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[Lift me higher, blessed Saviour]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 56713 32125 7 Used With Text: Lift my Higher

Lift my Higher

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lift me higher, blessed Saviour Refrain First Line: Lift me higher Used With Tune: [Lift me higher, blessed Saviour]

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Best of All #101 (1910) First Line: Lift me higher, blessed Saviour Lyrics: 1 Lift me higher, blessed Saviour, By Thy resurrection might, More and more, in hope abounding, Growing upward in Thy light. Refrain: Lift me higher, Lift me higher Lift me higher, Heavenly Friend, Till I see Thee in Thy beauty Where immortal praises blend. 2 Lift me higher, blessed Saviour, More like Thee in faith and love; May I find, in faithful service, Fellowship with Thee above. [Refrain] 3 Lift me higher, blessed Saviour, All my life with blessing fraught; Purer be my pray’rs and longings, Nobler, deed, and word, and thought. [Refrain] 4 Lift me higher, blessed Saviour, Grace for grace, each moment new, So may I, with Christ-like spirit, Help to lift another too. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Lift me higher, blessed Saviour]

Lift my Higher

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #332 (1889) First Line: Lift me higher, blessed Saviour Refrain First Line: Lift me higher Languages: English Tune Title: [Lift me higher, blessed Saviour]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Lift me Higher" in The Best of All 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)

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Lift me higher, blessed Saviour]" in The Best of All John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission