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[We'll work for Jesus today]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clarence B. Strouse Incipit: 51763 35671 23215 Used With Text: A Band of Faithful Workers

A Band of Faithful Workers

Author: C. B. S.; E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We'll work for Jesus today Used With Tune: [We'll work for Jesus today]

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A Band of Faithful Workers

Author: C. B. S.; E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hosannas to the King #1 (1901) First Line: We'll work for Jesus today Languages: English Tune Title: [We'll work for Jesus today]

Author: C. B. S. Hymnal: Gospel Hosannas #125 (1911) First Line: We'll work for Jesus today Refrain First Line: A band of faithful workers Languages: English Tune Title: [We'll work for Jesus today]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "A Band of Faithful Workers" in Hosannas to the King 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)

Clarence B. Strouse

1869 - 1918 Person Name: C. B. S. Author of "A Band of Faithful Workers" in Gospel Hosannas Strouse, a minister, at one time edited The Religious Review of Reviews. Copyright records indicate he was living in Salem, Virginia, in 1901. As of February 1905, he was president of the Florida Winter Bible Conference in Gainesville, Florida. (hymntime.com/tch)