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Stand by Me - Charles Tindley

Stand by Me - Charles Tindley

Charles Tindley was an uneducated African American man turned prominent preacher, hymn writer, and pastor. Born in 1851 in Berlin, Maryland, young Charles narrowly escaped following his father’s footsteps as...

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Stand by Me - Charles Tindley

Charles Tindley was an uneducated African American man turned prominent preacher, hymn writer, and pastor. Born in 1851 in Berlin, Maryland, young Charles narrowly escaped following his father’s footsteps as...

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Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Thomas A Dorsey

Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Thomas A Dorsey

  Many of our hymns and gospel songs are born out of adversity and tragedy. Such is the case with “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Thomas A. Dorsey grew up...

Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Thomas A Dorsey

  Many of our hymns and gospel songs are born out of adversity and tragedy. Such is the case with “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Thomas A. Dorsey grew up...

Hour by Hour - Annie Sherwood Hawks

Hour by Hour - Annie Sherwood Hawks

Annie Sherwood Hawks, authoress of “I Need Thee Every Hour” and numerous other popular hymns, was born May 28th, 1835, in Hoosick, New York. Though Mrs. Hawks never completed formal...

Hour by Hour - Annie Sherwood Hawks

Annie Sherwood Hawks, authoress of “I Need Thee Every Hour” and numerous other popular hymns, was born May 28th, 1835, in Hoosick, New York. Though Mrs. Hawks never completed formal...

Shall We Gather at the River - Robert Lowry

Shall We Gather at the River - Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826. He was converted at the age of seventeen, and from that moment began laboring for the Saviour in Christian...

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Shall We Gather at the River - Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826. He was converted at the age of seventeen, and from that moment began laboring for the Saviour in Christian...

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Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte was born June 1st, 1793 in Scotland. A graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, Lyte was a multitalented man. He was scholar, poet, musician, pastor, though illness...

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Abide With Me - Henry F. Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte was born June 1st, 1793 in Scotland. A graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, Lyte was a multitalented man. He was scholar, poet, musician, pastor, though illness...

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How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

Elias Keach, born 1667, was the only son of Benjamin Keach, imminent Baptist preacher, and hymn-writer of England. Elias traveled to Philadelphia in 1686 when he was nineteen years old....

How Kind Is God to Us? - Elias Keach

Elias Keach, born 1667, was the only son of Benjamin Keach, imminent Baptist preacher, and hymn-writer of England. Elias traveled to Philadelphia in 1686 when he was nineteen years old....