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Walk Ye in the Old Paths

Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard

Marian Wendell Hubbard was sent to be educated in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island at the age of nine, after the death of her mother. At the age of eighteen she worked in Philadelphia as a proof reader. At this time she also wrote articles and poetry for publication. She wrote hymns for an Elgin, Illinois publisher. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Walk ye in the old paths, that your fathers trod
Title: Walk Ye in the Old Paths
Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard
Language: English
Refrain First Line: 'Twas the faith of the martyrs, who stood through flood and flame
Publication Date: 1909
Copyright: Public Domain

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