1888 - 1968 Person Name: R. M. H. Hymnal Title: Songs of Perfect Love Author of "Hallelujah Unto Jesus" in Songs of Perfect Love Born: November 28, 1888, southwest Missouri.
Died: February 25, 1968, Lakeland, Florida.
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lakeland, Florida.
Born in the Ozark foothills, Hickman moved to Independence, Missouri, at age 16, and studied music with instructors in Kansas City. He came to Christ at age 20, and studied at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, where he met his wife. They served in the evangelism field together until her death in 1942. Roger went on to serve as music & Christian education director at churches in Louisiana & Florida. He directed the Music Department at the Baptist Bible Institute in Lakeland, Florida (1949-53), & wrote over 100 Gospel songs. He & Arthur McKee compiled the first volume of Tabernacle Hymns in 1916.
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Roger M. Hickman
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