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Elizabeth McEwen Shields

Short Name: Elizabeth McEwen Shields
Full Name: Shields, Elizabeth McEwen, 1879-1962
Birth Year: 1879
Death Year: 1962

Shields, Elizabeth McEwen. (Camden, South Carolina, September 22, 1879--May 5, 1962, Asheville, North Carolina). She was named for her grandmother, Elizabeth McEwen of South Carolina. Director, Children's Work of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; Chair, children's section of what is now known as the National Council of Churches. Published many books for children, including Junior Hymns and Songs and Worship and Conduct Songs.

--Tina Schneider, from information in the DNAH Archives, which includes correspondence from Elizabeth McEwen Shield's sister.


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Texts by Elizabeth McEwen Shields (57)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A call rings out for serviceElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Anytime, anywhere, Father, Thou wilt hear my prayerElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
As the Wise Men brought their treasuresElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Chiming church bells ring, ring, ring a messageElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Comes now the quiet Sabbath dayElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Comes the day of rest and gladnessElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Do you know who made the night?E. McE. S. (Author)English4
Each little creature our FatherElizabeth M. Shields (Author)1
Each morning brings a glad new dayElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Father as the morning sunElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English7
Father, bless our gifts todayElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Father in heaven, our offering now we bring TheeElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Father we will quiet beElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English5
Forgive me, God, for things I doElizabeth M. Shields (Author)2
Friends, friends, friends, I have some friends I loveE. McE. S. (Author)English5
Friends of all we'd like to beElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Glad I am to live, Glad I am to grow!Elizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English6
God bless our work and bless our playElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Hail to the great Creator, Eternal mighty oneElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Have you heard that angels sangElizabeth M. Shields (Author)1
Hear the church bells sweetly ringingElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Help us, Father, to rememberElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English4
I have a friend who loves me, Who knows my every thoughtElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English4
I like to think of Jesus, So loving, kind, and trueElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
I wake in the morning As soon as it's lightElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
In days of old in PalestineElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Long ago on Bethlehem's hillsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Lord, help me to learn to shareElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Over all the world God's children playE. McE. S. (Author)English1
On a bed of sweet, new hayE. McE. S. (Author)English4
Our Father has watched o'er our birthdayElizabeth M. Shields (Author)1
Our Father made the oceanE. McE. S. (Author)English1
Our Heavenly Father gives us giftsE. McE. S. (Author)English2
Sleep, little seed, Sleep while the cold winds blowElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Sometimes when morning lights the skyElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English8
Teach us, Lord, Thy wisdom, For Thou art woundrous wiseElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Thank you, God, for milk and breadElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)1
The Bible is a treasure book of stories that are true, It tells of people long agoElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English4
The Bible is the book we loveE. McE. S. (Author)English1
The church of God is callingElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
The little flowers peep through the groundElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English5
The little new birds are asleep in the nestElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
The night time has come and the birds in their nestsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
The night wind in the treesE. McE. S. (Author)English1
The world is a beautiful, wonderful homeElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English2
There's work in the world that the children may doElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
This is our Father's house, He loves to meet us hereE. McE. S. (Author)English1
This is the way the snowflakes fallElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English1
Useful to my home folkElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English1
We sing as we workE. McE. S. (Author)English1
We thank Thee, Father, for our homesElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English6
We thank Thee, loving Father, For sleep and food and playElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
When I go to sleep and when I wakeE. McE. S. (Author)English1
When Jesus was a baby boyElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English8
When mother speaks, I'll try to mindElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
When snowflakes fall I know the oneElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
While the Christmas stars are shiningElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
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