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Dew Drops #122
Display Title: Come, Come, Come First Line: There's a word we've often heard Tune Title: [There's a word we've often heard] Author: E. E. Hewitt Date: 1895
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Come, Come, Come
There's a word we've often heard
Author: Eliza E. HewittTune: [There's a word we've often heard]
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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 >Instances
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