Mary Artemisia Lathbury

Biography

Mary Artemisia Lathbury penned hymns and taught lessons that opened hearts to compassion, her verses like those of “Break Thou the Bread of Life” inviting solace and reflection. In classrooms and congregations alike she blended scholarship with warmth, guiding many young people toward lives of purpose.

Her faith carried her through decades of service, and her friends remember a woman whose voice was both tender and resolute, encouraging learners to seek truth and comfort others through music.