Love Lighting Up the Way

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O sing the name of Jesus in joyful hymns of praise

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [O sing the name of Jesus in joyful hymns of praise]
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1 O sing the name of Jesus in joyful hymns of praise!
To him in glad thanksgiving my happy heart I raise;
He like a Shepherd found me when wand’ring far astray;
And now his love so precious is lighting up the way.

Refrain:
Love, love, bright’ning ev’ry day;
Love, love, lighting up the way;
O praise his name forever, let all his people say,
The love of my Redeemer is lighting up the way.

2 He never will forsake me, his Word assures me so;
And ev’ry needful blessing he freely will bestow;
His mercies shine around me, tho’ earthly skies are gray;
The love of my Redeemer is lighting up the way. [Refrain]

3 Be faith I see the portals of Zion City fair;
The King in all his beauty reveals his glory there;
And tow’rd the radiant mansions of everlasting day
The love of my Redeemer is lighting up the way. [Refrain]

Source: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #54

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

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 (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O sing the name of Jesus in joyful hymns of praise
Title:	Love Lighting Up the Way
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Love, love brightening every day
Copyright:	Public Domain