Short Name: | Russell Kelso Carter |
Full Name: | Carter, Russell Kelso, 1849-1928 |
Birth Year: | 1849 |
Death Year: | 1928 |
Russel Kelso Carter was a professor in the Pennsylvania Military College of Chester. While there he was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church. He became very active in leading camp meetings and revivals. After failing health forced him to abandon this work, he studied and became a medical doctor as well as a writer. He wrote novels as well as hymns.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Tunes by Russell Kelso Carter (155) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A cry comes up from the darkness] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 55535 56553 31132 |
[A dreadful sound rings in my ears] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51115 66535 22123 |
[Abiding, O so wondrous sweet] | R. K. Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 53217 12165 55671 |
[After the darkness of the night] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55555 65557 76511 |
[At the Fount I stand, 'neath the bleeding hand] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 54351 17671 16513 |
[Away from my Father, away from my home] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53156 11231 25315 |
["Be not afraid!" My Lord, my Light, my Life] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53165 52343 36175 |
[Behold, behold the Lamb of God!] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55653 32223 45625 |
[Breathe upon us, Lord from Heaven] | R. Kelso Carter, 1849-1928 (Composer) | 20 | 12316 16512 34532 |
[Buried with Christ and raised with Him, too] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 12311 17124 34222 |
[Christian virgins, are you ready] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33321 36555 56532 |
[Church of God, beloved, chosen] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 11123 33122 23444 |
[Cling, brothers, cling!] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 11116 55771 55661 |
[Come, all ye saints, salute your King] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 3 | 51112 33333 33432 |
[Come, Holy Ghost! to Thee I cry] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13332 34272 11123 |
[Come, swell the anthem] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 31653 47651 42316 |
[Come to Jesus now, the invitation hear] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 12333 23454 33455 |
[Come to the feast that the Lord hath made] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 55653 51117 77765 |
[Cross of Christ! lead onward] | Russell Kelso Carter, 1849-1928 (Composer) | 8 | 33333 22232 16616 |
[Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness] (Carter) | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 4 | 32353 12123 13323 |
[Day is done, night has come] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55566 53336 17111 |
[Depth of mercy! can there be] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 53653 31224 26516 |
[Draw me close to Thy bleeding side] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33321 56133 32123 |
[From Calvary's Fountain, Lord, I know] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | |
[Glory to God! redeemed ones sing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 56554 32165 61654 |
GUIDANCE (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53111 73216 51355 |
[Hark the Gospel news is sounding] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 55123 33234 54322 |
[Hark to the story of Jesus] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 11115 13133 33135 |
[Have you listened to the story] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 34551 66531 22344 |
[Have you not heard the old, old story] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 54433 33332 35555 |
HEALING (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33353 13221 11235 |
[He's coming back to earth again] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55535 66557 76515 |
[How blest are they who overcome] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 35332 11651 11123 |
[I am Thine, my Lord, wholly Thine today] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51333 21444 66532 |
[I believe that God in mercy] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51133 22113 53112 |
[I can hear my Savior calling] (Norris) | R. K. Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 51334 33257 21322 |
[I can sing now the song] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 51333 31355 55665 |
[I have found the dearest friend] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 32156 15512 32123 |
[I love Thee, my Savior] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 12316 15312 31432 |
[I sometimes wish when the twilight ends] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33331 34433 31766 |
[I stand upon the promises] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55351 16665 65325 |
[I walk today in Beulah land] (Chorus) | Russell Kelso Carter (Composer) | 1 | 54446 55532 24665 |
[I will sing of a time, of a land, and a King] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 12333 33456 53345 |
[I'm more than conqueror through His blood] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 8 | 53332 15615 11325 |
[I'm thinking of the past tonight] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33353 32234 65433 |
[I'm trusting, I'm trusting] | R. K. Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 56131 35653 21332 |
[I'm walking now in Beulah land] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 35553 32133 23432 |
[I'm weary of this load of sin] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 32153 51111 22232 |
[In every tribe and every nation] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13215 61655 34512 |
[In happy hours] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 55316 51325 53243 |
[In the secret of His presence] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 33312 16116 51132 |
[I've entered the rest of the people of God] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55655 67121 11222 |
[Jesus, Bleeding One, save me] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33345 65337 63222 |
[Jesus hath died and hath risen again] (55132) | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 1 | 55132 11765 77776 |
[Jesus, here I bring my all] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 54433 32344 34246 |
ST. MARY (53453) | R. Kelso Carter (Arrager) | 1 | 53453 21653 45321 |
[Jesus is victor! His work is complete] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 51113 33221 22321 |
[Jesus, lover of my soul] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 54533 32311 22335 |
[Jesus my all to heaven has gone] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 11355 66531 32113 |
[Jesus my Prophet stands] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 35332 12543 61665 |
[Jesus my Savior is all things to me] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 32353 11712 43476 |
[Jesus see me, lost and dying] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55556 55111 11712 |
[Jesus, the very thought of Thee] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55511 66217 57655 |
[Jesus, Thou ever art the same] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 7 | 55515 66533 45653 |
[Nothing, either great or small] (Pease) | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 11123 33421 2315 |
LANDON | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 53331 21165 11332 |
[The mercy of God is an ocean divine] (Carter) | Russell K. Carter (Composer) | 38 | 11345 55616 55666 |
STEAL AWAY | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 11133 35556 23111 |
[Lift your heads, O brothers hearken!] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55534 33223 42543 |
RUSSIAN FOLK SONG | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 1 | 53321 76513 43266 |
[Lord, I need Thy saving power] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 33333 33453 34322 |
[Lord, I pray thee for a blessing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 33355 33244 42343 |
[Lord, I see Thee come, I hear Thee calling now to me] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55655 35117 16535 |
[My God so loved the world] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53332 11111 65555 |
