Since His Love Came Shining Through

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I was drifting far from the beacon star

Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Tune: [I was drifting far from the "Beacon Star"]
Published in 11 hymnals

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Author: Baylus Benjamin McKinney

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) ----- 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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First Line:	I was drifting far from the beacon star
Title:	Since His Love Came Shining Through
Author:	Baylus Benjamin McKinney
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Since His love came shining through
Publication Date:	1924
Copyright:	Public Domain