Jennie Bain Wilson
Mary Jane "Jennie" Bain Wilson was an American hymn writer.
Early life
Mary Jane "Jennie" Bain Wilson was born on a farm in South Whitley, Indiana in 1856, the younger daughter of Robert Wilson and Mary Frances Russell Wilson. She survived typhoid fever as a little girl, but her spine was damaged by the bacterial infection. She used a wheelchair from childhood and she was educated at home.Career
Wilson wrote thousands and published hundreds of Christian hymns; she was known as the "Fanny Crosby of the West". She also wrote poetry and spoke at Bible conferences in Indiana. Her hymn "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand" was especially popular in the 1910s and 1920s.Wilson was also the author of the slogan of Fort [Wayne, Indiana], "Fort Wayne with Might and Main", taking the $50 prize in the city's slogan contest, out of 25,000 submissions.