Martha Shepard Lippincott

Short Name: Martha Shepard Lippincott
Full Name: Lippincott, Martha, 1867-1949
Birth Year: 1867
Death Year: 1949

Born: March 31, 1867, Moorestown, New Jersey.
Died: August 10, 1949, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lippincott never married. She spent most of her life in Pennsylvania, attending a Friends’ High School and Swarthmore College. Known as the Quaker Poetess, she is said to have written over 4,000 poems and sacred songs. Her works include:

Visions of Life


TextsTunesHymnals
Texts by Martha Shepard Lippincott (19)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancessort descending
Asleep in Jesus, no more to knowMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English2
Christ has arisen to realmsMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Go, shepherds, seek the little childMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
I cannot, through the mist perceiveMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Let your light so shine foreverMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English2
Lord, how I need thy careMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Mother, only take me backMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
O Father, be our nation's guideMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Ring the bells, for years agoMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Take me, guide me, let me beMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Though thy steps have erring strayedMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
Ye who are weary and afraidMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)2
O see Him in GethsemaneMiss M. S. Lippincott (Author)English3
Surely, surely, there is safetyMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English3
The story will never grow oldMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English3
When the chord of life is brokenMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English3
Going home to God in heavenMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)English4
Jesus, my Savior, teach me the wayMartha Shepard Lippincott (Author)4
Jesus, my Savior, teach me Thy willMartha S. Lippincott (Author)English5
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