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[Stepping-stones to Jesus]
Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11321 56116 51234 Used With Text: Stepping-stones to Jesus
[Stepping-stones to Jesus]
Stepping Stones to Jesus
Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Stepping-stones to Jesus Refrain First Line: Looking for the stepping-stones Lyrics: 1 Stepping-stones to Jesus
All our joys may be,
Used with glad thanksgiving
For his love so free.
Many, many blessings
In our pathway fall,
Stepping-stones to Jesus
We may find them all.
Refrain:
Looking for the stepping-stones
Placed along life’s way;
Looking for the stepping-stones,
We find them ev’ry day;
Stepping-stones to Jesus,
Stepping-stones to Jesus,
Looking for the stepping-stones,
We find them ev’ry day.
2 Stepping-stones to Jesus,
Leading to his feet,
Are the little trials,
Which we daily meet;
Ev’ry need that presses,
Ev’ry vexing care,
Ev’ry disappointment,
Ev’ry cross we bear. [Refrain]
3 Stepping-stones to Jesus,
All the pure delight
In his works of beauty,
All things fair and bright.
Ev’ry sweet affection,
Tender human love,
Brought in consecration
To the Friend above. [Refrain]
4 Stepping-stones to Jesus,
Blessed means of grace;
Prayer and sweet communion
In the sacred place;
Ev’ry self-denial
For the Master’s cause,
Each renewed obeying
Of his holy laws. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Stepping-stones to Jesus]
Stepping Stones to Jesus
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Stepping-stones to Jesus]" in Joyful Sound William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "Stepping Stones to Jesus" in Joyful Sound 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)
E. E. Hewitt
