1823 - 1901 Author of "To Thee, O Heavenly Father" in The Hymnal for Boys and Girls Yonge, Charlotte Mary, daughter of William Crawley Yonge of the 52nd Regiment, was born at Otterbourne, Hants, in 1823. Miss Yonge is widely known as the author of The Heir of Redclyffe, The Daisy Chain, and other popular novels; of a series of historical works for the young, in eluding Stories of English History, 1874, Stories of Greek History, 1876, &c.; of the Life of Bishop Patteson; and as the Editor of the Monthly Packet. In 1841 Miss Yonge contributed two hymns to The Child's Christian Year, which was edited by her mother, Frances Mary Yonge, née Bargus. The hymns are:— (1) "Into Christ's flock we are received” (Holy Baptism); (2) "Why lived I not in those blest days? " (St. Thomas).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Charlotte M. Yonge