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[Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 34556 63333 45566 Used With Text: Whose Love Befriending

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us Refrain First Line: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us, Daily mercies new is sending us; Praise Him with delight, whose saving might Will guide our steps aright. Refrain: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured, Have crowned our days and cheered our ways; O praise the Lord! Our hearts record Sweet tokens of His love, With blessings from above. 2 When we pray our Father hearing us, Sends a promise sweetly cheering us; For He knows our needs and onward leads, His grace all thought exceeds. [Refrain] 3 Praise the Lord, the King all-glorious, Over sin and death victorious; While His mercies throng, ring out a song, A carol loud and strong. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]

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Whose Love Befriending

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Praise and Service Songs for Sunday Schools #127 (1927) First Line: Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us Refrain First Line: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]

Whose Love Befriending

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Jubilate #142 (1917) First Line: Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us Refrain First Line: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us, Daily mercies new is sending us; Praise Him with delight, whose saving might Will guide our steps aright. Refrain: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured, Have crowned our days and cheered our ways; O praise the Lord! Our hearts record Sweet tokens of His love, With blessings from above. 2 When we pray our Father hearing us, Sends a promise sweetly cheering us; For He knows our needs and onward leads, His grace all thought exceeds. [Refrain] 3 Praise the Lord, the King all-glorious, Over sin and death victorious; While His mercies throng, ring out a song, A carol loud and strong. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]

Whose Love Befriending

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #246 (1922) First Line: Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us Refrain First Line: O praise the Lord, whose gifts outpoured Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Whose Love Befriending" in Jubilate 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)

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Praise the Lord, whose love befriending us]" in Jubilate Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/