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White Carnations, a Program for Mothers' Day

Publication Date: 1915 Publisher: Hall Mack Co. Publication Place: Philadelphia, Penn. Editors: Hall Mack Co.

My mother's old Bible is true

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: I've found that earth's waters

When I knelt at mother's knee

Author: Frank E. Graeff Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: There's a sweet and precious story Refrain First Line: O that story ne'er grows old

Mother's Day

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We come 'neath azure skies of May Refrain First Line: For mother, just for mother

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My mother's old Bible is true

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: WCPM1915 #d1 (1915) First Line: I've found that earth's waters

When I knelt at mother's knee

Author: Frank E. Graeff Hymnal: WCPM1915 #d2 (1915) First Line: There's a sweet and precious story Refrain First Line: O that story ne'er grows old

Mother's Day

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale Hymnal: WCPM1915 #d3 (1915) First Line: We come 'neath azure skies of May Refrain First Line: For mother, just for mother

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "My mother's old Bible is true" in White Carnations, a Program for Mothers' Day 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)

Frank E. Graeff

1860 - 1919 Hymnal Number: d2 Author of "When I knelt at mother's knee" in White Carnations, a Program for Mothers' Day Frank E. Graeff was a minister in the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a prolific writer of hymns, stories, poems and articles. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)