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 (56)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A call rings out for serviceElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Anytime, anywhere, Father, Thou wilt hear my prayerElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
As the Wise Men brought their treasuresElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Chiming church bells ring, ring, ring a messageElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Comes now the quiet SabbathElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English2
Comes the day of rest and gladnessElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
Do you know who made the night?Elizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English3
Each little creature our FatherElizabeth M. Shields (Author)2
Each morning brings a glad new dayElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Father as the morning sunElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English8
Father, bless our gifts todayElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
Father in heaven, our offering now we bring TheeElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
Father we will quiet beElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English6
Forgive me, God, for things I doElizabeth McE. Shields, 1937 (Author (st. 1))3
Friends, friends, friends, I have some friends I loveElizabeth M. Shields (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 M. Shields (Author)English7
God bless our work and bless our playE. McE. S. (Author)English2
Hail to the great Creator, Eternal mighty oneElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Have you heard that angels sangElizabeth M. Shields (Author)2
Hear the church bells sweetly ringingElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English4
Help us, Father, to rememberElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English5
I have a friend who loves me, Who knows my every thoughtElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English5
I like to think of Jesus, So loving, kind, and trueElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English3
I wake in the morning As soon as it's lightElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
In days of old in PalestineElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Long ago on Bethlehem's hillsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Lord, help me to learn to shareElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
Over all the world God's children playE. McE. S. (Author)English2
On a bed of sweet, new hayElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English4
Our Father has watched o'er our birthdayElizabeth M. Shields (Author)2
Our Father made the oceanE. McE. S. (Author)English2
Our Heavenly Father gives us giftsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Sleep, little seed, Sleep while the cold winds blowElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English2
Sometimes when morning lights the skyElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English9
Teach us, Lord, Thy wisdom, For Thou art woundrous wiseElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
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 M. Shields (Author)English5
The Bible is the book we loveE. McE. S. (Author)English2
The church of God is callingElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English4
The little flowers peep through the groundElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English6
The little new birds are asleep in the nestElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
The night time has come and the birds in their nestsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
The night wind in the treesElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English2
The world is a beautiful, wonderful homeElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English3
There's work in the world that the children may doElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
This is our Father's house, He loves to meet us hereE. McE. S. (Author)English2
This is the way the snowflakes fallE. McE. S. (Author)English2
Useful to my home folkE. McE. S. (Author)English2
We sing as we workE. McE. S. (Author)English2
We thank Thee, Father, for our homesElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English5
When I go to sleep and when I wakeE. McE. S. (Author)English2
When Jesus was a baby boyElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English9
When mother speaks, I'll try to mindElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
When snowflakes fall I know the oneElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
While the Christmas stars are shiningElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
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