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William M. Golden

William M. Golden
From Cyberhymnal
Short Name: William M. Golden
Full Name: Golden, William M. (William Matthew), 1878-1934
Birth Year: 1878
Death Year: 1934

[William Golding]

Born: January 28, 1878, Webster County, Mississippi.
Died: May 13, 1934, in a traffic accident near Eupora, Mississippi.
Buried: Spring Valley Cemetery #2, Mathiston, Mississippi.

Son of James and Camella Hood Golding (his surname changed later), it is said he wrote most of his songs while serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary. His only child reportedly died young.

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Texts by William M. Golden (27)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Each day I'll do a golden deedWilliam M. Golden (Author)English68
How happy we'll be, when Jesus we seeWilliam M. Golden (Author)English6
I am crossing the stream, and I'll soon be at restWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
I am on the road that my Savior trodWm. M. G. (Author)English1
I praise the Lord for saving grace, It fills me with delightW. M. G. (Author)English3
I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyardWilliam M. Golden (Author)English4
If your soul has been redeemedWilliam M. Golden (Author)5
I'll sing a song in Jesus' nameWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
In a graveyard lone, near the dear old homeWilliam Matthew Golden (Author)English3
In the dawning of the morning, When the clouds have rolled awayWm. M. Golden (Author)English3
Let your light shine and Jesus will bless youWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
My time will come and this I knowWilliam M. Golden (Author)English3
O the time will come and it won't be long, when I leave this world for the land of songWilliam M. Golden (Author)English3
On the judgment morning when Jesus comesWm. M. G. (Author)English1
Once a blind man heard the storyWilliam M. Golden (Author)1
One by one, loving friends are goingWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
Safely at home on heaven's shore where the true pilgrims die no moreWm. M. Golden (Author)English2
Softly the gentle breezes blowWilliam M. Golden (Author)1
Sometime I'll hear my Savior's voiceWilliam M. Golden (Author)English2
There's a beautiful mansion, dear sinnerWm. M. G. (Author)English1
There's a bridge that spans the riverWilliam M. Golden (Author)English3
There's a rose that blooms for meWilliam M. Golden (Author)3
To Canaan's land I'm on my wayW. M. G. (Author)English80
Upon your way the Guide post standsWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
We are sailing over the ocean, sailing homeWm. M. G. (Author)English1
We are told of a book called the Lamb's book of lifeWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1
When in death you see me sinkingWilliam M. Golden (Author)English1

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