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Lord, be thy service all my joy
Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 5 hymnals
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Hymnal: The Sabbath School Harp #H115 (1837)
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Hymnal: The Sabbath School Lyre #7 (1848)
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Lord, be thy service all my joy
Hymnal: The Sabbath School Lute #12 (1848)
Lord, be thy service all my joy
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "Lord, be thy service all my joy" 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
