Annie R. Smith
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Annie Rebekah Smith (March 16, 1828 – July 26, 1855)[1] An early Seventh-day Adventist hymnist, she was the sister of the early Adventist pioneer, Uriah Smith. She has ten hymns in the current Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal[1] She died of tuberculosis.
Some of the hymns she authored include:
- How Far from Home?
- I Saw One Weary
- Long upon the Mountains[2]
Subsequent to having written and submitted a poem to the Review and Herald (now Adventist Review), she was recognised by James White as a talented writer. Although her eye-sight was not sufficient to work as a copy-editor, she accepted the position. Upon arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York, she was healed through "anointing and prayer"[1]
During the following three and a half years before her death, she contributed around 45 articles to the Review and Herald and to the Youth's Instructor.[1]
Her romance with John Nevins Andrews failed to end in marriage, with Andrews instead choosing Angeline Stevens to be his wife. The failure of Andrews to follow through with the marriage prompted Ellen White to write that "Annie's disappointment cost her her life."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e (Summer, 1975) "The Life and Love of Annie Smith". Adventist Heritage 2 (1): 14-23.
- ^ Annie Rebekah Smith. Retrieved on November 23, 2006.
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