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There's a voice that speaks to all

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals

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There's a voice that speaks to all

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Fillmore's Sunday School Songs No. 1 #d43 (1898) Languages: English

There's a voice that speaks to all

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Fillmores' Gospel Songs for Young People's Meetings, Prayer Meetings, Revival Meetings, and Sunday School #d150 (1898) Languages: English

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "There's a voice that speaks to all" 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)