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: For God So Loved the WorldFirst Line: For God so loved the world He gave His only SonTune Title: [For God so loved the world He gave His only Son]Author: E. E. HewittDate: 1916
Display Title: For God So Loved the WorldFirst Line: For God so loved the world He gave His only SonTune Title: [For God so loved the world He gave His only Son]Author: E. E. HewittDate: 1910
Display Title: For God so loved the world, he gave his only SonFirst Line: For God so loved the world, he gave his only SonAuthor: Eliza E. HewittDate: 1924
Display Title: For God so loved the world, he gave his only SonFirst Line: For God so loved the world, he gave his only SonAuthor: Eliza E. HewittDate: 1925