L. N. R.

Short Name:	L. N. R.
Full Name:	L. N. R., 1810-1879
Birth Year:	1810
Death Year:	1879

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)

Wikipedia Biography

Ellen Henrietta Ranyard (9 January 1810 – 11 February 1879) was an English writer and missionary who worked with the poor of London. She founded the London Bible and Domestic Female Mission.

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