All for Christ, be this our fervent prayer

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All for Christ, be this our fervent prayer

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [All for Christ, be this our fervent prayer]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 All for Christ! be this our fervent pray’r;
O for grace to live for Him alone;
All for Him whose ever loving care
Ev’ry day has shown.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! all for Jesus,
All for Christ, my Saviour;
Life grows brighter day by day,
Led along His holy way,
Hallelujah! All for Jesus,
All for Christ, my Saviour,
His entirely would we be
Till His face we see.

2 All for Christ! with service good and true;
Consecrate to Him the flying hour;
His own strength your ardor will renew,
Gird your soul with pow’r. [Refrain]

3 Praise the Lord, who bo’t you with a price;
Be His name exalted evermore;
Live for Him, a willing sacrifice,
Praise Him o’er and o’er. [Refrain]

Source: Worship and Service #7

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

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 (… Go to person page >

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