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要及時 (Be in time)

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: 飄渺人生何短暫 (Piāomiǎo rénshēng hé duǎnzàn)

[Life at the best is very brief]

Appears in 150 hymnals Incipit: 12333 33135 55555 Used With Text: 要及時 (Life at the best is very brief)

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要及時 (Be in time)

Hymnal: Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #620 (1984) First Line: 飄渺人生何短暫 Languages: Chinese Tune Title: [Life at best is very brief]

要及時 (Life at the best is very brief)

Hymnal: Small Church Music #5668 Languages: Chinese Tune Title: [Life at the best is very brief]

1838 - 1921 Composer of "[Life at best is very brief]" in Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) 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