One thing is needful

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The Maker of all things

Author: William Booth-Clibborn
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: William Booth-Clibborn

William E. Booth-Clibborn was born on August 4, 1893 in Switzerland. He was the son of Arthur and Catherine Booth-Clibborn, and became the best known of the Booth-Clibborn children, having a worldwide ministry of evangelism and writing. He accepted the Oneness doctrine and was baptized in Jesus' name. Meetings he conducted in Australia during the early 1930s helped found several Pentecostal churches. He later founded Immanuel Temple in Portland, Oregon, where he died in 1969. From www.apostolicarchives.com Go to person page >

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First Line:	The Maker of all things
Title:	One thing is needful
Author:	William Booth-Clibborn
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Just one thing is needful
Publication Date:	1941
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1941.