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[When the pathway of duty seems with danger fill'd]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. A. Tindley, D.D.; F. A. Clark Incipit: 22333 21135 65123 Used With Text: I Will Go, If My Father Holds My Hand

When the pathway of duty (I will go, if my Father holds my hand)

Author: Charles A. Tindley Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled Refrain First Line: O will go, I will go Used With Tune: [When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]

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When the pathway of duty (I will go, if my Father holds my hand)

Author: Charles A. Tindley Hymnal: Beams of Heaven #19 (2006) First Line: When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled Refrain First Line: O will go, I will go Languages: English Tune Title: [When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]

I Will Go, If My Father Holds My Hand

Author: C. A. Tindley Hymnal: Soul Echoes #12 (1909) First Line: When the pathway of duty seems with danger fill'd Refrain First Line: I will go, I will go Lyrics: 1. When the pathway of duty seems danger fill'd, And the charms of worldly beauty almost win my feeble will. While I see the Cross uplifted, and can hear the King's command, I will go, if my Father holds my hand. Chorus: I will go, I will go, Tho' the mountains are high and the valleys low, I will go, I will go, I will go if my Father holds my hand. 2. If my Father holds my hand I can keep the narrow way, If my Father holds my hand, I can never go astray, Though oft it is so dark I can hardly find the way, I will go, if my Father holds my hand. 3. Tho' my strength is weak, by His grace I will seek To repose like Mary at the Savior's feet; Then to climb to the heights of the pure delight, I will go, if my Father holds my hand. 4. When in the vale of sorrow I am call'd to go, And it seems each tomorrow simply brings another woe. I am satisfied to follow where He leads, this I know, I will go, if my Father holds my hand. 5. When the awful waves of Jordan beat upon my soul, In the icy hands of death my limbs are growing cold I have nothing then to fear if my Lord is near, I will go, if my Father holds my hand. Languages: English Tune Title: [When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]

I Will Go, If My Father Holds My Hand

Author: C. A. Tindley, D.D. Hymnal: New Songs of Paradise #28 (1916) First Line: When the pathway of duty seems with danger fill'd Refrain First Line: I will go, I will go Languages: English Tune Title: [When the pathway of duty seems with danger fill'd]

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Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles A. Tindley Author of "When the pathway of duty (I will go, if my Father holds my hand)" in Beams of Heaven Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia in 1875, he took correspondence courses toward becoming a Methodist minister. He did this while working as a sexton (building caretaker) for the East Bainbridge Street Church. Beginning in 1885, he was appointed by the local bishop to serve two or three-year terms at a series of churches, until coming full circle to become pastor at East Bainbridge in 1902. Under his leadership, the church grew rapidly. They relocated in 1904 to the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, then again in 1924 to the new Tindley Temple, where the membership roll blossomed to about ten thousand. Tindley was known for being a captivating preacher, and for also taking an active role in the betterment of the people in his community. His songs were an outgrowth of his preaching ministry, often introduced during his sermons. Tindley was able to draw people of multiple races to his church ministry; likewise, his songs have been adopted and proliferated by white and black churches alike. The songs of Charles Tindley were published cumulatively in two editions of Soul Echoes (1905, 1909) and six editions of New Songs of Paradise (1916-1941). His wife Daisy died in 1924, before the completion of the Tindley Temple. He remarried in 1927 to Jenny Cotton. Charles A. Tindley died July 26, 1933.

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Person Name: Francis A. Clark Arranger of "[When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]" in Beams of Heaven F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)