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Are You Drifting?

Author: Mary D. James Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Are you drifting down life's current Refrain First Line: Hark the voice of yonder pilot

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[Are you drifting down life's current]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 33441 23432 34217 Used With Text: Are You Drifting?

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Are You Drifting?

Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s40 (1888) First Line: Are you drifting down life's current Refrain First Line: Hark the voice of yonder pilot Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you drifting down life's current]
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Are You Drifting?

Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: Prohibition Melodist #4 (1888) First Line: Are you drifting down life's current Refrain First Line: Hark the voice of yonder pilot Topics: Temperance Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you drifting down life's current]
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Are You Drifting?

Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 #14 (1887) First Line: Are you drifting down life's current Refrain First Line: Hark the voice of yonder pilot Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you drifting down life's current]

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Mary D. James

1810 - 1883 Author of "Are You Drifting?" in The Bow of Promise Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She strived to live a life as close to Christ as possible. She died in New York City. John Perry

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Are you drifting down life's current]" in The Bow of Promise William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman