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Savior, Help Us

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Savior, help us in our weakness Refrain First Line: Precious Savior, precious Savior

[Saviour, help us in our weakness]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 33345 22234 31643 Used With Text: Saviour, help Us

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunday-School Praises #47 (1900) First Line: Saviour, help us in our weakness Refrain First Line: Precious Saviour, precious Saviour Lyrics: 1 Saviour, help us in our weakness, Guide and keep us hour by hour: Help us meet the world’s temptations With Thine overcoming power. Refrain: Precious Saviour, precious Saviour, Sweet it is to trust in thee; Precious Saviour, precious Saviour, Smile upon us graciously. 2 Nothing can we do without Thee, But all grace we know is Thine; Strengthen us for ev’ry duty, Fill us with Thy love Divine. [Refrain] 3 Help us take Thy yoke upon us, And Thy blessed Word obey; Learn of Thee the “Meek and Lowly,” Humbly serving, day by day. [Refrain] 4 May we grow like Thee, our Saviour, Whom, though still unseen, we love; Help us show the light to others, Show the light that leads above. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Saviour, help us in our weakness]

Saviour, Help Us

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Redemption #11 (1899) First Line: Saviour, help us in our weakness Refrain First Line: Precious Saviour, precious Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [Saviour, help us in our weakness]

Saviour, Help Us

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Pentecostal Praises #21 (1898) First Line: Saviour, help us in our weakness Refrain First Line: Precious Saviour, precious Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [Saviour, help us in our weakness]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Saviour, help Us" in Sunday-School Praises 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)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Saviour, help us in our weakness]" in Sunday-School Praises William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman