Are You Drifting?

Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

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First Line: Are you drifting down life's current
Title: Are You Drifting?
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Hark the voice of yonder pilot
Copyright: Public Domain

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Celestial Songs #592

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Our Sabbath Home Praise Book #106

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Prohibition Melodist #4

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 2 #174

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Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 #14

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Temple Songs #40

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Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s40

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The Bow of Promise #142

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