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[If Jesus should come would your soul be prepared?]

[If Jesus should come would your soul be prepared?]

Composer: G. T. Haywood (1914)
Published in 2 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: G. T. Haywood

Garfield Thomas Haywood (July 15, 1880 – April 12, 1931) was an African-American pastor and song writer who served as Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World from 1925 to 1931. Haywood was born to Bennett and Pennyann Haywood in Greencastle,Indiana, in 1880 and moved to Haughville, a neighborhood in Indianapolis, at the age of three. As a child, he attended School 52 and then Shortridge High School. Haywood was employed by the Indianapolis Freeman and Indianapolis Recorder news papers as a cartoonist. In 1909, Haywood founded Christ Temple church. Haywood's influence crossed ethnic boundaries; by 1913, Christ Temple had a bi-racial membership of 400 to 500 and later grew to 1500. Around 1915, Haywood received a c… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [If Jesus should come would your soul be prepared?]
Composer: G. T. Haywood (1914)
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)
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Pentecostal Jewels #18

Pentecostal Jewels #18
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Songs of Redemption #86

Songs of Redemption #86
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