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[Hear the earnest invitation]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 12333 35343 22343 Used With Text: Will You Come?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Hear the earnest invitation Refrain First Line: Will you come? will you come Lyrics: 1 Hear the earnest invitation, Wand’rer from the path of right, Jesus offers his salvation; Will you come to Christ tonight? Refrain: Will you come? will you come? Come and at his altar bow; Will you come? will you come? Jesus waits to save you now. 2 Christian souls are fervent praying, Holy Spirit, send thy light, Why afar in darkness straying? Why not come to Christ tonight? [Refrain] 3 Angels near us, eager bending, Friends beloved from homes of light, With our hearts their question blending, Will you come to Christ tonight? [Refrain] 4 Hear the Saviour interceding, Nor his gracious message slight; Will you pass his cross unheeding? Oh, return to Christ tonight. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Hear the earnest invitation]

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Will You Come?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Precious Hymns for Times of Refreshing and Revival #57 (1885) First Line: Hear the earnest invitation Refrain First Line: Will you come? will you come Lyrics: 1 Hear the earnest invitation, Wand’rer from the path of right, Jesus offers his salvation; Will you come to Christ tonight? Refrain: Will you come? will you come? Come and at his altar bow; Will you come? will you come? Jesus waits to save you now. 2 Christian souls are fervent praying, Holy Spirit, send thy light, Why afar in darkness straying? Why not come to Christ tonight? [Refrain] 3 Angels near us, eager bending, Friends beloved from homes of light, With our hearts their question blending, Will you come to Christ tonight? [Refrain] 4 Hear the Saviour interceding, Nor his gracious message slight; Will you pass his cross unheeding? Oh, return to Christ tonight. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Hear the earnest invitation]

Will You Come?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: The Revival Wave #131 (1887) First Line: Hear our earnest invitation Refrain First Line: Will you come? will you come? Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear our earnest invitation]

Will You Come?

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Melodious Sonnets #34 (1885) First Line: Hear the earnest invitation Refrain First Line: Will you come? will you come? Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear the earnest invitation]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Hear the earnest invitation]" in Precious Hymns for Times of Refreshing and Revival 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

Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Author of "Will You Come?" in Precious Hymns for Times of Refreshing and Revival Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives