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Certainly I Will Be With Thee

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Certainly, I will be with thee, Each step of the homeward way Refrain First Line: "Certainly, I will be with thee"
Certainly I Will Be With Thee

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["Certainly, I will be with thee"]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. K. Langley Incipit: 53331 23565 33532 Used With Text: Certainly I Will Be With Thee
["Certainly, I will be with thee"]

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Certainly I Will Be With Thee

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #292 (1903) First Line: "Certainly, I will be with thee" Refrain First Line: "Certainly, I will be with thee" Languages: English Tune Title: ["Certainly, I will be with thee"]
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Certainly I Will Be With Thee

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #d48 (1898) First Line: "Certainly, I will be with thee" Refrain First Line: "Certainly, I will be with thee" Languages: English
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Certainly, I will be with thee

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Happy Voices No. 1 #d15 (1898) Languages: English
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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Certainly I Will Be With Thee" 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

Charles K. Langley

1852 - 1904 Person Name: Chas. K. Langley Composer of "["Certainly, I will be with thee"]" in Bells of Heaven Charles King Langley, Sr., 1852-1904 Born: March 17, 1852, Marysville, Ohio. Died: 1904, Stuttgart, Arkansas, of typhoid fever. Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Belcher, Arkansas. Music ALPERTON CROWN HIM WITH REJOICING GOING ON JUDAH'S STAR IS RISEN ON WHICH SIDE WILL YOU BE FOUND? WE'LL FOLLOW ON --www.hymntime.com/tch/
Charles K. Langley
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