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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: In humble faith at Jesus' feet Refrain First Line: God's way is best Lyrics: 1 In humble faith at Jesus’ feet, Oh, may I learn a lesson sweet, That whether sun or rain I see, God’s way is always best for me. Refrain: God’s way is best for you, for me; Oh, may we all more trustful be, Until, beyond the parting sea, I’ll sing, God’s way was best for me. 2 His way may lead through sunny vales, O’er rocky steeps, ’mid stormy gales; The truest course His eye can see; God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] 3 He never bids me go alone; His loving arms around me thrown, My guide, my keeper He will be; God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] 4 So, step by step in faith and love, I’ll walk the path that leads above: Till day shall break, and shadows flee, God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] The Gospel in Song, 1926 (Timeless Truths) Used With Tune: [In humble faith at Jesus' feet]

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[In humble faith at Jesus’ feet]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55671 21343 25221 Used With Text: God's Way Is Best

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God's Way Is Always Best

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Timeless Truths #759 Meter: 8.8.8.8 D First Line: In humble faith at Jesus' feet Refrain First Line: God’s way is best for you, for me Lyrics: 1 In humble faith at Jesus’ feet, Oh, may I learn a lesson sweet, That whether sun or rain I see, God’s way is always best for me. Refrain: God’s way is best for you, for me; Oh, may we all more trustful be, Until, beyond the parting sea, I’ll sing, God’s way was best for me. 2 His way may lead through sunny vales, O’er rocky steeps, ’mid stormy gales; The truest course His eye can see; God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] 3 He never bids me go alone; His loving arms around me thrown, My guide, my keeper He will be; God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] 4 So, step by step in faith and love, I’ll walk the path that leads above: Till day shall break, and shadows flee, God’s way is always best for me. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 30:21 Tune Title: [In humble faith at Jesus' feet]

God's Way Is Best

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Herald #6 (1915) First Line: In humble faith at Jesus' feet Refrain First Line: God's way is best for you, for me Languages: English Tune Title: [In humble faith at Jesus' feet]

God's Way is Best

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: World-Wide Revival Hymns #11 (1914) First Line: In humble faith at Jesus' feet Refrain First Line: God's way is best for you, for me Languages: English Tune Title: [In humble faith at Jesus' feet]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "God's Way Is Always Best" in Timeless Truths 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)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "[In humble faith at Jesus' feet]" in Timeless Truths Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman