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Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When I think of how He loved me Refrain First Line: I will praise, forever praise Him Used With Tune: [When I think of how He loved me]

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[When I think of how He loved me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34355 43344 46654 Used With Text: When I Think How He Loved Me

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When I Think How He Loved Me.

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Victory Songs #55 (1920) First Line: When I think of how He loved me Refrain First Line: I will praise, forever praise Him Lyrics: 1 When I think of how He loved me, When He left His home on high, To be mocked, despised, forsaken, That my soul should never die: Chorus: I will praise, forever praise Him, I will glorify His name; O the wonder that He loves me, Precious Jesus, still the same! 2 When I think of how He loved me, In the dark Gethsemane, Of the agony He suffered, Wrestling there in prayer for me: [Chorus] 3 When I think of how He loved me, "Greater love" could never be, How He bore my sins and sorrows, On the cross of Calvary: [Chorus] 4 When I think of how He loved me, While a sinner far astray, Let my love find sweet expression, Serving Him from day to day. [Chorus] Topics: Duets; Petition and Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think of how He loved me]

When I Think How He Loved Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #55 (1925) First Line: When I think of how He loved me Refrain First Line: I will praise, forever praise Him Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think of how He loved me]

I will praise, forever praise him

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Redemption #d240 (1920) First Line: When I think of how he loved me Languages: English

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "When I Think How He Loved Me." in Victory Songs 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)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[When I think of how He loved me]" in Victory Songs Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)