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[Tell the sweet story wherever you go]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William James Kirkpatrick Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 33321 65123 22221 Used With Text: Blessèd Old Story of Love

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Tell the sweet story wherever you go Refrain First Line: Bless'd old story of love! Lyrics: 1. Tell the sweet story wherever you go, Blessèd old story of love! Tell it until all your heart is aglow, Filled with the power from above. Refrain Blessèd old story of love! Blessèd old story of love! Christ came from Heaven to save you and me, Blessèd old story of love. 2. Tell it to comfort the weary and sad, Tell it the wounded to heal; No other message can make us so glad, None will such glory reveal. [Refrain] 3. Look to the cross where He died for our sin, Look to the Lamb on the throne; Then tell the story a brother to win, Jesus your effort will own. [Refrain] 4. Bright angels sweeping their harp-strings of gold, In holy rapture above, Listen, while saints His salvation unfold— Blessèd old story of love! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Tell the sweet story wherever you go] Text Sources: Songs of Love and Praise, by John R. Sweney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1894)

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Blessèd Old Story of Love

Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #562 First Line: Tell the sweet story wherever you go Refrain First Line: Bless'd old story of love! Lyrics: 1. Tell the sweet story wherever you go, Blessèd old story of love! Tell it until all your heart is aglow, Filled with the power from above. Refrain Blessèd old story of love! Blessèd old story of love! Christ came from Heaven to save you and me, Blessèd old story of love. 2. Tell it to comfort the weary and sad, Tell it the wounded to heal; No other message can make us so glad, None will such glory reveal. [Refrain] 3. Look to the cross where He died for our sin, Look to the Lamb on the throne; Then tell the story a brother to win, Jesus your effort will own. [Refrain] 4. Bright angels sweeping their harp-strings of gold, In holy rapture above, Listen, while saints His salvation unfold— Blessèd old story of love! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell the sweet story wherever you go]

Blessed Old Story of Love

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: The Old Story in Song Number Two #1 (1908) First Line: Tell the sweet story wherever you go Tune Title: [Tell the sweet story wherever you go]

Blessed Old Story of Love

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise #5 (1894) First Line: Tell the sweet story wherever you go Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell the sweet story wherever you go]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Author of "Blessèd Old Story of Love" in The Cyber Hymnal 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: William James Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Tell the sweet story wherever you go]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

Lidie H. Edmunds

Person Name: L. H. Edmunds Author of "Blessed Old Story of Love" in The Old Story in Song Number Two Pseudonym. See also Hewitt, E. E. (Eliza E.), 1851-1920