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[Gentle words that sweetly fall]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 35133 26765 33513 Used With Text: Gentle Words that Sweetly Fall

Gentle Words that Sweetly Fall

Author: Jennie Garnett Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: From the cross on Calvary Used With Tune: [Gentle words that sweetly fall]

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Gentle Words that Sweetly Fall

Author: Jennie Garnett Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #141 (1888) Refrain First Line: From the cross on Calvary Tune Title: [Gentle words that sweetly fall]

Gentle Words that Sweetly Fall

Author: Jennie Garnett Hymnal: Sacred Trio #446 (1889) Refrain First Line: From the cross on Calvary Tune Title: [Gentle words that sweetly fall]

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Gentle words that sweetly fall]" in Showers of Blessing 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