[The night is fast passing]

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[The night is fast passing]

Composer: A. J. Gordon
Published in 12 hymnals


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Composer: A. J. Gordon

Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:— 1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890. 2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this s… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [The night is fast passing]
Composer: A. J. Gordon
Incipit: 55555 55666 65243
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1900191019201930194019501960197019801990050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

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