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Life in the Light of His Face
Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Take courage, my brother, press steadily on Refrain First Line: Life, life, joyfully sing! Used With Tune: [Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]
Life in the Light of His Face
[Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benj. Franklin Butts Incipit: 55351 51217 11176 Used With Text: Life in the Light of His Face
[Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]
Life in the Light of His Face
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Selected Hymns #73 (1903) First Line: Take courage, my brother, press steadily on Refrain First Line: Life, life, joyfully sing! Languages: English Tune Title: [Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]
Life in the Light of His Face
Life in the Light of His Face
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Our Hymns #129 (1903) First Line: Take courage, my brother, press steadily on Refrain First Line: Life, life, joyfully sing! Languages: English Tune Title: [Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]
Life in the Light of His Face
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "Life in the Light of His Face" in Our Hymns 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
Benjamin Franklin Butts
1866 - 1935 Person Name: Benj. Franklin Butts Composer of "[Take courage, my brother, press steadily on]" in Our Hymns Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio.
Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California.
Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include:
Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910)
Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914)
Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016
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Benjamin Franklin Butts
