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[O Lord, thy mighty grace impart]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 13343 32124 32313 Used With Text: Wash me in Thy Blood

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Lord, thy mighty grace impart Refrain First Line: Saviour, make me all thine own Used With Tune: [O Lord, thy mighty grace impart]

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Wash me in Thy Blood

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #33 (1897) First Line: O Lord, thy mighty grace impart Refrain First Line: Saviour, make me all thine own Lyrics: 1 O Lord, thy mighty grace impart, Wash me in thy blood; Take full possession of my heart, Wash me in thy blood. Refrain: Saviour, make me all thine own, Trusting, trusting thee alone, Sink me ’neath the crimson flood, Wash me in thy blood. 2 From outward fault, from secret sin, Wash me in thy blood; Let now thy Spirit rule within, Wash me in thy blood. [Refrain] 3 Array my soul in robes divine, Wash me in thy blood; The garments of salvation mine, Wash me in thy blood. [Refrain] 4 Until that happy day shall break, Wash me in thy blood; When in thy likeness I awake, Wash me in thy blood. [Refrain] Tune Title: [O Lord, thy mighty grace impart]

Wash Me in Thy Blood

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Gospel Hosannas #33 (1898) First Line: O Lord, thy mighty grace impart Refrain First Line: Saviour, make me all thine own Languages: English Tune Title: [O Lord, thy mighty grace impart]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Wash me in Thy Blood" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 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 "[O Lord, thy mighty grace impart]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 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