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F. A. Clark

Short Name: F. A. Clark
Full Name: Clark, F. A. (Composer)
Birth Year (est.): 1868
Death Year: 1948

F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia.

Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)

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Texts by F. A. Clark (56)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Alas, and did my Savior bleedF. A. Clark (Author)English1
All my doubts and fears I take to JesusF. A. Clark (Author)English1
All the busy worldF. A. Clark (Author)1
Away on the mountain so barren and steepF. A. Clark (Author)1
Beautiful lilies of EasterF. A. Clark (Author)1
Behold a stranger at the door!F. A. Clark (Author)English1
Blessed bells of EasterF. A. Clark (Author)1
Carry the sunshine, heavenly sunshineF. A. Clark (Author)English2
Christmas bells are ringing, ringing over land and seaF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Come, with your sins to Christ the LordF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, Closer to Thy side each dayF. A. Clark (Author)English1
From the fields and meadowsF. A. Clark (Author)1
Hail, all hail, Hail, all hail, Easter's hereF. A. Clark (Author)1
Hail with joy the comingF. A. Clark (Author)1
Hark, the happy birdsF. A. Clark (Author)1
I am going some day, to a home far awayF. A. Clark (Author)English1
In the eastern heavensF. A. Clark (Author)1
Is there any room at the cross for meF. A. Clark (Author)English1
It's a different worldF. A. Clark (Author)1
Jesus is calling, hear his accents sweet and mildF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Jesus, my Savior, leads meF. A. Clark (Author)English2
Just you and Jesus can make it all rightF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Marching, we are marchingF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Now the shadows softlyF. A. Clark (Author)1
O what blessed peace and comfortF. A. Clark (Author)English1
O where is the boy I love tonight?F. A. Clark (Author)English1
On a starry Christmas nightF. A. Clark (Author)1
Once again with joyfulF. A. Clark (Author)1
Only a tiny little birdF. A. Clark (Author)1
Only believing, I found sweet restF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Open the gates of EasterF. A. Clark (Author)1
Out on the highway of sorrow and sinF. A. Clark (Author)English2
Peace like a river abideth withinF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Shining with a wondrous gleamingF. A. Clark (Author)1
Silent night, peaceful night (Clark)F. A. Clark (Author)1
Thankful voices raiseF. A. Clark (Author)1
The Savior is calling, sinnerF. A. Clark (Author)English1
There is joy in my heart, like a river it flowsF. A. Clark (Author)English2
There is no one like Jesus, He comforts me in troubleF. A. Clark (Author)English1
There's a new song I am singing todayF. A. Clark (Author)English2
They followed the lightF. A. Clark (Author)1
Toil on, O servants of the MasterF. A. Clark (Author)English1
'Twas a wonderful nightF. A. Clark (Author)1
Under His wing I've found a sweet restF. A. Clark (Author)English1
We are passing swiftly onward, O how fast the moments flyF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When I am done with the ills of lifeF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When I am sad and lonelyF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When I've finished my work and life's toilsome journey's doneF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When the billows all around me rollF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When the first bright gleamF. A. Clark (Author)1
When the storms of life assail youF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When with trials I am pressedF. A. Clark (Author)English1
When you hear the birdsF. A. Clark (Author)1
Wonderful, wonderful message of loveF. A. Clark (Author)English1
Would you have happiness reign in your heartF. A. Clark (Author)English1
You will never find a friend like JesusF. A. Clark (Author)English1

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