More Grace for Greater Burdens

August 27, 2016 (Saturday)
Annie Johnson Flint was born on Christmas Eve, 1866 in New Jersey. When she was 3 years old, her mother, only 23, died. She and her sister were raised by the widow of her father’s friend under meagre circumstances. They felt unwanted. The pair was later adopted by another family, and their name became “Flint.” Shortly afterwards, their father died. Their adopted parents maintained a Christian home and loved the children. Although they were Baptists, Annie was later converted in a Methodist revival. She believed that all Christians are members of “the household of faith,” and through the years members of different denominations aided her in ministry. She later became crippled by arthritis, and unbearable pain, but found comfort and hope in poetry, which later provided an income for her. She died in 1932. In addition to the tune by Hubert Mitchell, the song was published with an earlier tune.Click here to read her story. This hymn, which at first was her poem, typifies her faith.