~Tell Mother I’ll Be There

       Just before he left by special train to visit his dying mother, President McKinley sent a telegram that probably did more for the Kingdom of God than any other single act of his life.

       The message read, TELL MOTHER I’LL BE THERE.

       A preacher, Rev. Chas. Fillmore, read that message, took the phrase and wrote his world-famous hymn: “Tell mother I’ll be there.”

       Charles Alexander took the song with him on his evangelistic tour around the world, and wherever he sang it hearts were touched.

       In the great Welsh revival, Evan Roberts said, this song won more souls than any other song that was sung. Many have been converted through it.

—The Bible Friend

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