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Mary F. L. Keith, Spiritual Songs and Hymns

Mary F. L. Keith, Spiritual Songs and Hymns Spiritual Songs and Hymns A Review Hugh J. Roberts One November in the late 1930s Bishop M. F. L. Keith of the House of God, Which is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth without Controversy, Inc. met with an accident which provided her with $350 in in­ surance money. Determined to use it to the glory of God, she published the first edition of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, the hymn book of the black Holiness church of which she was then the head. Ordained a Bishop in 1923 by Mother M. L. Tate, the founder (f. 1903) and first Chief Overseer (1903-1930) of the church, and Bishop F. E. Lewis, she was eventually ordained Chief Overseer by the General Assembly in 1931, following Tate's decease, and served until her death in 1962. "That is why I am printing this book," she wrote. "l am in authority to do so." Prior to Bishop Keith's insurance claim the hymn book, she wrote in the Preface, remained an unpublished collection of compositions credited to Bishop Tate: Its contents were composed by Mother M. L. Tate, the founder of the herein named church. They were first written http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Black Sacred Music Duke University Press

Mary F. L. Keith, Spiritual Songs and Hymns

Roberts, Hugh J.
Black Sacred Music , Volume 2 (2) – Sep 1, 1988
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© Copyright 1988 JBSM/Jon Michael Spencer
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1043-9455
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2640-9879
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10.1215/10439455-2.2.88
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Spiritual Songs and Hymns A Review Hugh J. Roberts One November in the late 1930s Bishop M. F. L. Keith of the House of God, Which is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth without Controversy, Inc. met with an accident which provided her with $350 in in­ surance money. Determined to use it to the glory of God, she published the first edition of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, the hymn book of the black Holiness church of which she was then the head. Ordained a Bishop in 1923 by Mother M. L. Tate, the founder (f. 1903) and first Chief Overseer (1903-1930) of the church, and Bishop F. E. Lewis, she was eventually ordained Chief Overseer by the General Assembly in 1931, following Tate's decease, and served until her death in 1962. "That is why I am printing this book," she wrote. "l am in authority to do so." Prior to Bishop Keith's insurance claim the hymn book, she wrote in the Preface, remained an unpublished collection of compositions credited to Bishop Tate: Its contents were composed by Mother M. L. Tate, the founder of the herein named church. They were first written

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Black Sacred Music – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 1988

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