Onward Now

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Onward now, rejoicing

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Onward now, rejoicing]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Onward now, rejoicing,
Children of the King;
Let our happy voices
Grace and Glory sing—
Grace that daily keeps us
In the course begun—
Glory that is promised,
When the race is run.

Refrain:
Onward now, onward now,
Children of the King;
With our happy voices
Grace and Glory sing.

2 Onward now, for Jesus
Leads us in the way,
Where the morning star-beams
Herald endless day;
Fear we not to follow
When we hear His voice;
In His Name we triumph,
In His love rejoice. [Refrain]

3 Onward now, believing
That His boundless power
Surely will uphold us
Thro’ the darkest hour;
Let our glad hosannas
More and more increase,
Till we see His glory
In the Land of Peace. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Kingdom: prepared for the use of young people's societies and adapter for prayer meetings, Sunday schools and the home #62

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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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First Line:	Onward now, rejoicing
Title:	Onward Now
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Onward now, onward now
Copyright:	Public Domain