Lillian Alison Tait Sheldon (10 September 1865 - 10 January 1925) ^[1] was an American composer ^[2] and organist ^[3] who composed many hymns. ^[4]

Sheldon was born in Gouverneur, New York ^{[5] [6]} to Lucretia Maria and George Peter Tait. She married James Otis Sheldon and they had two children. ^[7] Little is known about Sheldon’s education. She was the organist of the First Presbyterian Church in Gouverneur from 1885 until her death in 1925. ^[8] Although most of her compositions were hymns, her “Rock-a-By Baby Lullaby” was published in the January 1897 edition of Ladies Home Journal. ^[9]

Sheldon’s music was also published by B.F. Woods Music Co., ^[10] J. Fischer & Brother, ^[11] and Oliver Ditson Co. ^[12] Her compositions, all for voice and piano, included:

• “Around the Great White Throne” ^[13]

• “He Knows” ^[14]

• “Hear, Forgive and Save” (text by Eliza Morris) ^{[15] [16]}

• “Hosanna We Sing” (text by Rev George S. Hodges) ^[17]

• “Jesus, Shepherd of the Sheep” (text by Henry Book) ^[18]

• “Lord, Within Thy Temple Fair” ^[19]

• “More Love to Thee, O Christ” ^[12]

• “Rest” ^[12]

• “Resurrection” ^[10]

• “Rock-a-By Baby Lullaby” (text adapted from Charles Fremont Gale) ^[9]

• “Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand ^[20]

• “Through Peace to Light” ^[11]

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