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~The Old Time Religion
Shortly
after the Civil War in America, a Methodist minister and his wife were
blessed with the birth of a son.
When
the boy became a teenager, he left home to make his way in the world.
His fondest dream was to become a concert singer, but he never fulfilled
his ambition. He took a job peddling songbooks, and later made his
living by going around the countryside in a wagon demonstrating pianos
for a local firm.
At
the age of 25 he began to realize that his worldly goals would not be
achieved and that even their complete attainment could never satisfy his
deepest longings. Convicted by the Holy Spirit of having drifted far
from his early training, Charlie Tillman received Christ as his Savior
and spent the rest of his life singing and working for the Lord.
One
day while passing through South Carolina, he heard a group of Colored
worshippers chanting a lilting tune. He quickly jotted down the simple
words and melody, for they spoke to him of his own conversion
experience. Few today remember Charlie Tillman, but almost everyone has
heard of “The Old Time Religion.”
—Henry
G. Bosch
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The Old-Time Religion[1]
1
It was good for our mothers,
It
was good for our mothers,
It
was good for our mothers,
And
it’s good enough for me.
Chorus ’Tis the old-time
religion,
’Tis
the old-time religion,
’Tis
the old-time religion,
And
it’s good enough for me.
2
It has saved our fathers,
It
has saved our fathers,
It
has saved our fathers,
And
it’s good enough for me.
3
Makes me love ev’rybody,
Makes
me love ev’rybody,
Makes
me love ev’rybody,
And
it’s good enough for me.
4
It will do when I am dying,
It
will do when I am dying,
It
will do when I am dying,
And
it’s good enough for me.
5
It will take us all to heaven,
It
will take us all to heaven,
It
will take us all to heaven,
And
it’s good enough for me.
[1]Eckert,
Paul, Steve Green’s MIDI Hymnal, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos
Research Systems, Inc.) 1998.
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