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The Night Is Almost Over

The night is almost over, and the day is drawing nigh

Author: R. Kelso Carter
Tune: [The night is almost over, and the day is drawing nigh]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: R. Kelso Carter

Russel Kelso Carter was a professor in the Pennsylvania Military College of Chester. While there he was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church. He became very active in leading camp meetings and revivals. After failing health forced him to abandon this work, he studied and became a medical doctor as well as a writer. He wrote novels as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: The night is almost over, and the day is drawing nigh
Title: The Night Is Almost Over
Author: R. Kelso Carter
Language: English
Refrain First Line: In the breaking of the morning to His promises we cling
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymns of the Christian Life #361

Hymns of the Christian Life #361

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d839

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d839
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