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[I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Gilmour Incipit: 33213 56551 16532 Used With Text: The Voice that Charms My Heart

The Voice that Charms My Heart

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill Refrain First Line: O precious voice, that spoke to me Lyrics: 1 I heard it first at Calv’ry’s hill, The voice that charms my heart, It bade the stormy winds be still, And trembling fears depart. It filled my soul with strange delight, My Saviour’s pard’ning grace, Around me shone a glory bright, The sunshine of his face. Refrain: O precious voice, that spoke to me, Sweet words of peace from Calvary, Come, wand’rer, hear, where’er thou art, The voice that charms my heart. 2 Again I heard like music sweet The voice that charms my heart, It drew me nearer to His feet, And from the world apart. It spoke to me of “things above,” And called me upward still, To learn the wonders of his love, The blessings of his will. [Refrain] 3 Then may my ear be trained to know, The voice that charms my heart, That I may heed his whispers low, And from all sin depart. And when I join the white-robed throng, Who evermore rejoice, Far dearer than seraphic song, Will be my Saviour’s voice. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill]

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The Voice that Charms My Heart

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #144 (1897) First Line: I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill Refrain First Line: O precious voice, that spoke to me Lyrics: 1 I heard it first at Calv’ry’s hill, The voice that charms my heart, It bade the stormy winds be still, And trembling fears depart. It filled my soul with strange delight, My Saviour’s pard’ning grace, Around me shone a glory bright, The sunshine of his face. Refrain: O precious voice, that spoke to me, Sweet words of peace from Calvary, Come, wand’rer, hear, where’er thou art, The voice that charms my heart. 2 Again I heard like music sweet The voice that charms my heart, It drew me nearer to His feet, And from the world apart. It spoke to me of “things above,” And called me upward still, To learn the wonders of his love, The blessings of his will. [Refrain] 3 Then may my ear be trained to know, The voice that charms my heart, That I may heed his whispers low, And from all sin depart. And when I join the white-robed throng, Who evermore rejoice, Far dearer than seraphic song, Will be my Saviour’s voice. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill]

The Voice that Charms My Heart

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Celestial Songs #625 (1921) First Line: I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill Refrain First Line: O precious voice, that spoke to me Languages: English Tune Title: [I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "The Voice that Charms My Heart" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 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 (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Composer of "[I heard it first at Calv'ry's hill]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry