Lift Up the Joyful Voice

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Lift up the joyful voice of praise

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Lift up the joyful voice of praise]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Lift up the joyful voice of praise
To him whose mercy crowns our days;
Let songs of gratitude and love
Ascend to God above.

Refrain:
Bless the Lord, O bless his name!
Repeat the story of his grace, his saving love proclaim!
Bless the Lord, with hearts aflame,
And sing ye glad hosannas to his name.

2 His pard’ning word dispels our fear,
And bids the contrite “be of cheer,”
His loving smile rewards the meek,
Who shall his blessing seek. [Refrain]

3 He kindly hears and answers pray’r,
And at his feet, we drop our care;
The love that shrank not from the cross,
Shall hallow ev’ry loss. [Refrain]

Source: The Service of Praise #93

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Author: E. 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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First Line:	Lift up the joyful voice of praise
Title:	Lift Up the Joyful Voice
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Bless the Lord, O bless his name
Publication Date:	1900
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.