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BAPTISMAL
ANTHEM:
Key
of
A
Flat
Major.
"In
those
days
came
John
the
Baptist,
preaching
in
the
wilderness
of
Ju-dae'a."
Matt.
3:1-4.
B.
F.
White,
1844.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson.
1911.
In
those
days
came
John
the
Bap-tist,
preaching
in
the
wil-der-ness
of
Ju-
de
-
a,
And
say
-
ing
Re-
In
those
days
came
John
the
Bap-tist
preaching
in
the
wil-der-ness
of
Ju
-
de
-
a,
And
say-ing,
And
say-ing,
Re
-
pent
ye,
For
the
king-dom
of
heaven
is
at
hand.
For
this
is
He
that
was
spoken
of
by
the
proph-et
E
-
sa
-
ias,
pent
ye,
For
the
king-dom
of
heaven
is
at
hand.
For
this
is
He
that
was
spoken
of
by
the
prophet
E
-
sa
-
ias,
B.
F.
White
was
born
in
Spartanburg,
S.
C.,
1800,
and
died
in
Atlanta,
Ga.,
1879.
He
married
a
Miss
Golightly
in
1825;
moved
from
Spartanburg
to
Hamilton,
Harris
County,
Ga.,
in
1842.
His
wife
died
in
1877.
His
father
and
grandfather
were
both
named
Robert.
His
grandfather
lived
to
be
104,
and
his
father
102
years
old.
Major
White,
as
he
was
called
on
account
of
being
a
major
of
the
Militia,
met
with
an
accident
by
falling
on
Spring
Street
in
Atlanta,
from
the
effect
of
which
he
died
in
eight
days.
He
was
a
strict
member
of
the
Missionary
Baptist
church
for
almost
all
his
life.
He
first
compiled
the
"Sacred
Harp"
and
"Tune
Book
Sacred
Songs"
in
1844.
White
revised
it
several
times-in
1850,
1859,
1869.
In
1845
Majo.
White
organized
the
Southern
Musical
Convention,
and
was
president
from
that
time
until
1862,
and
again
in
1867.
He
was
self-taught
in
music,
and
it
came
to
him