Strike! O, strike for vict'ry, Soldiers of the Lord,Mary Ann Kidder (Author)
Sweet is the Savior's voiceMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Sweet salvation runneth freeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Sweetly dawns the Sabbath morningMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Tell me, sun, in the clear blue skyMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Tell me, watchman on the steepMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
The angels are coming upon their sweet missionMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The dewy, dewy rose of SharonMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
The kingdom of Jesus is threaten'd we knowMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
The lambs of the flockMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The Lord, our God, is KingMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The pleasures of the angel bandMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The Sabbath bell so gayly breaksMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The sun rose clear on Sabbath mornMary Ann Kidder (Author)
The sweet spring time is hereMary Ann Kidder (Author)
There is a home in gloryMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
There is a land, a peaceful landMary Ann Kidder (Author)
There is a land of loveMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
There is many a rest in [on] the road of lifeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Though I'm but a little maidenMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Though the pathway is roughMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Though we sleep, 'tis not foreverMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Thoughtless sinner, while you stayMary Ann Kidder (Author)
'Tis better to seek JesusMary Ann Kidder (Author)
'Tis sweet with true and earnest willMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Vi skal sove, dog ej evigtMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Wanderers from God and from mercy we strayMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We are coming, blessed Savior, We hearMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We are marching on to gloryMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We are on our way to Zion's holy hillMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We have heard the callMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We love the shining starsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We may sleep, but not foreverMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We shall sleep, but not foreverMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
We soon shall be over the riverMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We'll proclaim it from the mountainsMary Ann Kidder (Author)
We've listed in a holy warMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
When I draw near thy pearly gateMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When I think of Jesus' love, Jesus, blessed JesusMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When I'm dreaming, sadly dreamingMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
When light comes o'er the plainMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When my sins before me lieMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When rosey morning dawnethMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When sorrows brood above meMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When the heart is bowed in anguishMary Ann Kidder (Author)
When the rosy morning dawnethMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
When the scenes of earth have fadedM. A. Kidder (Author)
When the way looks dark and drearMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
When we go up from JordanMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Whether joys possess the soulMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
While we're singing, while we're singingMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Why despond, tho' trials comeMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)
Why, my laddie, to my questionMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Why should I covet richesMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Why should we love the waysMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Wonderful cross by faith I seeMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Would you know where the birds sing sweetestMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Ye who know the Lord of gloryMary Ann Kidder (Author)
Yonder the flow'rs immortal growMrs. M. A. Kidder (Author)