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) Go to person page >
Display Title: O the rocks and the mountains shall all flee awayFirst Line: O the rocks and the mountains shall all flee awayAuthor: R. Kelso CarterDate: 1893
Display Title: The Rock and the MountainsFirst Line: Oh, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee awayTune Title: [Oh, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee away]Date: 1880
Display Title: Coming JudgmentFirst Line: O, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee awayTune Title: [O, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee away]Author: R. K. C.Date: 1886
Display Title: Coming JudgmentFirst Line: O, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee awayTune Title: [O, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee away]Author: R. K. C.Date: 1887