Savior, Help Us

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Savior, help us in our weakness

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Savior, help us in our weakness]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Saviour, help us in our weakness,
Guide and keep us hour by hour:
Help us meet the world’s temptations
With Thine overcoming power.

Refrain:
Precious Saviour, precious Saviour,
Sweet it is to trust in thee;
Precious Saviour, precious Saviour,
Smile upon us graciously.

2 Nothing can we do without Thee,
But all grace we know is Thine;
Strengthen us for ev’ry duty,
Fill us with Thy love Divine. [Refrain]

3 Help us take Thy yoke upon us,
And Thy blessed Word obey;
Learn of Thee the “Meek and Lowly,”
Humbly serving, day by day. [Refrain]

4 May we grow like Thee, our Saviour,
Whom, though still unseen, we love;
Help us show the light to others,
Show the light that leads above. [Refrain]

Source: Sunday-School Praises: prepared especially for use in the Sunday-School #47

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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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Text Information

First Line:	Savior, help us in our weakness
Title:	Savior, Help Us
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Precious Savior, precious Savior
Copyright:	Public Domain