Maria Frances Anderson

Maria Frances Anderson
B&W portrait photo of a woman with dark hair in ringlets, wearing a dark blouse with a white collar.
BornMaria Frances Hill
January 30, 1819
Paris, France
DiedOctober 13, 1895
Rosemont, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Pen nameL. M. N.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Genre
  • prose
  • hymns
Notable works"Our country's voice is pleading"
Spouse
George W. Anderson
(m. 1847)

Maria Frances Anderson (pen name, L.M.N.; January 30, 1819 - October 13, 1895) was a 19th-century French-born American writer of prose[1] and hymns.[2] Her hymn, "Our country's voice is pleading", written in 1848, and published the following year in The Baptist Harp, came into common use.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fuerbringer1927 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Loftis, Deborah Carlton. "Maria Frances (Hill) Anderson". hymnary.org. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ Julian, John (1892). A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations. J. Murray. p. 67. Retrieved 25 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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