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Mother's old Bible is true

My mother's old Bible is pointing the way

Author: Alfred Barratt
Tune: [My mother's old Bible is pointing the way]
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Alfred Barratt

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,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My mother's old Bible is pointing the way
Title: Mother's old Bible is true
Author: Alfred Barratt
Copyright: Public Domain

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Cornelius' Gospel Songs #5

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 #d129

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Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 3 #178

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 4 #d118

Home Gospel Songs No. 2 #d107

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