Born: No­vem­ber 12, 1811, Glas­gow, Lan­ark­shire, Scot­land.

Died: June 17, 1886.

Pseudonym: Ger­trude.

Daughter of James Bell, a Glas­gow ad­vo­cate, Jane con­trib­ut­ed sev­er­al piec­es to The Ed­in­burgh Li­ter­a­ry Jour­nal (ed­it­ed by her bro­ther, Hen­ry G. Bell), and lat­er to the Scot­tish Christ­ian Her­ald. Her husband was her cou­sin, J. Bell Simp­son of Glas­gow. Her works in­clude:

• The Piety of Dai­ly Life, 1836
• April Hours, 1838
• Women’s His­to­ry, 1848
• Linda, or Beauty and Gen­i­us, 1859
• Picture Po­ems, 1879
• Linda, and Other Po­ems, 1879

Sources

Hymns

1. Go When the Morning Shineth
   • Pray When the Morn Is Breaking
2. I Had a Lesson to Teach Them
3. Star of the Morning, Brightly Shining
4. Star of Peace to Wanderers Weary