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[When the shadows 'round you gather]
Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 32211 77654 53322 Used With Text: Your Best Friend Is Always Near
[When the shadows 'round you gather]
Your Best Friend is Always Near
Author: Isabel C. Allam Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: When the shadows 'round you gather Refrain First Line: Always near, always near Topics: Closing; Even-Song; Memorial; Promise Used With Tune: [When the shadows 'round you gather]
Your Best Friend is Always Near
Your Best Friend is Always Near
Author: Isabel C. Allam Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #15 (1916) First Line: When the shadows 'round you gather Refrain First Line: Always near, always near Lyrics: 1 When the shadows 'round you gather,
When the day is long and drear,
In the morning, or at midnight,
Your best Friend is always near.
Refrain:
Always near, always near,
(He is always near, He is always near,)
Your best Friend is always near;
In your gladness, in your sadness,
Your best Friend is always near.
2 When your courage almost fails you,
When you need a word of cheer,
There is One who will not leave you:
Your best Friend is always near. [Refrain]
3 When your fondest hopes have perished,
when so freely falls the tear,
He who knows and feels your sorrow -
Your best Friend - is always near. [Refrain]
4 When the valley of the shadow
You are treading, do not fear;
One there is who will go with you:
Your best Friend is always near. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: [When the shadows round you gather]
Your Best Friend is Always Near
Your Best Friend Is Always Near
Author: Isabel C. Allam Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7803 First Line: When the shadows 'round you gather Refrain First Line: Always near, always near Lyrics: 1. When the shadows ’round you gather,
When the day is long and drear,
In the morning, or at midnight,
Your best friend is always near.
Refrain
Always near, always near,
Your best friend is always near;
In your gladness, in your sadness,
Your best friend is always near.
2. When your courage almost fails you,
When you need a word of cheer,
There is One who will not leave you:
Your best friend is always near. [Refrain]
3. When your fondest hopes have perished,
When so freely falls the tear,
He who knows and feels your sorrow—
Your best friend—is always near. [Refrain]
4. When the valley of the shadow
You are treading, do not fear;
One there is who will go with you:
Your best friend is always near. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When the shadows 'round you gather]
Your Best Friend Is Always Near
Your best friend is always near
Author: Isabel C. Allam Hymnal: Herald of Praise #3 (1917) First Line: When the shadows round you gather Refrain First Line: Always near, always near, your best Friend is always near Languages: English Tune Title: [When the shadows round you gather]
Your best friend is always near
E. O. Excell
1851 - 1921 Composer of "[When the shadows round you gather] " in The New Praiseworthy Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000.
John Perry
E. O. Excell
