1 In yonder bright city they’re singing today,
All glory to Christ on the throne;
For all who have mounted the grand, shining way,
His mighty salvation will own.
Chorus:
All glory to Jesus, who died in our stead!
Their crowns at his feet they are casting;
I believe in the Savior, who rose from the dead,
I believe in the life everlasting.
2 We’ll join in the chorus that rings in the sky,
We’ll echo his wonderful love;
We’ll tell of the Victor ascended on high,
We’ll sing of his glory above. [Chorus]
3 All doubt let us banish, since Jesus has died
And risen to live evermore;
All care to his keeping we’ll gladly confide,
And enter love’s wide open door. [Chorus]
Source: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #94
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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