Lydia Baxter was born at Petersburg, New York, on September 2, 1809, and died in New York City on June 22, 1874. An active American Baptist, she published a collection titled Gems by the Wayside in 1855 and contributed numerous evangelical texts to Sunday school collections and gospel songbooks.
Her hymns achieved widespread popularity through the evangelistic campaigns of Ira D. Sankey and others. Among her most enduring compositions are "Take the Name of Jesus With You" (1870), "There is a Gate That Stands Ajar" (c. 1872), "Go, Work in My Vineyard," "In the Fadeless Spring-Time," and "One by One We Cross the River."
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