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[Sing the sweetest song of all, it will gladden troubled hearts]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. Martin Towne Incipit: 12117 76767 66554 Used With Text: The Sweetest Song of All

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The Sweetest Song of All

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Sing the sweetest song of all, it will gladden troubled hearts Refrain First Line: Sing the Song, the sweetest song Used With Tune: [Sing the sweetest song of all, it will gladden troubled hearts]

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The Sweetest Song of All

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: International Praise #58 (1902) First Line: Sing the sweetest song of all Refrain First Line: Sing the Song Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing the sweetest song of all]
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The Sweetest Song of All

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Celestial Songs #828 (1921) First Line: Sing the sweetest song of all, it will gladden troubled hearts Refrain First Line: Sing the Song, the sweetest song Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing the sweetest song of all, it will gladden troubled hearts]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "The Sweetest Song of All" in International 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)

T. Martin Towne

1835 - 1912 Composer of "[Sing the sweetest song of all]" in International Praise Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg. Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives
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