1 Workers of the Sunday School, be strong and true;
Faithful to the Master, who is leading you;
Happy in his service, let us sing and pray,
And his blood-stained banner to the world display.
Chorus:
Press on, press on, workers for the King;
Press on, press on, willing off’rings bring;
Sing on, sing on; glad our song shall be,
That Jesus lives for you, and me.
2 Workers of the Sunday School, be brave and true;
With a simple, childlike faith, his bidding do;
Gather in the wan’dring, with a love sincere,
Welcome ev’ry stranger with a smile of cheer. [Chorus]
3 Workers of the Sunday School, be glad and true;
Let the promises of God your hopes renew;
Winning souls for Jesus thro’ his grace divine,
Souls that thro’ eternity as stars will shine. [Chorus]
Source: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #6
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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