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Let it shine
Author: Lou Singletary Bedford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The lighthouse stands beside the sea Refrain First Line: The greatest gift
Let it shine
Let it shine
Author: Lou S. Bedford Hymnal: Praise, a New Song Book #d136 (1914) First Line: The lighthouse stands beside the sea Refrain First Line: The greatest gift Languages: English
Let it shine
Let it shine
Author: Lou S. Bedford Hymnal: Sweetest Praises #d219 (1916) First Line: The lighthouse stands beside the sea Refrain First Line: The greatest gift Languages: English
Let it shine
Lou Singletary Bedford
1837 - 1945 Author of "Let it shine" Mrs. Lou Singletary Bedford, author, born in Feliciana, Graves county, Kentucky, 7th April 1837. Her father was a teacher, and his little daughter placed n his school at six years of age. she had no special love for books, except for reading, spelling and grammar, but her ambition kept her at the head of most of her classes. she completed her course of study in Clinton Seminary. After leaving school she taught for a year or two. In 1857 she became the wife of John Joseph Bedford, a friend and associate of her childhood. There were six children born to them. Mrs. Bedford's literary career has in great measure become identified with Texas, her adopted home. From her sixteenth year she continued to write until her marriage, after which her pen was silent for nearly fifteen years. She has published two volumes of poetry."A Vision, and Other Poems" (Cincinnati and London, 1881) and "Gathered Leaves" (Dallas, 1889). Mrs. Bedford has for years contributed to various periodicals. She resided in El Paso, Texas where she was social and literary editor of the El Paso "Sunday Morning Tribune."
From American Women: fifteen hundred biographies, with over 1,400 photos: a comprehensive encyclopedia of the lives and achievements of American women during the nineteenth century (Rev. ed.) by Frances E. Willard an Mary A Livermore (New York/Chicago/Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897
Lou Singletary Bedford
