1886–1952

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 22, 1886, Hef­lin, Lou­isi­ana.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 7, 1952, Bry­son Ci­ty, North Ca­ro­li­na, in an au­to ac­ci­dent.

Buried: Wood­lawn Me­mor­ial Park, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Pseudonyms

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Biography

Baylus was the son of James Cal­vin Mc­Kin­ney and Mar­tha An­nis Hef­lin.

He at­tend­ed Mount Le­ba­non Aca­de­my, Lou­isi­ana; Lou­isi­ana College, Pine­ville, Lou­isi­ana; South­wes­tern Bapt­ist Se­mi­na­ry, Fort Worth, Tex­as; Sie­gel-My­ers Cor­res­pon­dence School of Mu­sic, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois (BM 1922); and the Bush Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic, Chi­ca­go. Ok­la­ho­ma Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty award­ed him an hon­or­ary Doc­tor of Mu­sic 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 Worth, where Ish­am E. Rey­nolds asked him to join the fa­cu­lty of the School of Sac­red Mu­sic at South­west­ern Bap­tist Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry.

He taught at the se­mi­na­ry un­til 1932, then served as pas­tor of the Tra­vis Ave­nue Bap­tist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKin­ney be­came mu­sic ed­it­or for the Bap­tist Sun­day School Board in Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see.

McKinney wrote words and mu­sic for about 150 songs, and mu­sic for 115 more.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. All on the Al­tar
  2. Always with Us
  3. Ashamed of Je­sus
  4. At Ev­en­tide
  5. Be Ye Do­ers of the Word
  6. Because of You
  7. Bible, The
  8. Blessed Be the Name
  9. Breathe on Me
  10. Calling You Home
  11. Christ Liv­eth in Me
  12. Come un­to Him and Rest
  13. Crimson Cal­va­ry An­swers, No
  14. Draw Near
  15. Everlasting Arms Are Un­der­neath, The
  16. Everything’s All Right
  17. Follow the Gleam
  18. For Me
  19. Forgive
  20. Friend of Mine, A
  21. Glorious Is Thy Name
  22. Glory Be to God
  23. God, Give Us Chris­tian Homes!
  24. God Loved the World
  25. Have Faith in God
  26. He Lift­ed Me Up to Stay
  27. He Lives on High
  28. Heir of God’s Grace, An
  29. Holy Spi­rit, Like the Dew
  30. How Do I Know?
  31. I Can See the Lights of Home
  32. I Know the Bi­ble Is True
  33. I Was Glad When They Said
  34. In the Old-Time Way
  35. In Thy Ho­ly Tem­ple
  36. Keep on Pray­ing
  37. Knocking at the Door
  38. Lead On, Lead On
  39. Let Go and Let God
  40. Let Oth­ers See Je­sus in You
  41. Let the Tide Come In
  42. Lift Me Up to Thee
  43. List to the Voice
  44. Look for the Sil­ver Lin­ing
  45. Lord, Lay Some Soul up­on My Heart
  46. Lord, Send a Re­viv­al
  47. Love Sings a Song in My Heart
  48. Man of Sor­rows
  49. Many Man­sions, The
  50. My Pray­er
  51. Nail-Scarred Hand, The
  52. Nearer Home
  53. ’Neath the Old Ol­ive Trees
  54. New Birth, The
  55. No One Seemed to Care
  56. O God Eter­nal
  57. Old Road, The
  58. One Door
  59. Onward
  60. Our Dear­est Friend
  61. Over the Line
  62. Praise Ye Je­ho­vah
  63. Pray Your Trou­bles Away
  64. Prayer Chang­es Things
  65. Rainbow with the Rain, The
  66. Satisfied with Je­sus
  67. Send a Great Re­vi­val
  68. Send the Old-Time Pow­er
  69. Serve the Lord with Glad­ness
  70. Since His Love Came Shin­ing Through
  71. Somebody Needs Your Love
  72. Speak to My Heart
  73. Sunshine of My Heart, The
  74. Take Up Thy Cross and Fol­low Me
  75. Talk it All Ov­er with Je­sus
  76. Tarry Ye Here
  77. Thy Will Be Done!
  78. Unfold, Ye Por­tals
  79. Waiting for the Sun­rise
  80. What Will You Do with Je­sus?
  81. When the Morn­ing Comes
  82. Wherever He Leads I’ll Go
  83. Whisper a Pray­er
  84. World Is Dy­ing for Love, The

Music

  1. Christ for the Whole Wide World!
  2. Christian Home, The
  3. Co-Laborers
  4. Crowned or Cru­ci­fied
  5. Glory Be to God
  6. Schwarzwald
  7. Touch Me, Lord Je­sus
  8. Upper Room, The
  9. Whidbey Is­land