Carrie’s fam­i­ly moved from Ver­mont to Vine­land, New Jer­sey, and she spent most of her life in south­ern New Jer­sey. She mar­ried Frank Breck, and they moved to Or­e­gon be­tween 1910 and 1920. A de­vout Christ­ian, she was de­vot­ed to her hus­band and five daugh­ters. She had no sense of pitch, and could not car­ry a tune, but she had the gift of po­e­tic rhy­thm, and wrote more than 2,000 po­ems. She was not par­ti­cu­lar­ly ro­bust in health, and had to take fre­quent rests while do­ing chores. At such times, she would sit in her fa­vo­rite rock­ing chair, take up a note­book, and write po­e­try, oft­en with a ba­by on her knee, or play­ing at her feet. Her works in­clude:

• To Com­fort Thee, and Other Vers­es (Port­land, Or­e­gon: Me­tro­pol­i­tan Print­ing Com­pa­ny, 1927)

Sources

Lyrics

1. All the World for Jesus
2. Are You Winning Souls?
3. At Mother’s Grave
4. Be Strong
5. Columbia’s Song
6. Face to Face with Christ, My Savior
7. Forward!
8. Go to the Deeps of God’s Promise
9. Have You Found the Savior Precious?
10. He Did Not Die in Vain
11. Help Somebody Today
12. I Cannot Get Beyond His Love
13. I Want Everybody to Know
14. I’ll Count My Blessings
15. It Is Not Fair
16. Make Him Known
17. Nailed to the Cross
18. Savior for You, The
19. Some One Who Knows
20. Step in Anywhere
21. Tell Thy Life-Story to Jesus
22. There’s a Beautiful City (© 1935)
23. Valley of Peace, The
24. When Love Shines In
25. You Mean to Be Saved—But When?