Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?

DESCRIPTION: "Hear the footsteps of Jesus, he is now passing by, Bearing balm for the wounded, healing all who apply...." "Wilt thou be made whole (x2)? O come, weary suff'rer, O come, sin-sick soul... Step into the current and thou shalt be whole."
AUTHOR: William J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)
EARLIEST DATE: 1882 copyright
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cazden/Haufrecht/Studer-FolkSongsOfTheCatskills 82, "Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [180 words]: According to W. K. McNeil, editor, Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, Routledge, 2005, p. 220, "Gospel music pioneer William James Kirkpatrick was noted as a composer, teacher, and compiler of Sunday school and gospel hymnbooks. After studying with a number of music instructors, he started teaching music in the Philadelphia area. He also became music director of several Methodist churches, at the same time earning his living as the manager of a furniture business."
Starting in 1878, he and John R. Sweney ran a business called "The Praise Publishing Company," which eventually published about a hundred songbooks. "Kirkpatrick's songbooks were very popular at revivals and camp meetings, and they helped to establish and popularize the gospel style that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Of Kirkpatrick's prolific output, 'Jesus Saves' and ''Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus' (both 1882) are the best known today." However, as of 2022, no other song of his appears in the Index, and even this one has only the thinnest hold in tradition. - RBW
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