Margaret Mackay (pen name, Mrs. Colonel Mackay; 1802–1887) was a Scottish author of several books.[1] Her Thoughts Redeemed; or, Lays of Leisure Hours (1854), contained 72 of her hymns and poems. Among her prose works, The Family at Heatherdale (1837) was most widely read. Of all funeral hymns in her era, none was sung more often than Mackay's, "Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep";[2] it was first published in The Amethyst: or Christian's Annual (Edinburgh, 1832).[3]
- ^ Edwards, David Herschell (1889). One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices. Edwards. pp. 406–11. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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