Born: Oc­to­ber, 1809, Per­ran, Corn­wall.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 14, 1863, Sum­mer­lands (near Man­ches­ter), Eng­land.

Daugh­ter of George Fox, Jane mar­ried Thom­as Crewd­son of Man­ches­ter in 1836. Dur­ing a long ill­ness, she comp­osed her works, pub­lished as:

• Lays of the Re­for­ma­tion, 1860
• Aunt Jane’s Vers­es for Child­ren, 1851
• The Singer of Eis­en­ach
• A Little While, and Other Po­ems, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in 1864

Sources

Hymns

1. Followers of the Son of God, The
2. Give to the Lord Thy Heart
3. How Tenderly Thy Hand Is Laid
4. I’ve Found a Joy in Sorrow
5. Little While, A
6. Looking unto Jesus
7. Lord, We Know That Thou Art Near Us
8. O Savior, I Have Naught to Plead
9. O Thou Whose Bounty Fills My Cup
10. One Touch from Thee
11. There Is No Sorrow, Lord, Too Light
    • There’s Not a Grief, However Light
12. Though Gloom May Veil Our Troubled Skies
13. ’Tis Not the Cross I Have to Bear