[My happy heart sings all the day] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13334 55532 22344 |
[Now I feel the sacred fire] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 13 | 33213 32131 65113 |
O COME AWAY | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 4 | 51765 56567 15565 |
[O for a thousand tongues, to sing] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 55512 34332 23215 |
[O glorious hope of perfect love] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 11115 66551 11566 |
[O happy saints who dwell in light] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13533 33343 32222 |
[O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord] (Taubert) | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 7 | 33333 55156 44565 |
[O Lamb of God! to Thee I cry] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51112 33312 22344 |
[O Lord, exalted far on high] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 3 | 11231 61555 65332 |
[O, sinner, come along with me] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 11355 56533 35332 |
[Walking with Jesus, my Savior divine] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 56532 12165 56712 |
[O come to the cross where Jesus bled and died] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 51111 23123 12333 |
[O glory hallelujah, sound the joyful strain] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 12333 45566 66555 |
[O God! my Lord, save, save me now, Lord!] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33334 52355 56535 |
[O have we grieved Thee] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 53321 61511 32343 |
[O listen to the story] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53334 55566 66553 |
[O the cleansing blood] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53753 13217 51754 |
[O the joy of the Lord] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55133 32113 55531 |
[Oh! the sowing time seems weary] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 11117 65111 11132 |
[O what joy and peace I know] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33321 61511 12323 |
[O who is this that cometh from Edom] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55555 51231 56121 |
[On life's raging ocean sailing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 55117 12222 22123 |
[Onward marching] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 31165 13231 16513 |
[Out in the streets of the city] | R. K. Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 33312 34332 67321 |
[Over the river, our sinfulness bearing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | |
PENTECOST (R. K. Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 51353 43213 36545 |
[Plentiful showers of blessing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55534 56542 34653 |
[Praise the Lord for love divine] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53531 17121 65123 |
[Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let us sing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55555 53515 56666 |
[Prisoners of hope, lift up your heads] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 13215 61555 55567 |
PROMISES (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 270 | 55565 43451 16667 |
[Reach out a helping hand into the wave] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | |
[Redeeming love! how sweet the sound] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55135 53312 34325 |
LILLY DALE | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 34533 21611 76512 |
[Rescue the sinner, go and rescue the lost] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 33333 21176 55111 |
[Resting on the faithfulness of Christ our Lord] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 33445 65312 32233 |
[Ring the bells of free salvation] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 31253 12531 42352 |
[Rock of Ages! cleft for me] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55111 71135 32322 |
[Rock of Ages, let me stand] | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 2 | 33432 35531 13212 |
[Saints arise! in grace abounding] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 11151 23122 25234 |
[Savior, breathe Thy Holy Spirit] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 12332 11723 45423 |
[Shout aloud, hosanna, to the king of kings] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 5 | 55555 11231 12222 |
[Shout in triumph, tell the story] (Chorus) | Russell Kelso Carter (Composer) | 1 | 31117 12222 22123 |
[Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior] (Chorus) | Russell Kelso Carter (Composer) | 1 | 31612 22222 12315 |
YARBROUGH | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 51333 21257 24423 |
[The bells of redemption are pealing today] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51111 76565 55777 |
[The Blood's applied! my soul is free] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 9 | 51112 33343 12215 |
AULD LANG SYNE | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 1 | 51113 21231 13566 |
[The gospel trumpet sounds aloud] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55653 32112 23435 |
[The light of the Word shineth brighter and brighter] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55123 21212 31113 |
[The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my God] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55123 34321 32343 |
POLAND (Koschat) | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 53333 11333 45444 |
[The Lord shall arise, shall arise upon thee] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55551 55543 22223 |
[The night is almost over, and the day is drawing nigh] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55565 51123 33125 |
[The oil of gladness on my head] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55535 16511 12325 |
[The Shepherd of the sheep came down] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 54333 23442 23446 |
LYONS | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 51123 14432 51123 |
[There is a land where life is joy] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55132 16665 11325 |
[Though swelling storms prevail] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 55111 13322 22235 |
[I'm happy, I'm happy] (51132) | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 2 | 51132 34531 21511 |
[Thou knowest Lord, I can not know] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 53213 65535 42212 |
[Thou, the Rose of Sharon] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 33333 62244 34476 |
LONG TIME AGO (11712) | R. K. C. (Composer) | 1 | 11712 16153 21243 |
[Thy will be done! to Jesus' feet] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 33335 55556 65353 |
['Tis long since Jesus found me] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51211 15134 33313 |
[To him that overcometh] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 3 | 51111 11123 33322 |
UNION (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 51131 23421 1321 |
[We are coming, hallelujah] (Carter) | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 12333 35332 11165 |
[We are sailing into harbor] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55555 55555 66765 |
[We shall hear a voice, a wond'rous voice] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 55111 13215 53312 |
[Weary, heavy laden soul] | R. K. Carter (Arranger) | 1 | 34532 31334 25433 |
[We're marching to Immanuel's land] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | |
[What wondrous love is this] (33111) | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 4 | 32311 16511 22321 |
[When I was down in Egypt's sand] | R. Kelso Carter (Arranger) | 2 | 56713 21617 12176 |
[When Jesus my transgressions bore] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13312 34433 22542 |
[When judgment thunders cloud the sky] | Russell Kelso Carter (Composer) | 4 | 34553 35544 32234 |
[When the weary day is dragging] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 33334 65332 11332 |
[When tossed upon the foaming wave] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 13353 16165 13525 |
[When weary and worn with the sorrow and sighing] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | 34545 65332 34321 |
[While the battle of life is raging] | R. Kelso Carter (Composer) | 2 | |
MARSEILLAISE | R. K. C. (Arranger) | 1 | 55511 22531 13164 |