Word: thirkield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week these observations on hymns were made public by 79-year-old Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield, retired Methodist bishop and chairman of the Commission on Worship of the Federal Council of Churches. Onetime president of Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta) and of Howard University (Negro, in Washington), Bishop Thirkield is a doughty crusader against bad hymns and gory ones. Aware that the average congregation sings only 25 different hymns a year, Bishop Thirkield has drawn up two sample types of Hymn Festivals which include a great variety of words and music, each identified with a central theme. The Militant, Conquering...
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