Author—A. Katherine Hankey, 1834–1911 Composer—William G. Fischer, 1835–1912 Meter—13 7 6. 13 7 6. with Refrain The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30 The evangelical emphasis or movement really began in England during the mid-eighteenth century with the ministries of such leaders as George Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley. The movement in its earliest days reached mainly the lower and middle classes of society