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Jesus Will Save

Over the mountain, over the valley

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Over the mountain, over the valley]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: E. 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 >

Text Information

First Line: Over the mountain, over the valley
Title: Jesus Will Save
Author: E. E. Hewitt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Cheerily singing, faithfully bringing others to know him
Publication Date: 1911
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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Songs of Praise and Service #83

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