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[Marching on to Zion, City of the King]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Victor H. Benke Incipit: 34453 72161 55657 Used With Text: Marching to the Promised Land
[Marching on to Zion, City of the King]
Marching to the Promised Land
Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Marching on to Zion, City of the King Refrain First Line: Marching, we are marching! Used With Tune: [Marching on to Zion, City of the King]
Marching to the Promised Land
Marching to the Promised Land
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Victory #22 (1908) First Line: Marching on to Zion, City of the King Refrain First Line: Marching, we are marching! Languages: English Tune Title: [Marching on to Zion, City of the King]
Marching to the Promised Land
Marching to the promised land
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Loyal Praise #64 (1907) First Line: Marching on to Zion, city of the King Refrain First Line: Marching, we are marching Languages: English Tune Title: [Marching on to Zion, city of the King]
Marching to the promised land
Marching to the Promised Land
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Living Praise #64 (1902) First Line: Marching on to Zion, City of the King Refrain First Line: Marching, we are marching Languages: English Tune Title: [Marching on to Zion, City of the King]
Marching to the Promised Land
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "Marching to the promised land" in Loyal Praise 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
Victor H. Benke
1872 - 1904 Composer of "[Marching on to Zion, city of the King]" in Loyal Praise Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562]
NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm
Victor H. Benke
