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Loving and giving

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Give, little sunbeams, golden bright Refrain First Line: Giving and loving

[Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Dodworth Incipit: 17656 54354 32465 Used With Text: Loving and Giving

[Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Maltbie D. Babcock Incipit: 56721 17665 56721 Used With Text: Give, Little Sunbeams

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Hymnal: Hymns and Carols #23 (1903) First Line: Give, little sunbeams, golden bright Refrain First Line: Giving and loving Lyrics: 1 Give, little sunbeams, golden bright, Give to the world your cheery light. Give, little welcome drops of rain, Till thirsty meadows smile again. Refrain: Giving and loving, loving and giving, So we find the good of living: Giving our hearts at the Saviour’s call; Love is the very best gift of all. 2 Give, little flowers, fresh and fair, Breathing sweet perfume on the air. Give, little birds, your spring-time glee, Filling the woods with melody. [Refrain] 3 Give, little children, day by day, Helping each other as you may. What can we give our Saviour King? Love is the best gift we can bring. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]

Loving and Giving

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunny Songs for Little Folks Number One #17 (1908) First Line: Give, little sunbeams, golden bright Refrain First Line: Giving and loving, loving and giving Languages: English Tune Title: [Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]

Loving and Giving

Author: L. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Song and Study for God's Little Ones #26 (1894) First Line: Give, little sunbeams, golden bright Refrain First Line: Giving and loving, loving and giving Languages: English Tune Title: [Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]

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Maltbie D. Babcock

1858 - 1901 Composer of "[Give, little sunbeams, golden bright]" in Hymns and Carols Maltbie D. Babcock (b. Syracuse, NY, 1858; d. Naples, Italy, 1901) graduated from Syracuse University, New York, and Auburn Theological Seminary (now associated with Union Theological Seminary in New York) and became a Presbyterian minister. He served the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. In Baltimore he was especially popular with students from Johns Hopkins University, but he ministered to people from all walks of life. Babcock wrote hymn texts and devotional, poems, some of which were published in The School Hymnal (1899). Bert Polman =================== Babcock, Maltbie Davenport, D.D., was born at Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1858. Graduating from Syracuse University, he was ordained to the Presbyterian Ministry and was pastor of churches in Lockport, N.Y., Baltimore, and N.Y. City. He died at Naples, Italy, May 18th, 1901. He was richly gifted, and his short career was memorable for the extraordinary influence of his personality and his preaching. Extracts from his sermons and poems were published in 1901 as Thoughts for Every Day Living; and his Biography by Dr. C. E. Robinson in 1904. He contributed to the Presbyterian School Hymnal, 1899, the following hymns:— 1. Gaily the bells are ringing. Faster. 2. O blessed Saviour, Lord of love. Unto Me. 3. Shining Sun, shining sun. Child's Hymn. The tunes to these hymns were of his own composing. In The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, there is:— 4. Rest in the Lord, my soul. Trust and Peace and in the American Methodist Hymnal, 1905:— 5. Be strong: we are not here to play. Activity in God's Service. Nos. 4 and 5 are from Thoughts for Every Day Living, 1901; but undated. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Loving and Giving" in Sunny Songs for Little Folks Number One 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)