Elizabeth Ayton Godwin


Elizabeth Ayton Godwin was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet born in England.

Biography

Elizabeth Ayton Etheridge was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. Godwin. She published Songs for the weary, 1865; and Songs amidst Daily Life. Her hymn in collection is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene", written while still a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1865. She died at Stoke Bishop in 26 March 1889.

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