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Wand'rer, Come

Author: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Wanderer, come, oh, come to Jesus Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, come, wand'rer, come Used With Tune: [Wanderer, come, oh, come to Jesus]

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[Wanderer, come, oh, come to Jesus]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 32356 43121 71432 Used With Text: Wand'rer, Come

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Wand'rer, Come

Author: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Hymnal: The Quartet #356 (1884) First Line: Wanderer, come, oh, come to Jesus Refrain First Line: Wand'rer, come, wand'rer, come Languages: English Tune Title: [Wanderer, come, oh, come to Jesus]

Wand'rer, Come

Author: Henry L. Gilmour Hymnal: The Ark of Praise #24 (1882) First Line: Wanderer, come, O come to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Wand’rer, come, oh, come to Jesus, Come, and in contrition bow, Lo! he waits to freely pardon, Give salvation, here and now, Wand’rer, come, the feast is ready, You are an invited guest, Banquet with the world’s Redeemer, Calvary’s Hero gives sweet rest. Refrain: Wand’rer, come, wand’rer, come, Jesus lingers, oh, what love! He is waiting, he is pleading, He will all your sins forgive. 2 Wand’rer, come, oh, haste to Jesus, He’s the refuge in the storm; Rocks and mountains will not hide you In the day of dread alarm; Wand’rer, come, accept the message Faithful heralds now proclaim; Christ is passing, venture to him, He may never pass again. 3 Wand’rer, come, give all to Jesus, Come, and find his promise true, Come confessing, come believing, He will meet and welcome you; Wand’rer, come, tho’ sins like scarlet May your waiting Saviour grieve, Still he lingers not to pardon, Come, repent, accept, believe. 4 Wand’rer, come, you’re still invited, Jesus spreads his wounded hands, Let his love constrain you thither; Faith along his love demands. Whosoever hears the message Need not wait, nor backward shrink; Whosoever will may find him, Whosoever thirsts may drink. Tune Title: [Wand'rer, come, Oh come to Jesus]

Wand'rer, Come

Author: Dr. H. L. Gilmour Hymnal: Celestial Songs #453 (1921) First Line: Wand'rer, come, oh, come to Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [Wand'rer, come, oh, come to Jesus]

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H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Person Name: Henry L. Gilmour Author of "Wand'rer, Come" in The Ark of Praise Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Wand'rer, come, Oh come to Jesus]" in The Ark of Praise 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