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Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I will get me to the mountain Refrain First Line: Till the daybreak, till the daybreak Scripture: Song of Solomon 4:6 Used With Tune: [I will get me to the mountain]

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[I will get me to the mountain]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34653 15523 54325 Used With Text: To the Mountain

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To the Mountain

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Church Service Hymns #5 (1948) First Line: I will get me to the mountain Refrain First Line: Till the daybreak, till the daybreak Scripture: Song of Solomon 4:6 Languages: English Tune Title: [I will get me to the mountain]

To the Mountain

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 #71 (1946) First Line: I will get me to the mountain Refrain First Line: Till the daybreak, till the daybreak Languages: English Tune Title: [I will get me to the mountain]

To the Mountain

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Magnificat #121 (1923) First Line: I will get me to the mountain Refrain First Line: Till the daybreak, till the daybreak Topics: Prayer, Consecration and Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [I will get me to the mountain]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "To the Mountain" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined 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)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[I will get me to the mountain]" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)