Like the clouds of the night

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Like the clouds of the night

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Like the clouds of the night]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Like the clouds of the night
From the dawn’s golden light,
All my doubtings have pass’d away;
Now within me will shine
Beams of mercy divine,
Since Jesus came in to stay.

Refrain:
Since Jesus came in to stay,
My night has been turn’d today;
What a love He hath shown,
What a joy I have known,
Since Jesus came in to stay.

2 Since I opened the door
To the life evermore,
Hallelujah, I now obey;
There’s deliverance from sin,
Grace, the battle to win,
Since Jesus came in to stay. [Refrain]

3 I have peace with my God,
And His love, shed abroad,
While I’m going along the way;
Singing praise to my King,
Love will mount on the wing,
Since Jesus came in to stay. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #40

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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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