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[Will our lamps be filled and ready]
Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William James Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921 Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 12333 33213 55123 Used With Text: When the Bridegroom Comes (Latta)
[Will our lamps be filled and ready]
When the Bridegroom Comes
Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: Will our lamps be filled and ready Refrain First Line: O be ready Used With Tune: [Will our lamps be filled and ready]
When the Bridegroom Comes
When the Bridegroom Comes (Latta)
Author: Eden Reeder Latta, 1839-1915 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7138 First Line: Will our lamps be filled and ready Refrain First Line: O be ready! O be ready! Lyrics: 1. Will our lamps be filled and ready,
When the Bridegroom comes?
And our lights be clear and steady,
When the Bridegroom comes?
In the night, that solemn night,
Will our lamps be burning bright,
When the Bridegroom comes?
Refrain
O be ready! O be ready!
O be ready when the Bridegroom comes!
O be ready! O be ready!
O be ready when the Bridegroom comes!
2. Shall we hear a welcome sounding,
When the Bridegroom comes?
And a shout of joy resounding,
When the Bridegroom comes?
In the night, that solemn night,
Will our lamps be burning bright,
When the Bridegroom comes? [Refrain]
3. Don’t delay our preparation
Till the Bridegroom comes,
Lest there be a separation,
When the Bridegroom comes.
In the night, that solemn night,
Will our lamps be burning bright,
When the Bridegroom comes? [Refrain]
4. It may be a time of sorrow,
When the Bridegroom comes;
If our oil we hope to borrow,
When the Bridegroom comes.
In the night, that solemn night,
Will our lamps be burning bright,
When the Bridegroom comes? [Refrain]
5. Oh, there’ll be a glorious meeting,
When the Bridegroom comes;
And a hallelujah greeting,
When the Bridegroom comes.
In the night, that joyful night,
With our lamps all burning bright,
When the Bridegroom comes. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Will our lamps be filled and ready]
When the Bridegroom Comes (Latta)
When the Bridegroom Comes
Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Salvation #38 (1902) First Line: Will our lamps be filled and ready Refrain First Line: O be ready! O be ready Tune Title: [Will our lamps be filled and ready]
When the Bridegroom Comes
When the Bridegroom Comes
Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #46 (1911) First Line: Will our lamps be filled and ready Refrain First Line: O be ready! O be ready! Languages: English Tune Title: [Will our lamps be filled and ready]
When the Bridegroom Comes
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: William James Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921 Composer of "[Will our lamps be filled and ready]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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
William J. Kirkpatrick
E. R. Latta
1839 - 1915 Author of "When the Bridegroom Comes" in Glorious Praise Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA.
John Perry
E. R. Latta
