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Let us Give our Youth to Jesus

Author: L. H. Edmunds Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: While the skies o'erflow Used With Tune: [Let us give our youth to Jesus]

[Let us give our youth to Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34555 65355 11176 Used With Text: Let us Give our Youth to Jesus

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Let us Give our Youth to Jesus

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: Junior Songs #119 (1892) Refrain First Line: While the skies o'erflow Lyrics: 1 Let us give our youth to Jesus, Bring the brightest, sweetest hours, Ere the sunbeams lose their sparkle, Ere the dew has left the flow'rs. Chorus: While the skies o'erflow With the morning glow, Let us come to Jesus now. While our hearts are gay, In life's blooming May, Let us come to Jesus now. Let us come, let us come, Let us come to Jesus now! Let us come, let us come, Let us come to Jesus now! 2 Let us serve our King with gladness, And his wondrous love proclaim, He will bless the lips' "endeavor," Bless the deed wrought "in his name." [Chorus] 3 Let us bring our aspirations, All that we would be and do, To the One whose grace can make us Noble hearted, pure and true. [Chorus] 4 Let us give our youth to Jesus, Ere the shadows gather dim, Happy is the life, and blessed, Wholly yielded unto him. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us give our youth to Jesus]

Let us Give our Youth to Jesus

Author: L. H. Edmunds Hymnal: Sunlit Songs #118 (1890) Refrain First Line: While the skies o'erflow Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us give our youth to Jesus]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Let Us Give Our Youth to Jesus" 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 "[Let us give our youth to Jesus]" in Junior Songs 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