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 (… Go to person page >
Display Title: As the Apple of His EyeFirst Line: Oh! what a mighty Savior, rememb'ring all my need!Tune Title: [Oh! what a mighty Savior, rememb'ring all my need!]Author: E. E. HewittDate: 1900
Display Title: As the Apple of His EyeFirst Line: Oh! what a mighty Savior rememb'ring all my needTune Title: [Oh! what a mighty Savior rememb'ring all my need]Author: E. E. HewittDate: 1899
Display Title: As the Apple of His EyeFirst Line: Oh! what a mighty Savior, rememb'ring all my needTune Title: [Oh! what a mighty Savior, rememb'ring all my need]Author: E. E. HewittDate: 1901