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Looking to Jesus

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Looking to Jesus as we journey along

[Looking to Jesus as we journey along]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. M. Homer Cummings Used With Text: Looking to Jesus

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Salvation and Service. Revised #13 (1920) First Line: Looking to Jesus as we journey along Refrain First Line: Looking to Jesus, praising His name Tune Title: [Looking to Jesus as we journey along]

Looking to Jesus as we journey along

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Soul Stirring Songs #d86 (1919) Languages: English

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Looking to Jesus" 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)

M. Homer Cummings

Person Name: Rev. M. Homer Cummings Composer of "[Looking to Jesus as we journey along]" in Songs of Salvation and Service. Revised M. Homer Cummings was born near Pickaway, August 23, 1890, and was graduated from Trevecca College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1909. After spending a year in the University of Chattanooga, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1911. Since then he has written more than sixty hymns, the more popular being these: "My Lord and King," "There is a Gladness," "What Will You Do with Jesus?" "Come Where the Blessings Fall," The Gospel According to You," "Jesus Is the One You Need." Others appear in "Echoes from Beulah," published by the author at Ripley, W. Va. Mr. Cummings has also written "You Are My Sweetheart," a secular song that has been well received by the music public. His parents are H. M. Cummings and wife, Pickaway. A History of Monroe County, West Virginia, by Oren F. Morton, The McClure Company, Inc., Staunton, VA, 1916