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[I've found a Friend, all friends above]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. A. Post Incipit: 34536 35422 34346 Used With Text: All Friends Above

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: I've found a Friend, all friends above Refrain First Line: O, praise him, praise my Savior Used With Tune: [I've found a Friend, all friends above]

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All friends above

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Joyful Praise #34 (1902) First Line: I've found a Friend, all friends above Refrain First Line: O, praise him, praise my Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [I've found a Friend, all friends above]

All Friends Above

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Loyal Praise #34 (1907) First Line: I've found a Friend, all friends above Refrain First Line: Oh, praise Him, praise my Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [I've found a Friend, all friends above]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "All friends above" in Joyful Praise 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)