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[When the evening is coming]

[When the evening is coming]

Composer: Barney Elliott Warren
Published in 4 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When the evening is coming]
Composer: Barney Elliott Warren
Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.6.5.5
Incipit: 34543 32234 45334
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Evening and Morning

When the evening is coming,
And the dark clouds appear,
I am happy in knowing
My Redeemer is near;
He hath blest me with keeping,
’Mid the toils of the day;
He will watch me while sleeping,
He will not go away.

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Evening Light Songs #369

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Timeless Truths #416

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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