[Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way]

[Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way]

Composer: E. E. Hewitt (1899)
Published in 21 hymnals


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Composer: E. 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way]
Composer: E. E. Hewitt (1899)
Incipit: 51333 21311 65123
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Christian Hymns No. 1, by J. Wilbur Chapman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall Mack Company, 1899)
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2710
Text: In a Little While We're Going Home
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #344

Text

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #626

Audio

Small Church Music #2260

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The Cyber Hymnal #2710

Include 17 pre-1979 instances
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