Jesus is mighty to save

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia N. Morris. Usage Mrs. C. H. Morris. Born: Ap­ril 15, 1862, Penns­ville, Ohio. Died: Ju­ly 23, 1929, Au­burn, New York (at her daugh­ter’s home). Buried: Mc­Con­nels­ville, Ohio. Leila Naylor Morris(1862-1929) As a child, Leila lived in Mal­ta and McCon­nels­ville, Ohio. In 1881, she mar­ried Charles H. Morris. Leila was ac­tive in the Meth­od­ist church, camp meet­ings, and song writ­ing, au­thor­ing more than 1,000 Gospel songs. When her eyes be­gan to fail in 1913, her son built a 28-foot black­board with over­sized staff lines, so she could con­tin­ue com­pos­ing. --hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >