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Jennie Evelyn Hussey

Jennie Evelyn Hussey
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Short Name: Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Full Name: Hussey, Jennie Evelyn, 1874-1958
Birth Year: 1874
Death Year: 1958

Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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Texts by Jennie Evelyn Hussey (56)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Blessed thought, that when our earthly toils are overJennie E. Hussey (Author)English2
Consider now, said He, all the lilies of the fieldJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
For the blessings all unnumberedJennie E. Hussey (Author)English3
Had you dwelt in Bethlehem cityJennie E. Hussey (Author)English4
Has a message come to you from the kingJennie E. Hussey (Author)1
Has your life been burdened with a weight of careJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
Have you heard the master sayingJennie E. Hussey (Author)English2
He is crowned with glory and honorJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)1
He that is victor in the daily struggleJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
I am but a penny, but I'll add my miteJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
I longed for peace and rest and joyJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
I never knew how beautiful This earth below could beJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
I stood [all] alone at the bar of GodJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English3
I stood beside the crimson tideJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
I think that among the most preciousJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English2
In lowly and hidden placesJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
In our days of care and sorrowJennie E. Hussey (Author)1
In this busy earthly kingdom there is work for all to doJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
Is Jesus grieved when the heart of sinJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
I've a very precious blessing in my soul todayJennie E. Hussey (Author)English6
King of my life, I crown Thee nowJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English145
Lest I forget Gethsemane (Chorus)Jennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
Long ago 'twas told in story of the children of our GodJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
Long with sin my heart was burdenedJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)1
Longing for help and healingJennie E. Hussey (Author)English2
Love is a beautiful storyJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
O child of the King, a message I bringJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
O it is sweet to be serving todayJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)1
O Lord, keep watch between usJennie E. Hussey (Author)English2
O soul unsaved from all your sinJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English2
O the wondrous mystic powerJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English3
O my brother, are you livingJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
On this, the brightest dayJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)1
Out of earth's heart breaking sorrow and anguishJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
Over the plains and hillsidesJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English5
Revival flames are kindlingJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English3
Rey de mi vida tú eres hoyJennie E. Hussey (Author)Spanish6
Rey de mi vida tú eres yaJennie E. Hussey (Author)Spanish3
The beautiful water lilyJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
The bright summer days have been fleetingJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
The Savior is standing with low bending headJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English2
The sparrows sow and reap notJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)1
There's a call for active workers for the LordJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
There's an evil in our land, And a foe we must withstandJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English4
Unfathomed as the deepest seaJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
Unto the uttermost, cometh to eachMiss Jennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
Vo’ coronarti Re, SignorJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)Italian1
What will it matter if sunshine or shadowJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
When burdens press, and cares distressJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
When darkness surrounds meJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English2
When Jesus speaks peace to the turbulent billowJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English1
When our feet have reached the summit of the weary hills of earthJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English4
When the Savior had gone into heavenJennie E. Hussey (Author)English1
Who shall ever separate us from the wondrous love of ChristJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)English5
我今俯伏,生命的王 (Wǒ jīn fǔfú, shēngmìng de wáng)Jennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)Chinese1
يا منبع الحب اجعلنJennie Evelyn Hussey (Author)Arabic0
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