Short Name: | Sarah Emily York |
Full Name: | York, Sarah Emily, 1819-1851 |
Birth Year: | 1819 |
Death Year: | 1851 |
York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was published by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Psalms & Hymns, 1847.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by Sarah Emily York (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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I am weary of straying, O fain would I rest (York) | Mrs. Sarah E. W. York (Author) | English | 29 |
I am weary of straying, O fain would I rest (Moore) | York (Author) | English | 1 |