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

Hymns

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