Charles
Albert Tindley
Born:
July 7, 1851, Berlin, Maryland.
Died:
July 26, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buried:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tindley is known as one of the “founding fathers of American Gospel music.”
The son of slaves, he taught himself to read and write at age 17. He was a
driven young man, working as a janitor while attending night school, and earning
his divinity degree through a correspondence course. In 1902, he became pastor
of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the
church where he had earlier been the janitor. At the time of Tindley’s death,
his church had 12,500 members. The Tindley Temple United Methodist Church in
Philadelphia was named after him. Tindley’s I’ll Overcome Some Day
was the basis for the American civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome,
popularized in the 1960’s.
Hymns
- After a While
- Better Day Is Coming
By and By, A
- Better Home, A
- Christ is the Way
- Consolation
- From Youth to Old
Age
- Go Talk with Jesus
about It
- Go Wash in the
Beautiful Stream
- Have You Crossed the
Line?
- Heaven’s Christmas
Tree
- Here Am I, Send Me
- He’ll Take You
Through
- Heavenly Union, The
- Home of the Soul,
The
- I Believe It
- I Have Found at Last
a Savior
- I Know the Lord Will
Make a Way
- I Will Go, if My
Father Holds My Hand
- I’ll Be Satisfied
- I'll Overcome Some
Day
- I’m Going to Die
with My Staff in My Hand
- I’m Going There
- In Me (© 1923)
- It May Be the Best
for Me
- Joyous Anticipation
- Just Today (© 1923)
- Leave
It There
- Let Jesus Fix It for
You (© 1923)
- Lord, I’ve Tried
- Lord Will Make the
Way, The
- Mountain Top
Dwelling
- My Secret of Joy
- Nothing Between
- Our Suffering Jesus
- Pilgrim’s Song,
The
- Saved and Satisfied
(© 1923)
- Some Day
- Someone Is Waiting
for Me
- Spiritual Spring
Time
- Stand by Me
- Storm is Passing
Over, The
- Stranger Cut the
Rope, A
- Today
- We'll Understand it
Better By and By
- What Are They Doing
in Heaven?
- Will You Be There?
- Your Faith Has Saved
You