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Back to Bethel

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Back to the Bible, the true living word Refrain First Line: Back to Bethel I must go

Meter: 10.10.10.9 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin Baylus McKinney Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 31353 56465 34565 Used With Text: Back to the Bible

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Back to Bethel

Author: B. B. McK. Hymnal: Pilot Hymns #84 (1934) First Line: Back to the Bible, the true Living Word Refrain First Line: Back to Bethel I must go Languages: English Tune Title: [Back to the Bible, the true Living Word]

Back to the Bible

Author: Benjamin Baylus McKinney, 1886-1952 Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #874 (1972) Meter: 10.10.10.9 with refrain First Line: Back to the Bible, the true Living Word Refrain First Line: Back to Bethel I must go Lyrics: 1 Back to the Bible, the true Living Word, Sweetest old story that ever was heard; Back to the joy-life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling, and I must go. Chorus: Back to Bethel I must go, Back where the rivers of sweet waters flow, Back to the true life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling, and I must go. 2 Back to the beautiful path I once trod, Back to the church and the people of God. Out of the cold world of sin and its woe, Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus] 3 Back to the giving of money and time, Back to the life of contentment sublime, Back to protection the world cannot know, Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus] 4 Back to the prayer-life in Christ I once knew, Back to its beautiful life-cleansing dew, Back to help others to conquer each foe, Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus] Topics: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; The Church Travail and Renewal Scripture: 2 Kings 22:8 Languages: English Tune Title: BACK TO BETHEL

Back to Bethel

Author: B. B. McKinney Hymnal: Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #295 (1989) First Line: Back to the Bible, the true Living Word Refrain First Line: Back to Bethel I must go Topics: Consecration Tune Title: [Back to the Bible, the true Living Word]

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B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Person Name: Benjamin Baylus McKinney, 1886-1952 Author of "Back to the Bible" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more. --© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)