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[Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. L. McPhail Incipit: 53531 53512 74242 Used With Text: Witnessing for Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power Refrain First Line: Witnessing, witnessing, proving every day Topics: Loyalty, Obedience Used With Tune: [Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power]

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Witnessing for Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #126 (1907) First Line: Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power Refrain First Line: Witnessing, witnessing, proving every day Topics: Loyalty, Obedience Tune Title: [Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power]

Witnessing for Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #126 (1902) First Line: Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power Refrain First Line: Witnessing, witnessing, proving every day Topics: Loyalty, Obedience Tune Title: [Witnesses for Jesus, ye who know his power]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Witnessing for Jesus" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined 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)