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HE AO LA'ELA'E ILOKO O'U

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851-1920; "Hualalai", 1852-1938 Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: Kei ka la'ela'e Used With Tune: MORE ABOUT JESUS

MORE ABOUT JESUS

Appears in 273 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John R. Sweney, 1837-1899 Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 12356 71234 5 Used With Text: HE AO LA'ELA'E ILOKO O'U

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He ao laelae iloko o'u

Author: E. E. Hewitt; "Hualalai" Hymnal: Leo Hoonani Hou #161 (1967) Refrain First Line: Kei ka laelae Languages: Hawaiian Tune Title: [He ao laelae iloko o'u]

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851-1920; "Hualalai", 1852-1938 Hymnal: Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii #178 (1972) Refrain First Line: Kei ka la'ela'e Languages: Hawaiian Tune Title: MORE ABOUT JESUS

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "He ao laelae iloko o'u" in Leo Hoonani Hou 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)

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Composer of "[He ao laelae iloko o'u]" in Leo Hoonani Hou John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

Hualalai

1852 - 1938 Person Name: "Hualalai" Translator of "He ao laelae iloko o'u" in Leo Hoonani Hou "Hualalai" was the pen name of Ellen (or Ella) Hudson Paris, 1852-1938, daughter of John Davis Paris, a missionary in Hawai'i. (more information can be found on John Davis Paris and Hualalai on John Davis Paris's Wikipedia page).