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Where shall we spend our eternity

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: The shadows of time flee before the great dawn Refrain First Line: Eternity, eternity

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[The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. N. Lincoln Incipit: 55345 67176 55567 Used With Text: Where Shall We Spend?

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Where Shall We Spend Our Eternity

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Praise #41 (1986) First Line: The shadows of time flee before the great dawn Tune Title: [The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]

Where Shall We Spend?

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hymns of Victory #55 (1905) First Line: The shadows of time flee before the great dawn Refrain First Line: Eternity, eternity Languages: English Tune Title: [The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]
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Where Shall We Spend Eternity?

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Songs of Zion #581 (1915) First Line: The shadows of time flee before the great dawn Refrain First Line: Eternity, eternity Languages: English Tune Title: [The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Where Shall We Spend?" in Hymns of Victory 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)

Alton H. Howard

1925 - 2006 Arranger of "[The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]" in Songs of Praise

H. N. Lincoln

1859 - 1948 Composer of "[The shadows of time flee before the great dawn]" in Hymns of Victory Horace Neely Lincoln, 1859-1948. Horace was the son of James Lin­coln and Em­a­line King, and hus­band of Et­ta Lee Thur­mand (mar­ried 1887). He moved with his fa­mi­ly to Tex­as when he was se­ven years old. At age 10, he be­gan at­tend­ing a sing­ing school con­duct­ed by James M. Jol­ley of Mis­sis­sip­pi. In 1880, he taught his first sing­ing class in his old neigh­bor­hood school house. Lat­er that year, he at­tend­ed his first nor­mal mu­sic school, taught at Moun­tain Home (now Hol­land), Tex­as. Lincoln had oth­er mu­sic­al train­ing under L. B. Shook (a for­mer stu­dent of Phil­ip Bliss) and John Mc­Pher­son of Il­li­nois. In 1898, he grad­u­at­ed from the Chi­ca­go Na­tion­al Col­lege of Mu­sic, and in 1906 took a post-grad­ua­te course un­der Ho­ra­tio Pal­mer. Lincoln ev­ent­u­al­ly be­came pre­si­dent of the Song­land Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, and the World’s Nor­mal Mu­sic­al Col­lege. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime/tch)
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