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The Holy Spirit bids you come

The Holy Spirit bids you come

Author: M. S. Kerby
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: M. S. Kerby

Marion Sylvester Kerby, 1857-1913 Born: March 14, 1857, Clay County, North Carolina. Died: February 22, 1913, Texas City, Texas. Buried: La Marque Cemetery, La Marque, Texas. Son of William and Caroline Kerby, Marion was listed as a farmer in the 1880 census in Coryell County, Texas. In 1887, he married Donia Easterling in Bell County, Texas, near Temple; Donia died in May of the following year. Marion attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky (1890-91), then married Sallie Munson in 1892 at Hope, Texas. He went on to serve as pastor of the Little River Baptist Church in Jones Prairie, Texas (1895-99). He returned to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville (1899-1901), where he rec… Go to person page >

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First Line: The Holy Spirit bids you come
Author: M. S. Kerby
Refrain First Line: Sinner, won't you come
Copyright: Public Domain

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Victory of Song #d58

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