Tune: BAPTISMAL ANTHEM

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BAPTISMAL ANTHEM

Composer: B. F. White
Published in 4 hymnals

Composer: B. F. White

Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman Not to be confused with B. F. White who composed music in the 1930's and 1940's Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	BAPTISMAL ANTHEM
Composer:	B. F. White
Incipit:	55112 23156 54343
Key:	A♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Lamb of God

In Those Days

In those days came John the Baptist
Preaching in the wilderness of Judea;
And saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The kingdom of heaven is at hand;
The kingdom of heaven is at hand,
The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The kingdom of heaven is at hand,

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