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There's a veil that hangs before me

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [There's a veil that hangs before me] (Sweney)
Published in 10 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There’s a veil that hangs before me,
And an unknown pathway hides;
There’s an eye that’s watching o’er me,
An almighty hand that guides.
So I need not fear the morrow;
Peace is in my heart today,
For my blessed Saviour tells me,
He’ll be with me all the way.

Refrain:
All the way, all the way,
He’ll be with me all the way;
O my blessed Saviour tells me,
He’ll be with me all the way.

2 At the blood-stained cross he met me,
Bade me look to him and live;
Though temptations shall beset me,
Overcoming pow’r he’ll give.
There’s a joy that shines about me,
With a pure and heav’nly ray,
For my blessed Saviour tells me,
He’ll be with me all the way. [Refrain]

3 In the time of pain and sadness,
His sweet promise I will test;
Welcome, sunny hours of gladness,
By his smile made doubly blest.
Ev’ry step that leads to glory
Shall his wondrous love display,
For my blessed Saviour tells me,
He’ll be with me all the way. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #60

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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:	There's a veil that hangs before me
Title:	All the Way
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	All the way, all the way
Copyright:	Public Domain