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Watch-Night

Time is passing, swiftly passing, Soon the old year will be over

Author: G. T. Byrd (1914)
Tune: [Time is passing, swiftly passing] (Byrd)
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: G. T. Byrd

George Thomas Byrd was born on Ap­ril 16, 1871 in Har­al­son Coun­ty, Georg­ia. He was a Meth­od­ist min­is­ter, and la­ter a bishop in the Meth­odi­st Hol­ston Con­fer­ence, liv­ing in Day­ton, Ten­nes­see. He died on Oc­to­ber 13, 1950. His works include: Living Songs of Faith and Hope (Day­ton, Ten­nes­see: G. T. Byrd, 1940) See more at http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/y/r/byrd_gt.htm Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Time is passing, swiftly passing, Soon the old year will be over
Title: Watch-Night
Author: G. T. Byrd (1914)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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