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Author: Wm. H. Clark Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness First Line: To thy Father's house returning Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, wand'rer, Quickly, quickly come Used With Tune: [To thy Father's house returning]

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[To thy Father's house returning]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness Incipit: 33323 65321 43233 Used With Text: Wand'rer, Welcome Home

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Wand'rer, Welcome Home

Author: Wm. H. Clark Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness #256 (1885) Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness First Line: To thy Father's house returning Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, wand'rer, Quickly, quickly come Languages: English Tune Title: [To thy Father's house returning]

Wand'rer, Welcome Home

Author: Wm. H. Clark Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #256 (1889) Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement First Line: To thy Father's house returning Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, wand'rer, Quickly, quickly come Languages: English Tune Title: [To thy Father's house returning]

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William H. Clark

1854 - 1925 Person Name: Wm. H. Clark Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness Author of "Wand'rer, Welcome Home" in Songs of Joy and Gladness Clark, William Henry. (Racine, Wisconsin, April 8, 1854--November 8, 1925, Rome, New York). Free Methodist. In his infancy, his parents returned to their former home in New York State, where his mother soon died, and his father married a close friend of hers, who forecast, after William's conversion in 1873, that one day he would be a bishop. He served the Susquehanna Conference of his denomination as a pastor and district superintendent from 1876 until 1919, when his stepmother's prediction came true. Meanwhile, he had been a member of the joint commission of the Free and Wesleyan Methodist Churches which compiled the Hymnal of 1910, and contributed some items to it. He died in office, requesting no eulogy at his funeral. --Arlene Clyde, DNAH Archives, rev. Hugh McKellar

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Hymnal Title: Songs of Joy and Gladness Composer of "[To thy Father's house returning]" in Songs of Joy and Gladness 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