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[Angels, bear the news to mother]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 55456 55111 72165 Used With Text: Angels, Bear the News to Mother
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Angels, Bear the News to Mother

Author: Jesse P. Tompkins Appears in 7 hymnals Refrain First Line: Bear, O bear the news to mother Used With Tune: [Angels, bear the news to mother]
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Angels, Bear the News to Mother

Author: Jesse P. Tompkins Hymnal: Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One #58 (1900) Refrain First Line: Bear, O bear the news to mother Lyrics: Angels, bear the news to mother, That I’m coming home today; Tired of sin and all its pleasures, Nevermore from love to stray. Tell her that with heart all broken I am at my Father’s door; That my feet are on the threshold, And my wand’rings now are o’er. Chorus: Bear, O bear the news to mother! Angels, speed, O speed away! Tell her though I love have wandered, I am coming home today. Angels, bear the news to mother, IN that land where all is joy; Tell her of the deep contrition, Of her wayward wand’ring boy. Tho’ her words I oft have slighted, And in sin I loved to roam, I would give this world to tell her That today I’m coming home. Angels, bear the news to mother, That I see the love-light now, And my kind and gentle Savior, Prints His mark upon my brow. Sweet and low He speaks forgiveness, Soothes my soul to quiet rest, And I know the joy of pardon, As I lean upon His breast. Angels, bear the news to mother, Speed away on wings of love; hasten with the joyful tidings To that sunny land above, Where I know she now is waiting, Tell her of the answered pray’r, That some day, when life is over I shall meet and greet her there. Languages: English Tune Title: [Angels, bear the news to mother]
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Angels, Bear the News to Mother

Author: Jesse P. Tompkins Hymnal: Songs of the King #81 (1906) Refrain First Line: Bear, O bear the news to mother Languages: English Tune Title: [Angels, bear the news to mother]
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Angels, Bear the News to Mother

Author: Jesse P. Tompkins Hymnal: The New Christian Hymn Book #104 (1907) Refrain First Line: Bear, O bear the news to mother Languages: English Tune Title: [Angels, bear the news to mother]
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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Angels, bear the news to mother]" in Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One 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
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Jesse P. Tompkins

Author of "Angels, Bear the News to Mother" in Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One
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