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What are the words that we must say?

Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: [What are the words that we must say?]

[What are the words that we must say?]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Harold Lewars (1882-1915) Incipit: 11112 34552 53111 Used With Text: What are the words that we must say?

[What are the words that we must say?]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. J. K. Incipit: 11215 13542 31112 Used With Text: The Door of My Lips

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What are the words that we must say?

Hymnal: The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #79 (1929) Languages: English Tune Title: [What are the words that we must say?]

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Dew Drops #113 (1895) First Line: What are the words that we must say? Refrain First Line: Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth Languages: English Tune Title: [What are the words that we must say?]

The Door of My Lips

Hymnal: Infant Praises #120 (1887) First Line: What are the words that we must say? Refrain First Line: Set a watch, O Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [What are the words that we must say?]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "The Door of My Lips" in Dew Drops 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: W. J. K. Composer of "[What are the words that we must say?]" in Dew Drops 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