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[Welcome the children in my name]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 11115 13565 33212

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Welcome the Children

Author: C. W. Ray Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Welcome the children in my name Refrain First Line: Wondrously sweet is the Saviour's call Used With Tune: [Welcome the children in my name]

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Welcome the Children

Author: C. W. Ray Hymnal: Zion's Delight #10 (1902) First Line: Welcome the children in my name Refrain First Line: Wondrously sweet is the Saviour's call Languages: English Tune Title: [Welcome the children in my name]

Welcome the Children

Author: C. W. Ray Hymnal: The Revival Helper #10 (1893) First Line: Welcome the children in my name Refrain First Line: Wondrously sweet is the Saviour's call Languages: English Tune Title: [Welcome the children in my name]
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Welcome the Children

Author: Rev. C. W. Ray, D.D. Hymnal: Happy Greetings #13 (1888) First Line: Welcome the children in my name Refrain First Line: Wondrously sweet is the Saviour's call Languages: English Tune Title: [Welcome the children in my name]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Welcome the children in my name]" in Zion's Delight 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

Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. Ray Author of "Welcome the Children" in Zion's Delight Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry
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