about three in the morning
Oh , let me die , let me die ! '' I sat by him all night . He moaned in agony , and his passing was hard . It was about three in the morning when he spoke again : `` Say , boy , I 'm going . I 'm a useless old man . I 've lived in sin , an ' I 've repented , an ' I 've backslid . The Lord do n't want old Jim any more .