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Get Right With God

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Whatever joys engross you Used With Tune: [Whatever joys engross you]

[Whatever joys engross you]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 55671 23621 76565 Used With Text: Get Right with God

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Old Story in Song Number Two #56 (1908) First Line: Whatever joys engross you Lyrics: 1 Whatever joys engross you, Whatever cares oppress, Whatever aims allure you, Whatever ills distress; Though skies are bright and sunny, Or storms may be abroad, There’s one surpassing duty: Get right, get right with God. Refrain: Get right with God, And do it now; Get right with God, He tells you how; O come to Christ, Who shed his blood, And at the cross Get right with God. 2 He’s waiting to be gracious; He’s calling now to you, Inviting you to pardon, To mercies great and true. O turn from every pleasure, Lay every weight aside; Get right with God this moment, Thro’ Christ the crucified. [Refrain] 3 Perhaps you once confessed him, And said you were his child; But sadly you have wandered, In pathways dark and wild. The clouds of sin and sorrow The heav’nly light bedim; But still his Spirit lingers, To draw you back to him. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Whatever joys engross you]

Get Right with God

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Number Two #6 (1909) First Line: Whatever joys engross you Languages: English Tune Title: [Whatever joys engross you]

Get Right With God

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Message in Song #14 (1911) First Line: Whatever joys engross you Languages: English Tune Title: [Whatever joys engross you]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Whatever joys engross you]" in The Old Story in Song Number Two 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

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Get Right with God" in The Old Story in Song Number Two 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)