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[Keep the household angels singing, singing]

Meter: 10.10.7.7.8 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 56565 35151 56565

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Keep the Household Angels Singing

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Meter: 10.10.7.7.8 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Keep the household angels singing, singing Refrain First Line: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy Lyrics: 1 Keep the household angels singing, singing; Keep the pleasant music ringing, ringing; Gentle love and cheerfulness Shall our happy firesides bless; Keep the household angels singing. Refrain: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy, Love that makes the home so bright; With all her sister angels Arrayed in heav’nly light, ’Tis love, love that makes the home so bright. 2 Joyful be our voices singing, singing; Hearts with grateful music ringing, ringing; Daily trials, daily care, Patience shows us how to bear; Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain] 3 Words of truth and kindness singing, singing; Help to one another bringing, bringing; Having charity for all, Trusting God, whate’er befall, Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Used With Tune: [Keep the household angels singing, singing] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Keep_the_Household_Angels_Singing); Hope Publishing Company, Pentecostal Hymns: Five and Six, 1911 (190)

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Keep the Household Angels Singing

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: Timeless Truths #684 Meter: 10.10.7.7.8 with refrain First Line: Keep the household angels singing, singing Refrain First Line: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy Lyrics: 1 Keep the household angels singing, singing; Keep the pleasant music ringing, ringing; Gentle love and cheerfulness Shall our happy firesides bless; Keep the household angels singing. Refrain: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy, Love that makes the home so bright; With all her sister angels Arrayed in heav’nly light, ’Tis love, love that makes the home so bright. 2 Joyful be our voices singing, singing; Hearts with grateful music ringing, ringing; Daily trials, daily care, Patience shows us how to bear; Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain] 3 Words of truth and kindness singing, singing; Help to one another bringing, bringing; Having charity for all, Trusting God, whate’er befall, Keep the household angels singing. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Tune Title: [Keep the household angels singing, singing]

Keep the Household Angels Singing

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Best Hymns No. 4 #152 (1907) First Line: Keep the household angels singing, singing Refrain First Line: ’Tis love that makes the home so happy Topics: Happiness; Joy; Living; Warfare Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep the household angels singing, singing]

Keep the Household Angels Singing

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Celestial Songs #850 (1921) First Line: Keep the household angels singing, singing Refrain First Line: 'Tis love that makes the home so happy Languages: English Tune Title: [Keep the household angels singing, singing]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Keep the Household Angels Singing" in Timeless Truths Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Composer of "[Keep the household angels singing, singing]" in Timeless Truths 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