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Written
by :
Eliza E. Hewitt
Music
by : Emily
D. Wilson
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lyrics
1. Sing the
wondrous love of Jesus,
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.
o Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
2. While we
walk the pilgrim pathway,
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav’ling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav’ling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
3. Let us
then be true and faithful,
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of Him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of Him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.
4. Onward to
the prize before us!
Soon His beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold.
Soon His beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold.
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
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