Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
This rousing hymn was written by Eliza E. Hewitt, while she was an invalid. She was born on June 28, 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After becoming a public school teacher, she received an injury that caused considerable health issues and spinal problems. Hewitt became bed bound for a period of time. During this time, she wrote many hymns that we […]
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More About Jesus was written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt and John R. Sweney provided the music. More about Jesus was one of the first collaborations of Hewitt and Sweney. The song was first published in 1887 in the hymnal Glad Hallelujahs. During a visit to the Onondaga Reservation, Hewitt was adopted into the tribe. She stated “this relationship has led […]
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The dear old story of a Savior’s love is also referred to as “Sweeter as the Days Go by”. The hymn was written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt. The hymn was published in 1898 in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5. Following a spinal malady which cut Eliza’s teaching career short, she began to study English literature and write poems […]
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Robert Lowry was a composer more remembered for the more than 500 hymns he wrote instead of the sermons he preferred to give. He once stated: “Music, with me has been a side issue… I would rather preach a gospel sermon to an appreciative audience than write a hymn. I have always looked upon myself as a preacher and felt […]
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I have a dear friend that is named Beulah. Every time I see her she ask me to sing her song for her. When she first asked I was taken aback by this question and discovered there is not just one song about Beulah land. No, in actuality there a handful of songs about Beulah land. So this month we’re […]
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This week’s hymn was inspired by a very special man, who had a great love for music but an even greater love for God. Although I only knew him the last year of his life, that love of both God and music was still evident. His children introduced me to this beautiful hymn and informed me this was one of […]
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