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Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Hark! the good Shepherd is calling His neighbors Refrain First Line: Jesus is seeking them Used With Tune: [Hark! the good Shepherd is calling His neighbors]

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[Hark, the good Shepherd is calling]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 55553 16666 51111 Used With Text: Lead Some Poor Wanderer

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Lead Some Poor Wanderer

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #135 (1890) First Line: Hark! the good Shepherd is calling His neighbors Refrain First Line: Jesus is seeking them Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! the good Shepherd is calling His neighbors]

Jesus is seeking them, seeking to save them

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Canadian Hymnal #434 (1895) First Line: Hark, the good Shepherd is calling his neighbors Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark, the good Shepherd is calling his neighbors]

Lead Some Poor Wanderer

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #128 (1903) First Line: Hark, the good Shepherd is calling Refrain First Line: Jesus is seeking them Scripture: Luke 15:4-8 Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark, the good Shepherd is calling]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Lead Some Poor Wanderer" in The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) 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 (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Hark, the good Shepherd is calling]" in The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) 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