death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
toronto september 17 , 1973 , aged 84 sundridge , ontario may 23 , 1889 mary susanne edgar
 mary susannah edgar camp director
mary susanne edgar

mary susannah edgar was a canadian author born in sundridge , ontario on may 23 , 1889 .
her schooling took her from sundridge to barrie high school and havergal college , toronto .
she is the author of several books , one-act plays and hymns , the most famous of them being `` god who touchest earth with beauty '' , which has been translated into several languages and placed in hymnals around the world .
she was the daughter of joseph edgar and mary little , from sundridge , ontario .
in 1922 she opened a girls ' camp near sundridge on lake bernard , called glen bernard .
mary edgar continued as the camp 's director until her retirement in 1956 .
her life was devoted to working with girls and camping through many local , provincial and national organizations .
she was the author of many books , plays and hymns - one such hymn is `` o god of all the many lands '' .
mary s. edgar died on september 17 , 1973 .
