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It Is Coming

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Soon the night will end and the day be here Refrain First Line: It is coming, surely coming

[Soon the night will end and the day be here]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Homer F. Morris Incipit: 33431 55653 33553 Used With Text: It Is Coming

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Vision of Victory #161 (1945) First Line: Soon the night will end and the day be here Refrain First Line: It is coming, surely coming Languages: English Tune Title: [Soon the night will end and the day be here]

It Is Coming

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Favorite Songs #161 (1934) First Line: Soon the night will end and the day be here Refrain First Line: It is coming, surely coming Languages: English Tune Title: [Soon the night will end and the day be here]

It is coming

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 4 #d169 (1933) First Line: Soon the night will end and the day be here Languages: English

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "It Is Coming" Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Homer F. Morris

Composer of "[Soon the night will end and the day be here]" in Vision of Victory Born in Georgia, died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022)