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Carrie Breck wrote over 1400 poems, some of which were used as hymn texts. She sometimes used the name Mrs Frank A. Breck for her writing. Describing her own approach to writing, she said: "I penciled verse under all sorts of conditions—over a mending basket, with a baby in arms, and sometimes even
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when sweeping or washing dishes, my mind moved to meter." On another occasion, she wrote: "For more than forty years, I have had the habit of verse-writing, in such intervals of time as the life of a busy mother and housewife afforded."
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Her best-known hymns include "Face to face with Christ my Savior", "I have such a wonderful Savior", "Jesus comes with power to gladden" and "Ev'ry prayer will find its answer".
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