Sarah Doudney

1841-1926

Born: 1841, near Plymouth, England.

Doudney’s family moved to a remote village in Hampshire when she was very young. Her first literary effort was the poem “The Lessons of the Water-Mill,” written at age 15; it became a popular song in America. She was known to the reading public mainly through her stories, A Woman’s Glory, Stepping Stones, and others, and through her contributions to the Sunday Magazine, Good Words, and other periodicals. Those contributions included fiction, and sacred and secular poems. Houlston published her Psalms of Life in 1871.

Hymns:

1. Christian’s Good Night, The
2. He Hath Gone into His Garden
3. In Thy Holy Garden Ground
4. Land of Peace, and Love, and Brightness
5. Master Hath Come, The
6. Room for the Wanderer, Room
7. Savior, Now the Day Is Ending
8. We Praise Our Lord Today
9. We Sing a Loving Jesus