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I Mean To Keep The Faith

Author: Robert E. Arnold Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone

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[A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: V. O. Fossett Tune Key: F Flat Major Incipit: 35456 53236 21767 Used With Text: I Mean To Keep The Faith

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I Mean to Keep the Faith

Author: Robt. E. Arnold Hymnal: Golden Chimes #54 (1959) First Line: A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone Languages: English Tune Title: [A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone]

I Mean To Keep The Faith

Author: Robert E. Arnold Hymnal: Redeeming Love #76 (2021) First Line: A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone Languages: English Tune Title: [A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone]

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V. O. Fossett

1904 - 1964 Composer of "[A pilgrim and stranger, I traveled alone]" in Redeeming Love Died: December 20, 1964. Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. A native of DeKalb County, Alabama, Fossett attended his first Gospel Music School at age 12. At age 16, he attended Thomas Mosley’s Normal School. By age 19, he began singing and playing in a quartet. By 1937, he was teaching in High Point, North Carolina, where he married Katherine Strother. Three years later, he joined the Chattanooga, Tennessee, office of the Stamps-Baxter music publishers. Fossett’s works include: Fossett’s Inspirational Melodies (Dallas, Texas: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company, 1952) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Robert E. Arnold

1899 - 1964 Author of "I Mean To Keep The Faith" in Redeeming Love Robert Earl Arnold
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