Lucy Chaffee Alden was a 19th-century American author, educator, and hymnwriter of the long nineteenth century. She was born in Massachusetts and spent much of her life engaged in teaching, writing, and religious work. Over the course of her career, more than 200 of her writings appeared in newspapers, journals, and Sunday school songbooks across several major cities. In addition to her prose and poetry, she authored doctrinal pamphlets that were distributed both in the United States and abroad, including one translated into Hindi. She served as a teacher for ten years and as a member of her local school board for three years. Her published works include religious tracts, hymns, and articles, some of which were written under the auspices of regional religious associations.