To thee, O gracious Father, my new year's hymn

Author: L. N. R.

Ranyard, Ellen, née White, b. 1811, d. 1879. Two hymns by this writer (sometimes signed “L. N. R.") are given in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, with the following dates: (1) "Mark that long dark line of shadows" (The Present Opportunity), 1861; (2) "To Thee, O gracious Father" (New Year), 1866. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >