Born: De­cem­ber 27, 1838, Is­ling­ton, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 29, 1898, Pen­maen­mawr, Wales.

Sarah was sis­ter to Eu­gene Stock, sec­re­ta­ry and his­tor­i­an of the Church Miss­ion­a­ry So­ci­e­ty. Her hymns ap­peared in the Church Mis­sion­a­ry Hymn Book (Lon­don: 1898) and Hymns of Con­se­cra­tion (Lon­don: 1902). Her prose works in­clude:

• Lessons on Is­ra­el in Egypt, 1874
• The Child’s Life of Our Lord, 1879
• Bi­ble Stor­ies from the Old Test­a­ment, 1882
• The Story of Ugan­da and the Vic­tor­ia Ny­an­za Mis­sion (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1892)

Sources

Hymns

1. Behind and Before
2. Called to Thy Service, Lord
3. Coldly the Wind Is Sweeping
4. Cry, as of Pain, A
5. A Debtor! For the Love of God Unbounded
6. He Shall Reign o’er All the Earth
7. Jesus! All Sufficiency
8. Jesus Calls. He It Is Who Died to Save Thee
9. Let the Song Go Round the Earth
10. Lord of Light, and Fount of Love
11. Lord of Love, and Truth, and Grace
12. Lord, Thy Ransomed Church Is Waking
13. Love of Christ Constraining, The
14. O Mas­ter, When Thou Callest
15. O When Shall Their Souls Find a Rest?
16. Once Thy Servants Toiled in Rowing
17. Open Stood the Gates of Heaven
18. Round Thy Footstool, Savior See
19. Shut Out from Heaven’s Glory
20. Someone Shall Go
21. Tender Light of Home Behind, The
22. There’s a Fight to be Fought
23. They Are Waiting Everywhere
24. Thy Servants, Lord, Are Dear to Thee
25. Treasures We Have Gathered Here
26. We Are Children of the King
27. We Know Not how the Rays That Stream
28. With Voice of Joy and Singing