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Lovest thou me

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night

[Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Used With Text: Lovest Thou Me?

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Joy and Praise #114 (1908) First Line: Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night Refrain First Line: Lovest thou me Languages: English Tune Title: [Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night]

Lovest Thou Me?

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Rose of Sharon Hymns #636 (1917) First Line: Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night Languages: English Tune Title: [Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night]

Lovest thou me

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Power #d63 (1909) First Line: Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Lovest Thou Me?" in Joy and Praise 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 "[Fruitless the toiling, dreary the night]" in Joy and Praise 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