Hallelujah Life

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It is well in happy hours to sing a hallelujah song

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [It is well in happy hours to sing a hallelujah song]
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1 It is well in happy hours to sing a hallelujah song,
And the praises of our gracious Lord prolong;
It is better still when griefs invade or ills our hopes destroy,
Live the hallelujah life.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
This evermore shall be my happy song,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! All the day long.

2 I will live the hallelujah life because the Lord is mine,
Thro’ the shadows still His wondrous love will shine;
For the storm there is a rainbow and for ev’ry night a star,
In the hallelujah life. [Refrain]

3 I will live the hallelujah life because His grace is sure,
And His mercies thro’ my sorrows will endure;
I am nevermore without a Friend, my Saviour’s always near,
In the hallelujah life. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost #91

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Author: E. E. Hewitt

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 (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	It is well in happy hours to sing a hallelujah song
Title:	Hallelujah Life
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Hallelujah! Hallelujah
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain