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

1. After a While
2. Better Day Is Coming By and By, A
3. Better Home, A
4. Christ is the Way
5. Consola­tion
6. From Youth to Old Age
7. Go Talk with Jesus about It
8. Go Wash in the Beautiful Stream
9. Have You Crossed the Line?
10. Heaven’s Christmas Tree
11. Here Am I, Send Me
12. He’ll Take You Through
13. Heavenly Union, The
14. Home of the Soul, The
15. I Believe It
16. I Have Found at Last a Savior
17. I Know the Lord Will Make a Way
18. I Will Go, if My Father Holds My Hand
19. I’ll Be Satisfied
20. I’ll Overcome Some Day
21. I’m Going to Die with My Staff in My Hand
22. I’m Going There
23. In Me (© 1923)
24. It May Be the Best for Me
25. Joyous Anticipa­tion
26. Just Today (© 1923)
27. Leave It There
28. Let Jesus Fix It for You (© 1923)
29. Lord, I’ve Tried
30. Lord Will Make the Way, The
31. Mountain Top Dwelling
32. My Secret of Joy
33. Nothing Between
34. Our Suffering Jesus
35. Pilgrim’s Song, The
36. Saved and Satisfied (© 1923)
37. Some Day
38. Someone Is Waiting for Me
39. Spiritual Spring Time
40. Stand by Me
41. Storm Is Passing Over, The
42. Stranger Cut the Rope, A
43. Today
44. We’ll Understand It Better By and By
45. What Are They Doing in Heaven?
46. Will You Be There?
47. Your Faith Has Saved You