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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 7 July 1851 in Berlin, Maryland
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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''


American Methodist minister and gospel music composer. Born to Charles and Esther Miller Tindley; his mother died when he was two, then raised by his father. Largely self-educated, but his knowledge of the Bible and preaching given high praise by many. Joined Phildelphia's Bainbridge Street Methodist Church in 1880, serving as a janitor – but in 1902 assigned to the same church as their pastor. The church moved to a larger site in 1906 and renamed East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church (now {{W|Tindley Temple United Methodist Church}}). It grew greatly under his leadership, eventually becoming a multiracial congregation of over 10,000. Tindley wrote over 40 hymns, many still in use today.
American Methodist minister, gospel music composer and hymn writer. Born to Charles and Esther Miller Tindley; his mother died when he was two, then raised by his father. Largely self-educated, but his knowledge of the Bible and preaching given high praise by many. Joined Phildelphia's Bainbridge Street Methodist Church in 1880, serving as a janitor – but in 1902 assigned to the same church as their pastor. The church moved to a larger site in 1906 and renamed East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church (now {{W|Tindley Temple United Methodist Church}}). It grew greatly under his leadership, eventually becoming a multiracial congregation of over 10,000. Tindley wrote over 40 hymns, many still in use today.
A few gospel hymns in Tindley's books were composed by his sons, [[Charles A. Tindley, Jr.]] and [[Frederick J. Tindley]].
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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*[[A Better Day is Coming By and By (Charles Albert Tindley)|A better day is coming]]
*[[Some Day (Charles Albert Tindley)|Beams of heaven, as I go]]
*[[The Storm is Passing Over (Charles Albert Tindley)|Courage my soul, and let us travel on]]
*[[The Storm is Passing Over (Charles Albert Tindley)|Courage my soul, and let us travel on]]
*[[Here Am I, Send Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|If the Savior wants some body]]
*[[A Better Home (Charles Albert Tindley)|Ever since I have been]]
*[[God Will Provide for Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|Here I may be weak and poor]]
*[[What Are They Doing in Heaven? (Charles Albert Tindley)|I am thinking of friends]]
*[[Just Today (Charles Albert Tindley)|I have found the peace of heaven]]
*[[Heaven's Christmas Tree (Charles Albert Tindley)|I have heard of a tree]]
*[[Heaven's Christmas Tree (Charles Albert Tindley)|I have heard of a tree]]
*[[The Home of the Soul (Charles Albert Tindley)|I hear of a city, a heavenly home]]
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*[[Leave It There (Charles Albert Tindley)|If the world from you withhold]]
*[[Joyous Anticipation (Charles Albert Tindley)|I'm on way way to heaven above]]
*[[Joyous Anticipation (Charles Albert Tindley)|I'm on way way to heaven above]]
*[[It May Be the Best for Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|I often wonder why it is]]
*[[Someone is Waiting for Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|It may be a brother with whom I did play]]
*[[Today (Charles Albert Tindley)|I've wandered in the darkness long enough]]
*[[He'll Take You Through (Charles Albert Tindley)|Lifetime is like a single day]]
*[[Spiritual Springtime (Charles Albert Tindley)|Like the action of the ground]]
*[[Nothing Between (Charles Albert Tindley)|Nothing between my soul and the Savior]]
*[[I'm Going There (Charles Albert Tindley)|Since I began to serve the Lord]]
*[[The Lord Will Make the Way (Charles Albert Tindley)|The hills of life which you must climb]]
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*[[Today (Charles Albert Tindley)|I've wandered in the darness long enough]]
*[[After a While (Charles Albert Tindley)|The world of forms and changes]]
*[[Will You Be There? (Charles Albert Tindley)|There is a land that is free from tears]]
*[[I'll Overcome Some Day (Charles Albert Tindley)|This world is one great battlefield]]
*[[In Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|Thou, O Christ, my Lord and King]]
*[[We'll Understand It Better By and By (Charles Albert Tindley)|We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time]]
*[[We'll Understand It Better By and By (Charles Albert Tindley)|We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time]]
*[[I'll Be Satisfied (Charles Albert Tindley)|What if all the world was offered unto me]]
*[[I Will Go, if My Father Holds My Hand (Charles Albert Tindley)|When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]]
*[[I Will Go, if My Father Holds My Hand (Charles Albert Tindley)|When the pathway of duty seems with danger filled]]
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*[[Stand By Me (Charles Albert Tindley)|When the storms of life are raging]]
*[[Consolation (Charles Albert Tindley)|Ye pilgrims throught this vale of tears]]
*[[My Secret of Joy (Charles Albert Tindley)|You ask me where I get the joys]]
*[[My Secret of Joy (Charles Albert Tindley)|You ask me where I get the joys]]
*[[Will You Be There? (Charles Albert Tindley)|There is a land that is free from tears]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*1905 – ''[[Soul Echoes]]'', with George Lincoln Blackwell and Josiah Samuel Caldwell, second edition 1909
*1905 – ''[[Soul Echoes]]'', with George Lincoln Blackwell and Josiah Samuel Caldwell, second edition 1909
*1916 – {{NoCo|New Songs of Paradise}}
*1916 – {{NoCo|New Songs of Paradise}}, further editions in 1919, 1921, 1923, 1934, and 1941


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 4 November 2022

Charles A. Tindley

Life

Born: 7 July 1851 in Berlin, Maryland

Died: 26 July 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Biography

American Methodist minister, gospel music composer and hymn writer. Born to Charles and Esther Miller Tindley; his mother died when he was two, then raised by his father. Largely self-educated, but his knowledge of the Bible and preaching given high praise by many. Joined Phildelphia's Bainbridge Street Methodist Church in 1880, serving as a janitor – but in 1902 assigned to the same church as their pastor. The church moved to a larger site in 1906 and renamed East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church (now Tindley Temple United Methodist ChurchLink to the English Wikipedia article). It grew greatly under his leadership, eventually becoming a multiracial congregation of over 10,000. Tindley wrote over 40 hymns, many still in use today. A few gospel hymns in Tindley's books were composed by his sons, Charles A. Tindley, Jr. and Frederick J. Tindley.

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Arrangements by Charles Albert Tindley

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Publications

  • 1905 – Soul Echoes, with George Lincoln Blackwell and Josiah Samuel Caldwell, second edition 1909
  • 1916 – New Songs of Paradise, further editions in 1919, 1921, 1923, 1934, and 1941

References

  • Kimbrough, S. T. Jr. and Carlton R. Young. 2006. Beams of Heaven: Hymns of Charles Albert Tindley. New York: General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church.
  • Abbington, James. 2006. Introduction. In Beams of Heaven: Hymns of Charles Albert Tindley. Reprinted in Abbington, James. 2009. Let the Church Sing On! Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 47-57.

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