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Blest Comforter

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Blest Comforter, abide with me Refrain First Line: Blest comforter, dear Comforter

[Blest Comforter, abide with me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 33451 76533 54624 Used With Text: Blest Comforter

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunday-School Praises #84 (1900) First Line: Blest Comforter, abide with me Refrain First Line: Blest comforter, dear Comforter Lyrics: 1 Blest Comforter, abide with me; The clouds will lift, the shadows flee; The heav’nly light will shine within, And drive away the mists of sin. Refrain: Blest Comforter, dear Comforter I open wide my heart to thee; Blest Comforter, dear Comforter Come, evermore abide with me. 2 Blest Comforter, the truth is thine; Make me to know the word divine; Explain the grace of Christ to me, And let me all his fulness see. [Refrain] 3 Blest Comforter, I need thy pow’r To conquer sin, each passing hour; Thy guiding voice I will obey, Point out the path, and lead the way. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Blest Comforter, abide with me]

Blest Comforter

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Pentecostal Praises #80 (1898) First Line: Blest Comforter, abide with me Refrain First Line: Blest comforter, dear Comforter Languages: English Tune Title: [Blest Comforter, abide with me]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Blest Comforter" in Sunday-School Praises 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)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Blest Comforter, abide with me]" in Sunday-School Praises William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman