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I've entered the rest of the people of God

Author: Russell Kelso Carter
Tune: [I've entered the rest of the people of God]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Russell 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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First Line:	I've entered the rest of the people of God
Title:	Anchored Fast
Author:	Russell Kelso Carter
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I've anchored my bark in the harbor of faith
Publication Date:	1891
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.