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Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When with pleasure's rosy light Refrain First Line: Be of good cheer, for Jesus is near Used With Tune: [When with pleasure's rosy light]

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[When with pleasure's rosy light]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: C. R. Ray Incipit: 12354 65321 26151 Used With Text: Be of Good Cheer

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Be of Good Cheer

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Crowning Praises #57 (1911) First Line: When with pleasure's rosy light Refrain First Line: Be of good cheer, for Jesus is near Languages: English Tune Title: [When with pleasure's rosy light]

Be of good cheer

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Showalter's Gospel Songs No.3 #d115 (1909) First Line: When with pleasure's rosy light

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Be of Good Cheer" in Crowning Praises 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)