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Author: Emma Pitt Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus Refrain First Line: 'Tis beautiful to walk in the footsteps of Jesus

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[Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Hymnal Title: Praise and Rejoicing Incipit: 13213 45651 57712 Used With Text: Ever in the Light

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Ever in the light

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Our Thankful Songs #d155 (1900) Hymnal Title: Our Thankful Songs First Line: Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus Refrain First Line: 'Tis beautiful to walk

Ever in the Light

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Praise and Rejoicing #136 (1904) Hymnal Title: Praise and Rejoicing First Line: Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus Refrain First Line: 'Tis beautiful to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus]

Ever in the light

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger No.2 #d196 (1898) Hymnal Title: Song-Land Messenger No.2 First Line: Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus Refrain First Line: 'Tis beautiful to walk

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Emma Pitt

b. 1846 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Ever in the Light" Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Baltimore, Maryland, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died before 1920, as the daughter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still single in 1920. --www.hymntime.com

A. J. Showalter

1858 - 1924 Hymnal Title: Praise and Rejoicing Composer of "[Striving to follow the footsteps of Jesus]" in Praise and Rejoicing Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did. John Perry