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[Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. A. Post Incipit: 33365 55563 42225 Used With Text: The Guiding Hand

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand Refrain First Line: O what joy when Jesus takes the hand Topics: Deliverance; Faith; Guidance; Invitation; Jesus Christ; Security; Trust Used With Tune: [Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand]

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The Guiding Hand

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: World-Wide Hosannas #25 (1904) First Line: Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand Refrain First Line: O what joy when Jesus takes the hand Topics: Deliverance; Faith; Guidance; Invitation; Jesus Christ; Security; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: [Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand]

The Guiding Hand

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Adult Bible Class Hymnal No. 1 #35 (1907) First Line: Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand? Refrain First Line: O what joy when Jesus takes the hand Languages: English Tune Title: [Will you let the Saviour take you by the hand?]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "The Guiding Hand" in World-Wide Hosannas 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)