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[Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 34556 61345 56613 Used With Text: Always Something New in Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy Refrain First Line: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy Lyrics: 1 Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy. Passing pleasures lose their joy, But in Jesus there is always something new; Some bright token of His love, Bearing blessing from above, Like the freshness of the morning dew. Refrain: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy He gives, Joy that forever lives! Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Always in Jesus new, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy. Wonderful joy, wonderful joy. 2 There is always something new, When his bidding we we pursue. In his service there are never failing charms; For the more we do his will We will know him better still, Rest more sweetly in the Saviour’s arms. [Refrain] 3 There is always something new, Angels look and worship too, While the treasures of reedeming grace unfold; Heaven’s day is none too long For the everlasting song, When the king of glory we behold. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy]

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Always Something New in Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunday-School Praises #70 (1900) First Line: Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy Refrain First Line: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy Lyrics: 1 Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy. Passing pleasures lose their joy, But in Jesus there is always something new; Some bright token of His love, Bearing blessing from above, Like the freshness of the morning dew. Refrain: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy He gives, Joy that forever lives! Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy, Always in Jesus new, Wonderful joy, wonderful joy. Wonderful joy, wonderful joy. 2 There is always something new, When his bidding we we pursue. In his service there are never failing charms; For the more we do his will We will know him better still, Rest more sweetly in the Saviour’s arms. [Refrain] 3 There is always something new, Angels look and worship too, While the treasures of reedeming grace unfold; Heaven’s day is none too long For the everlasting song, When the king of glory we behold. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy]

Always Something New in Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Praise in Song #32 (1893) First Line: Earthly sweets will sometime cloy Refrain First Line: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy Languages: English Tune Title: [Earthly sweets will sometime cloy]

Always Something New in Jesus

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise #148 (1894) First Line: Earthly sweets will sometime cloy Refrain First Line: Wonderful joy, wonderful joy Languages: English Tune Title: [Earthly sweets will sometime cloy]

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Earthly sweets will sometimes cloy]" in Sunday-School Praises 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

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "Always Something New in Jesus" in Sunday-School Praises 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)