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I Have Old Time Religion in my Heart

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright Refrain First Line: Yes, I have old-time religion in my heart

[I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. Lee Higgins Incipit: 56111 61332 11215 Used With Text: I Have Old Time Religion in my Heart

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I Have Old Time Religion in my Heart

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Heaven's Lamp #38 (1943) First Line: I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright Refrain First Line: Yes, I have old-time religion in my heart Languages: English Tune Title: [I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright]

I have old time religion in my heart

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Carols of Love #137 (1954) First Line: I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright Refrain First Line: Yes, I have old-time religion in my heart Languages: English Tune Title: [I am walking in the light and the path is clear and bright]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Author of "I Have Old Time Religion in my Heart" Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives