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[Come sinner hasten to the cross]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. L. Pickett Incipit: 51535 66612 17651 Used With Text: Jesus Now is Passing By

Jesus Now is Passing By

Author: L. L. Pickett Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Come sinner hasten to the cross Used With Tune: [Come sinner hasten to the cross]

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Author: L. L. Pickett Hymnal: Tears and Triumphs No. 4 #48 (1910) First Line: Come, sinner, hasten to the cross Refrain First Line: Jesus now is passing by Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, sinner, hasten to the cross]

Jesus Now is Passing By

Author: L. L. Pickett Hymnal: Celestial Showers No. 1, a collection of gospel songs used in Rev. I. Toliver's Meetings #57 (1895) First Line: Come sinner hasten to the cross Languages: English Tune Title: [Come sinner hasten to the cross]

Jesus Is Passing

Author: L. L. Pickett Hymnal: Tears and Triumphs No. 2 #66 (1897) First Line: Come, sinner, hasten to the cross Refrain First Line: Jesus now is passing by Languages: English Tune Title: [Come, sinner, hasten to the cross]

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L. L. Pickett

1859 - 1928 Author of "Jesus Now is Passing By" in Celestial Showers No. 1, a collection of gospel songs used in Rev. I. Toliver's Meetings Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry