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Lord, Use Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: By Thy Holy Spirit's pow'r, Lord, use me Refrain First Line: Lord, use me, Lord, use me Used With Tune: CONSECRATION

[By Thy Holy Spirit's pow'r]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Used With Text: Lord, Use Me

CONSECRATION

Appears in 91 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 33365 13222 6523 Used With Text: Lord, Use Me

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #286 (1922) First Line: By Thy Holy Spirit's pow'r, Lord, use me Refrain First Line: Lord, use me, Lord, use me Lyrics: 1 By Thy Holy Spirit’s pow’r, Lord, use me, In Thy service hour by our, Lord, use me, Bending heart to do Thy will, Glad Thy bidding to fulfill, As at Pentecost, come still, Lord, use me. Refrain: Lord, use me, Lord, use me, Showing forth Thy love divine, Make me altogether Thine, Lord, use me, Lord, use me. 2 In fulfilling Thy commands, Lord, use me, Yielding heart and brain and hands, Lord, use me, By Thy gracious love possessed, Use me in Thy service blest, In this world to do my best, Lord, use me. [Refrain] 3 All self-seeking take away, Lord, use me, Cleanse and keep me day by day, Lord, use me, As a reed Thy breezes blow, Lift me up or lay me low, Making heav’nly music go, Lord, use me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [By Thy Holy Spirit's pow'r]

Lord, use me, Lord, use me

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Christian Hymns and Songs #d18 (1931) First Line: By thy Holy Spirit's power Languages: English

Lord, Use Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 #220 (1946) First Line: By Thy Holy Spirit's pow'r, Lord, use me Refrain First Line: Lord, use me, Lord, use me Languages: English Tune Title: CONSECRATION

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Lord, Use Me" in The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "CONSECRATION" in The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman