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[A sinner was wandering at eventide]

[A sinner was wandering at eventide]

Composer: Will L. Thompson
Published in 40 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Will L. Thompson

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­view Cem­e­te­ry, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an ear­ly at­tempt to sell his songs to a com­mer­cial pub­lish­er, Thomp­son start­ed his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He lat­er ex­pand­ed, open­ing a store to sell pi­an­os, or­gans and sheet mu­sic. Both a lyr­i­cist and com­pos­er, he en­sured he would al­ways re­mem­ber words or mel­o­dies that came to him at odd times: "No mat­ter where I am, at home or ho­tel, at the store or tra­vel­ing, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem wor­thy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [A sinner was wandering at eventide]
Composer: Will L. Thompson
Incipit: 53333 33553 34442
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 40 of 40)

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #291

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Choice Songs #51

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Crowning Day No. 4 #252

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Crowning Glory No. 2 #153

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Diadems #220

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Evangelistic Center Songs #94

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Favorite Gospel Songs #84

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Favorite Solos #187

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Glad Tidings in Song #206

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Herald of Praise #150

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Hymns for His Praise #54

Hymns of Victory #138

Inspiring Hymns #210

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Joy to the World #207

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Lasting Hymns #72

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Make Christ King #120

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Make Christ King. Combined #163

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Popular Hymns Number 2 #237

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Rescue Songs #93

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Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #176

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Sermons in Song #175

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Service Hymnal #246

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Songs for Service #22

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Songs of the Peacemaker #190

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Songs of Victory #462

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #246

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The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #94

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The Endeavor Hymnal #243

The Gospel Call, Part Two #333

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The Gospel Call #79

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The New Century Hymnal #134

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The Peacemaker #190

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The World Evangel #199

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Triumphant Songs No.2 #113

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Triumphant Songs No.4 #104

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Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #320

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Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #277

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Winning Songs #162

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World Wide Revival Songs #191

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Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #202

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