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We Praise Thee, Heavenly Father

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Jubilate First Line: For all the many mercies Lyrics: 1 For all the many mercies That ‘round our pathway throng; We praise Thee, heav’nly Father, We come to Thee in song; For Thine the morning brightness, And Thine, the sunset light; And Thine, the starry jewels That glitter through the night; And Thine, the starry jewels That glitter through the night. 2 We praise Thee, blessed Saviour, Who came for us to die, And now for us art pleading, In majesty on high; Thy love is warm and tender, Thy grace is rich and free; The gift of our salvation, We owe, dear Lord, to Thee; The gift of our salvation, We owe, dear Lord, to Thee. 3 We praise Thee, Holy Spirit, Who cometh as a dove; To make us pure and gentle, And tune our hearts to love; We praise Thee, God almighty, The Father and the Son; And gracious Holy Spirit, Forever Three in One; And gracious Holy Spirit, Forever Three in One. Used With Tune: [For all the many mercies]

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[For all the many mercies]

Appears in 112 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. Mendelssohn; Alfred Judson Hymnal Title: Jubilate Incipit: 53171 32143 6655 Used With Text: We Praise Thee, Heavenly Father

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We praise thee, heavenly Father

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Choir Gems, No.2 #d17 (1929) Hymnal Title: Choir Gems, No.2 First Line: For all the many mercies

We Praise Thee, Heavenly Father

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Jubilate #119 (1917) Hymnal Title: Jubilate First Line: For all the many mercies Lyrics: 1 For all the many mercies That ‘round our pathway throng; We praise Thee, heav’nly Father, We come to Thee in song; For Thine the morning brightness, And Thine, the sunset light; And Thine, the starry jewels That glitter through the night; And Thine, the starry jewels That glitter through the night. 2 We praise Thee, blessed Saviour, Who came for us to die, And now for us art pleading, In majesty on high; Thy love is warm and tender, Thy grace is rich and free; The gift of our salvation, We owe, dear Lord, to Thee; The gift of our salvation, We owe, dear Lord, to Thee. 3 We praise Thee, Holy Spirit, Who cometh as a dove; To make us pure and gentle, And tune our hearts to love; We praise Thee, God almighty, The Father and the Son; And gracious Holy Spirit, Forever Three in One; And gracious Holy Spirit, Forever Three in One. Languages: English Tune Title: [For all the many mercies]

We Praise Thee, Heavenly Father

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Jubilate Sunday School Hymnal #119 (1950) Hymnal Title: Jubilate Sunday School Hymnal First Line: For all the many mercies Languages: English Tune Title: [For all the many mercies]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Hymnal Title: Jubilate Author of "We Praise Thee, Heavenly Father" in Jubilate 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)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: F. Mendelssohn Hymnal Title: Jubilate Composer of "[For all the many mercies]" in Jubilate Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman