1 Lift me higher, draw me nearer,
Closer, blessed Friend, to Thee;
Love revealing, be Thou dearer,
Dearer than all else to me.
Refrain:
Lift me higher and draw me nearer,
Save me from alluring snares;
Be the promise to made clearer,
‘Tis for me my Saviour cares;
From the shadow of sin and sadness,
Fold me closer to Thy breast;
Lift me higher, draw me nearer,
Till I waken with the blest.
2 Lift me higher, earth’s attraction
Would beguile me from Thy way;
Let me find sweet satisfaction,
In Thy service, day by day. [Refrain]
3 Draw me nearer, lest temptation
Overcome me in the race;
Safe and happy in Thy keeping,
Lord, I sing, Thy saving grace! [Refrain]
Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #185
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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