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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.


Texts by Elizabeth McEwen Shields (57)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A call rings out for serviceElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Anytime, anywhere, Father, Thou wilt hear my prayerElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
As the Wise Men brought their treasuresElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Chiming church bells ring, ring, ring a messageElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Comes now the quiet Sabbath dayElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English2
Comes the day of rest and gladnessElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Do you know who made the night?Elizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English6
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 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 Shields (Author)English5
Forgive me, God, for things I doElizabeth M. Shields (Author)2
Friends, friends, friends, I have some friends I loveElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English8
Friends of all we'd like to beElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English4
Glad I am to live, Glad I am to grow!Elizabeth M. Shields (Author)English8
God bless our work and bless our playElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
Hail to the great Creator, Eternal mighty oneElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Have you heard that angels sangElizabeth M. Shields (Author)1
Hear the church bells sweetly ringingElizabeth M. 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)English6
I like to think of Jesus, So loving, kind, and trueElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
I wake in the morning As soon as it's lightElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
In days of old in PalestineElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
Long ago on Bethlehem's hillsElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Lord, help me to learn to shareElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
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 oceanElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English1
Our Heavenly Father gives us giftsElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English2
Sleep, little seed, Sleep while the cold winds blowElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
Sometimes when morning lights the skyElizabeth McE. Shields (Author (stanzas 1-4))English10
Teach us, Lord, Thy wisdom, For Thou art woundrous wiseElizabeth McE. 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)English6
The Bible is the book we loveE. McE. Shields (Author (v. 1))English2
The church of God is callingElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English4
The little flowers peep through the groundE. McE. S. (Author)English5
The little new birds are asleep in the nestElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
The night time has come and the birds in their nestsElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
The night wind in the treesElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English1
The world is a beautiful, wonderful homeE. McE. S. (Author)English2
There's work in the world that the children may doE. McE. S. (Author)English1
This is our Father's house, He loves to meet us hereElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
This is the way the snowflakes fallE. McE. S. (Author)English1
Useful to my home folkElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English1
We sing as we workElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
We thank Thee, Father, for our homesElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English9
We thank Thee, loving Father, For sleep and food and playElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English3
When I go to sleep and when I wakeE. McE. S. (Author)English1
When Jesus was a baby boyElizabeth M. Shields (Author)English11
When mother speaks, I'll try to mindElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English1
When snowflakes fall I know the oneElizabeth McEwen Shields (Author)English2
While the Christmas stars are shiningElizabeth McE. Shields (Author)English1
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