1 When the dark shadows come over you,
Bringing troubles you never knew,
Trust in the Savior and pray it thro’,
For prayer changes things.
Chorus:
Prayer changes things,
Prayer changes things,
When the world is cold and blue,
Trust in Jesus, pray it through,
Victory will come to you,
For prayer changes things.
2 Prayer will bring peace when the days are long,
Turn your sighing into a song,
It will bring victory over wrong,
For prayer changes things. [Chorus]
3 Pray for the wanderer at your door,
Pray for lost ones the wide world o’er;
Jesus will save them forevermore,
For prayer changes things. [Chorus]
4 Pray and take courage thro’ weal or woe,
In life’s battles on earth below;
Pray with a faith that will not let go,
For prayer changes things. [Chorus]
Source: Voice of Praise #58
Pseudonyms--
Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin)
Otto Nellen
Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh)
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Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942.
McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >
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