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[Something more of Jesus, I must learn today]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Hymnal Title: Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs Incipit: 33215 11143 22176 Used With Text: Something More of Jesus

Something More of Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Heart Cheering Songs Refrain First Line: Something more than I've learn'd before Used With Tune: [Something more of Jesus]

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Bright Melodies #10 (1899) Hymnal Title: Bright Melodies Refrain First Line: Something more than I've learned Languages: English Tune Title: [Something more of Jesus]

Something More of Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Heart Cheering Songs #10 (1899) Hymnal Title: Heart Cheering Songs Refrain First Line: Something more than I've learn'd before Languages: English Tune Title: [Something more of Jesus]

Something More of Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs #123 (1898) Hymnal Title: Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs First Line: Something more of Jesus, I must learn today Refrain First Line: Something more than I've learn'd before Languages: English Tune Title: [Something more of Jesus, I must learn today]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Hymnal Title: The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Author of "Something More of Jesus" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) 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 Hymnal Title: The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) Composer of "[Something more of Jesus]" in The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) 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