Open the Windows of Heaven, O Lord

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Open the windows of heaven, O Lord, And be a rich blessing outpoured

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Open the windows of heaven, O Lord] (Hall)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Open the windows of heaven, O Lord,
And be a rich blessing outpoured;
Come with the plentiful show’rs of Thy grace,
Refreshing the dry, thirsty place.

2 Ref
Open the windows, we pray;
Send down a blessing today;
Open the windows of heaven, O Lord,
And be a rich blessing outpoured.

3 Help us to bring all the tithes unto Thee,
Our off’ring of love, glad and free;
Help us to render Thee service sincere,
To us let Thy mercy appear.

4 Open the windows of heaven, O Lord,
Unite us in loving accord;
Answer our pray’rs from Thy riches divine,
The kingdom and glory and Thine.

Source: Crowning Day No. 4 #186

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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:	Open the windows of heaven, O Lord, And be a rich blessing outpoured
Title:	Open the Windows of Heaven, O Lord
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Open the windows, we pray
Copyright:	Public Domain