Holiness Unto the Lord

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Holiness unto the Lord let it be our marching song

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Holiness unto the Lord, let it be our marching song]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Holiness unto the Lord, let it be our marching song,
Marching on together, a glad, triumphant throng;
In ourselves but weakness, in Jesus we are strong,
Holiness unto the Lord forever.

Refrain:
Holiness unto the Lord,
Let the message ever ring,
Holiness unto the Lord,
Let His ransomed children sing;
Magnify the Lord, magnify the Lord our King,
Holiness unto the Lord forever;
Holiness unto the Lord,
Let the message ever ring,
Holiness unto the Lord,
Let His ransomed children sing;
Magnify the Lord, evermore our King,
Holiness unto the Lord forever.

2 Holiness unto the Lord, let it be our battle-cry,
Overcoming evil, because the Lord is nigh;
Let our hymn of vict’ry, reecho to the sky,
Holiness unto the Lord forever. [Refrain]

3 Holiness unto the Lord, in the blessings He bestows,
Time and friends and talent for Him the harvest grows;
Using in His service the brier and the rose,
Holiness unto the Lord forever. [Refrain]

Source: Jubilate : A Modern Sunday-School Hymnal #70

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

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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First Line:	Holiness unto the Lord let it be our marching song
Title:	Holiness Unto the Lord
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Holiness unto the Lord
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain