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The old road is the only road that leads home to God

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: There's an old, old road by an old, old cross

[There's an old, old road by an old, old cross]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. B. McKinney Incipit: 55123 55123 33444 Used With Text: The Old Road

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Author: B. B. McK. Hymnal: The American Hymnal #374 (1933) First Line: There's an old, old road by an old, old cross Refrain First Line: The old road is the only road Languages: English Tune Title: [There's an old, old road by an old, old cross]

The old road is the only road that leads home to God

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney Hymnal: The Big Four Quartet Book #d45 (1927) First Line: There's an old, old road by an old, old cross

The old road is the only road that leads home to God

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney Hymnal: Revival Songs #d111 (1929) First Line: There's an old, old road by an old, old cross

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B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Person Name: B. B. McK. Author of "The Old Road" in The American Hymnal 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)