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[The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 51112 33345 65343 Used With Text: We Shall Win the Victory

We Shall Win the Victory

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The world is full of evil, and the fight is on Used With Tune: [The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]

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Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: The New Christian Hymn Book #166 (1907) First Line: The world is full of evil, and the fight is on Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]

We Shall Win the Victory

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Herald of Praise #232 (1917) First Line: The world is full of evil, and the fight is on Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]

We Shall Win the Victory

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Celestial Songs #830 (1921) First Line: The world is full of evil, and the fight is on Languages: English Tune Title: [The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "We Shall Win the Victory" in Herald of Praise 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 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[The world is full of evil, and the fight is on]" in Herald 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