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[Just a little while, and the day will dawn]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 34321 12176 56535 Used With Text: Just a Little While

Author: T. O. Chisholm Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Just a little while, and the day will dawn Refrain First Line: Just a little while, O it won't be long Lyrics: 1 Just a little while, and the day will dawn, And the dreary night be forever gone; Just a little while ere the storm will cease, Ere the heav'nly calm, the eternal peace. Chorus: Just a little while, O it won't be long, Courage, fainting heart! let your faith be strong; Soon our weary feet to the end will come-- Glory be to God! we are almost home. 2 Just a little while, then the toils are done, And the battle fought, and the vict'ry won, We shall lay the cross and the burden down, To receive at last heaven's promised crown. [Chorus] 3 Just a little while, and the tears that stray Down our faces now God will wipe away; And the bitter pain and the wand'rings lone, All will surely end at the Father's throne. [Chorus] 4 Just a little while--let us work and wait, Til our Father's hand opens wide the gate, And we hear His voice sweetly bid us come, Evermore to dwell with the Lord at home. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Just a little while, and the day will dawn]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Just a Little While

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Songs of Sovereign Grace #24 (1897) First Line: Just a little while and the day will dawn Refrain First Line: Just a little while, O it won’t be long Lyrics: 1 Just a little while and the day will dawn, And the dreary night, be forever gone; Just a little while e’er the storms will cease, Ere the heav’nly calm the eternal peace. Refrain: Just a little while, O it won’t be long, Courage, fainting heart! let your faith be strong; Soon our weary feet to the end will come— Glory be to God! we are almost home. 2 Just a little while, then, the toils all done, And the battle fought, and the vict’ry won, We shall lay the cross and the burden down, To receive at last heaven’s promised crown. [Refrain] 3 Just a little while and the tears that stray Down our faces now, God will wipe away; And the bitter pain and the wand’rings lone All will surely end at the Father’s throne. [Refrain] 4 Just a little while—let us work and wait, Till our Father’s hand opens wide the gate, And we hear his voice sweetly bid us come, Evermore to dwell with the Lord at home. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little while and the day will dawn]

Just a Little While

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Revival Praises #24 (1907) First Line: Just a little while, and the day will dawn Refrain First Line: Just a little while, O it won't be long Lyrics: 1 Just a little while, and the day will dawn, And the dreary night be forever gone; Just a little while ere the storm will cease, Ere the heav'nly calm, the eternal peace. Chorus: Just a little while, O it won't be long, Courage, fainting heart! let your faith be strong; Soon our weary feet to the end will come-- Glory be to God! we are almost home. 2 Just a little while, then the toils are done, And the battle fought, and the vict'ry won, We shall lay the cross and the burden down, To receive at last heaven's promised crown. [Chorus] 3 Just a little while, and the tears that stray Down our faces now God will wipe away; And the bitter pain and the wand'rings lone, All will surely end at the Father's throne. [Chorus] 4 Just a little while--let us work and wait, Til our Father's hand opens wide the gate, And we hear His voice sweetly bid us come, Evermore to dwell with the Lord at home. [Chorus] Tune Title: [Just a little while, and the day will dawn]

Just a Little While

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: The Young People's Hymnal #125 (1897) First Line: Just a little while and the day will dawn Refrain First Line: Just a little while, O it won't be long Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little while and the day will dawn]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Person Name: T. O. Chisholm Author of "Just a Little While" in Revival Praises Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Just a little while and the day will dawn]" in Songs of Sovereign Grace William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman