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[Lord, I have wander'd from thy way]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John P. Hillis Incipit: 33212 34556 65543 Used With Text: Home to Thine Arms

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lord, I have wander'd from thy way Refrain First Line: Home to thine arms, home to thy heart Used With Tune: [Lord, I have wander'd from thy way]

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Home to Thine Arms

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Number Two #56 (1909) First Line: Lord, I have wander'd from thy way Refrain First Line: Home to thine arms, home to thy heart Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, I have wander'd from thy way]

Home to Thine Arms

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Message in Song #120 (1911) First Line: Lord, I have wander'd from thy way Refrain First Line: Home to thine arms, home to thy heart Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, I have wander'd from thy way]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Home to Thine Arms" in Hymns and Spiritual Songs Number Two 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)