The songland of the soul

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie B. Pounds (1861-1921) Born: Au­gust 31, 1861, Hir­am, Ohio (near Cleve­land). Died: March 3, 1921, Hir­am, Ohio. Buried: Fair­view Cem­e­te­ry, Hir­am, Ohio. Jessie Pounds was in poor health as a child, and re­ceived her ear­ly edu­ca­tion at home. At age 15, she be­gan sub­mit­ting ar­ti­cles to Cleve­land news­pa­pers and var­i­ous re­li­gious pub­li­ca­tions. In 1896, she mar­ried Rev­er­end John Pounds, pas­tor of the Cen­tral Christ­ian Church in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. In her ear­ly years, an ed­i­tor com­ment­ed that some of her po­e­try would make good hymn texts. So be­gan her song writ­ing ca­reer. Over her life­time, she wrote 50 li­bret­tos for can­ta­ta… Go to person page >