[I have read of the sweet olden story]

[I have read of the sweet olden story]

Composer: M. S. Kerby (1891)
Published in 6 hymnals


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Composer: 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [I have read of the sweet olden story]
Composer: M. S. Kerby (1891)
Incipit: 55512 33215 34512
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #6419
Text: The Sweet Olden Story
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The Cyber Hymnal #6419

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