William James Kirkpatrick: Composer of Some Familiar Hymns
compiled by Stephen Ross, 2014

William Kirkpatrick Wm. J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921) was an American sacred music composer and publisher. With John R. Sweney, he published over eighty Gospel song collections during a period of seventeen years. He wrote the music for the following familiar hymns:
The Comforter Has Come (words: Frank Bottome)
He Hideth My Soul (words: Fanny Crosby)
I Gave My Life for Thee (words: Frances R. Havergal)
Jesus Saves! (words: Priscilla J. Owens)
Lead Me to Calvary (words: Jennie Evelyn Hussey)
Lord, I'm Coming Home (wrote both words and music)
Meet Me There (words: Henrietta E. Blair)
O to Be Like Thee! (words: Thomas O. Chisholm)
Redeemed (words: Fanny Crosby)
Singing I Go (words: Eliza E. Hewitt)
Stepping in the Light (words: Eliza E. Hewitt)
'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (words: Louisa M. R. Stead)
We Have an Anchor (words: Priscilla J. Owens)
When Love Shines In (words: Carrie E. Breck)
You May Have the Joy-Bells (words: J. Edward Ruark)

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