Children of the Kingdom

Children of the kingdom never turn aside

Author: Flora Kirkland
Tune: [Children of the kingdom, never turn aside]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Flora Kirkland

Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911 Go to person page >

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First Line: Children of the kingdom never turn aside
Title: Children of the Kingdom
Author: Flora Kirkland
Refrain First Line: Forward! Forward!
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Bible School Hymnal #160

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