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Pressing forward, day by day

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Follow after Jesus, faithfully

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Pressing forward, day by day

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Glad Tidings for Sunday Schools, Revival Meetings #d22 (1899) First Line: Follow after Jesus, faithfully Languages: English

Pressing forward, day by day

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Singing for Joy #d54 (1902) First Line: Follow after Jesus, faithfully Languages: English

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Pressing forward, day by day" 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)