1 Help to save somebody, Christian, arise!
Hasten to labor, for time swiftly flies;
Seek the poor wanderers lost in the night,
Point them to Jesus, the Life and the Light.
Refrain:
Help, help, Christian, arise!
Help, help, do not delay!
Help to save somebody lost in the night,
Jesus commands you, obey!
2 Think of your friends—are there any astray?
Can you not speak of your Savior today?
Tenderly, faithfully, tell of His love;
Tell of the mansions preparing above. [Refrain]
3 Be as the Master was, patient and kind;
Go in His precious name, seek till you find.
Out in the highways, His people must go;
May His own spirit our hearts overflow. [Refrain]
Source: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #65
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 >
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