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A Friend to Man

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Let me travel the road, the road of life

[Let me travel the road, the road of life]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. B. McKinney Used With Text: A Friend To Man

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Author: B. B. McK. Hymnal: The Modern Hymnal #380 (1926) First Line: Let me travel the road, the road of life Lyrics: 1 Let me travel the road, the road of life, Where the races of men press on, The men who are weak from their load of sin, And the men who are good and strong, I would not look with a scorner’s eye, Nor hurl the cynic’s ban, Let me travel the road, the road of life, And be a friend to man. 2 Let me see as I travel upon my way, On the great highway of life, The men who press on with the ardor of hope, And the men who are taint with strife, Let me turn not away from their smiles and tears, Both part of an all-wise plan, Let me travel the road, the road of life, And be a friend to man. 3 Let me travel the road, the road of life, Where some sin-burdened soul I’ll meet, Let me be a balm to his aching heart, And a guide to his wayward feet, Let me tell him of Christ who has died to save, Let me give him salvation’s plan, Let me travel the road, the road of life, And be a friend to man. Topics: Social Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Let me travel the road, the road of life]

A friend to man

Hymnal: Coleman's Songs for Men #d68 (1932) First Line: Let me travel the road, the road of life

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B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Person Name: B. B. McK. Adaptor of "A Friend To Man" in The Modern Hymnal Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more. --© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)