Come Unto Me

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Ye that labor and are heavy laden, come to Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Ye that labor and are heavy-laden, come to Me] (Chorus)
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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Ye that labor and are heavy-laden, come to Me,
Come, come, come and learn of Me;
My yoke is easy, My burden is light,
My yoke is easy, My burden is light,
Come, come,
Come, and I will give your rest.

Source: Singing Joy: for Girls and boys #59

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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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