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![]() | A better day is coming, A morning promised longAuthor: Robert LowryTune: [A better day is coming] Published in 15 hymnals |
Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826. His fondness for music was exhibited in his earliest years. As a child he amused himself with the various musical instruments that came into his hands. At the age of seventeen he joined the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and soon became an active worker in the Sunday-school as teacher and chorister.
At the age of twenty-two he gave himself to the work of the ministry, and entered upon a course of study at the University of Lewisburg, Pa. At the age of twenty-eight he was graduated with the highest honors of his class. In the same year of his graduation, he entered upon the work of the ministry. He served as pastor at AVest Chester, Pa., 185-1-1858; in New York City, 1859-1861… Go to person page >| First Line: | A better day is coming, A morning promised long |
| Author: | Robert Lowry |
| Refrain First Line: | Coming by and by, coming by and by |
The first stanza, part of the second, and the refrain of this hymn are the basis of A better day is coming by Charles A. Tindley, q.v.
| Instances (15) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Band Music #112 | A better day is coming | Coming by and by | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
| Brightest and Best #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1875 | |||||||||||||
| Davidisches Psalterspiel #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Our Treasury of Song, for Use in the Emmanuel Baptist Church #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1883 | |||||||||||||
| Song Anchor: a Choice Collection of Favorites for Sabbath School and Praise Service #22 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Songs of Triumph: adapted to prayer meetings, camp meetings, and all other seasons of religious worship #54 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1882 | |||||||||||||
| The Canadian Hymnal #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1895 | |||||||||||||
| The Canadian Hymnal #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1892 | |||||||||||||
| The Christian Sunday School Hymnal: a compilation of choice hymns and tunes for Sunday schools #115 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by | R. L. | 1883 | |||||||||||||
| The Dominion Hymnal #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised | Coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1883 | |||||||||||||
| The Gospel Choir No. 2 #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised | Coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1895 | |||||||||||||
| The Highway Hymnal: a choice collection of popular hymns and music, new and old. Arranged for the work in camp, convention, church and home #146 | A better day is coming, a morning promised long | Coming by and by | J. P. Brooks | 1886 | |||||||||||||
| The New Canadian Hymnal: a collection of hymns and music for Sunday schools, young people's societies, prayer & praise meetings, family circles #85 | A better day is coming | A Better Day is Coming | Coming by and by, coming by and by! | Rev. R. Lowry | [A better day is coming] | G Major or modal | 1916 | ||||||||||
| The Wells of Salvation: songs for the Sabbath School #168 | A better day is coming, A morning promised long | Coming by and by | R. L. | 1881 | |||||||||||||
| Trumpet Notes for the Temperance Battlefield #d1 | A better day is coming, A morning promised | Coming by and by, coming by and by | Robert Lowry | 1888 |
