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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. McKinney attended Louisiana College and the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas, where he taught 1919-1932. He also served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918-1935), and pastored in Fort Worth, Texas (1931-1935). In 1935, he became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 hymns, and music for 115 more. His works include: * Songs of Victory (Nashville, Tennessee: 1937) * The Song Evangel (Nashville, Tennessee: 1940) * The Broadman Hymnal (music editor) (Nashville, Tennessee: The Broadman Press, 1940) * Look and Live Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: 1945) * Songs of Life (Nashville, Tennessee: 1946) * Voice of Praise (Nashville, Tennessee: 1947) Sources * Baxter, pp. 48-51 * Hustad, p. 286 * Reynolds, pp. 355-6 Hymns 1. All on the Altar (© 1936) 2. Always with Us (© 1933) 3. Ashamed of Jesus (© 1933) 4. Be Ye Doers of the Word (© 1940) 5. Because of You (© 1932) 6. Bible, The (© 1933) 7. Blessed be the Name (© 1926) 8. Breathe on Me (© 1937) 9. Calling You Home (© 1932) 10. Christ Liveth in Me (© 1932) 11. Come unto Him and Rest (© 1940) 12. Crimson Calvary Answers, “No” (© 1932) 13. Draw Near (© 1940) 14. Everlasting Arms are Underneath, The (© 1931) 15. Everything’s All Right (© 1931) 16. Follow the Gleam (© 1933) 17. For Me (© 1933) 18. Forgive (© 1940) 19. Friend of Mine, A (© 1925) 20. Glorious Is Thy Name (© 1942) 21. Glory Be to God (© 1933) 22. God, Give Us Christian Homes! (© 1949) 23. God Loved the World (© 1933) 24. Have Faith in God (© 1934) 25. He Lifted Me Up to Stay (© 1928) 26. He Lives on High 27. Heir of God’s Grace, An (© 1933) 28. Holy Spirit, Like the Dew (© 1933) 29. How Do I Know? (© 1929) 30. I Can See the Lights of Home (© 1926) 31. I Was Glad When They Said (© 1940) 32. In the Old-time Way (© 1937) 33. In Thy Holy Temple (© 1940) 34. Keep On Praying (© 1922) 35. Knocking at the Door (© 1933) 36. Lead On, Lead On (© 1940) 37. Let Go and Let God (© 1951) 38. Let Others See Jesus in You (© 1924) 39. Let the Tide Come In (© 1927) 40. Lift Me Up to Thee (© 1933) 41. List to the Voice (© 1924) 42. Look for the Silver Lining (© 1933) 43. Lord, Lay Some Soul upon My Heart (© 1940) 44. Lord, Send a Revival (© 1927) 45. Love Sings a Song in My Heart (© 1933) 46. Many Mansions, The (© 1931) 47. My Prayer (© 1929) 48. Nail Scarred Hand, The (© 1924) 49. Nearer Home (© 1933) 50. ’Neath the Old Olive Trees (© 1929) 51. New Birth, The (© 1932) 52. No One Seemed to Care (© 1933) 53. O God Eternal (© 1936) 54. Old Road, The (© 1928) 55. One Door (© 1933) 56. Onward (© 1933) 57. Our Dearest Friend (© 1933) 58. Over the Line (© 1928) 59. Praise Ye Jehovah (© 1933) 60. Prayer Changes Things (© 1930) 61. Rainbow With the Rain, The (© 1931) 62. Satisfied with Jesus (© 1926) 63. Send a Great Revival (© 1925) 64. Send the Old-Time Power (© 1933) 65. Serve the Lord with Gladness (© 1931) 66. Since His Love Came Shining Through (© 1924) 67. Somebody Needs Your Love (© 1940) 68. Speak to My Heart (© 1927) 69. Sunshine of My Heart, The (© 1925) 70. Talk it All Over with Jesus (© 1933) 71. Tarry Ye Here (© 1933) 72. Thy Will Be Done! (© 1937) 73. Unfold, Ye Portals (© 1933) 74. Waiting for the Sunrise (© 1933) 75. What Will You Do with Jesus? (© 1940) 76. When the Morning Comes (© 1937) 77. Wherever He Leads I’ll Go (© 1936) 78. Whisper a Prayer (© 1940) 79. World Is Dying for Love, The (© 1933) Music 1. Christ for the Whole Wide World! (© 1938) 2. Christian Home, The (© 1940) 3. Crowned or Crucified (© 1940) 4. Glory Be to God (© 1933) 5. Touch Me, Lord Jesus (© 1940) 6. Upper Room, The (© 1939) Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/m/c/mckinney_bb.html