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So Will I Comfort Thee

Author: Mary D. James Appears in 5 hymnals Used With Tune: [So will I comfort thee]

[So will I comfort thee]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 53465 51765 43423 Used With Text: So Will I Comfort Thee

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Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #232a (1885) Lyrics: 1 So will I comfort thee, Poor sorrowing child of care; Thy heavy load of woe, Upon my heart I bear. I know thy pains, and griefs, and fears, I hear thy sighs, and count thy tears: So will I comfort, comfort thee. 2 So will I comfort thee, Thro’ all life’s dreary way; I’ll be thy constant guide, I’ll keep thee night and day; No foes, no perils need’st thou fear, For I, thy God, am always near: So will I comfort, comfort thee. 3 So will I comfort thee, E’en I, the mighty God; Unchanging is My love, Unfailing is My word. No mother’s love can equal Mine, No arms so strong as arms Divine; So will I comfort, comfort thee. 4 So will I comfort thee; From every stormy blast, I’ll hide thee with My wings, “Till all life’s storms are past,” Then bear thee to the heavenly shore, Where sorrow’s tears shall fall no more, So will I comfort, comfort thee. Languages: English Tune Title: [So will I comfort thee]

So Will I Comfort Thee

Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Delight #41 (1898) Languages: English Tune Title: [So will I comfort thee]

So Will I Comfort Thee

Author: Mary D. James Hymnal: The Gem of Gems #61 (1881) Languages: English Tune Title: [So will I comfort thee]

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Mary D. James

1810 - 1883 Author of "So Will I Comfort Thee" in Gospel Praise Book. Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She strived to live a life as close to Christ as possible. She died in New York City. John Perry

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: J. W. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[So will I comfort thee]" in Gospel Praise Book. 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