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Author: B. B. McKinney Meter: Irregular Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: "Serve the Lord with gladness" in our works and ways Refrain First Line: "Serve Him with gladness," enter His courts with song Topics: Commitment, Dedication, Consecration, Devotion; Servanthood, Service, Ministry Used With Tune: LEE

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LEE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. B. McKinney Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55567 15661 76552 Used With Text: Serve the Lord with Gladness

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Serve the Lord with Gladness

Author: B. B. McKinney Hymnal: Baptist Hymnal 1991 #495 (1991) Meter: Irregular First Line: "Serve the Lord with gladness" in our works and ways Refrain First Line: "Serve Him with gladness" Scripture: Psalm 100:2 Languages: English Tune Title: LEE

Serve the Lord with Gladness

Author: B. B. McKinney Hymnal: Baptist Hymnal 2008 #382 (2008) Meter: Irregular First Line: "Serve the Lord with gladness" in our works and ways Refrain First Line: "Serve Him with gladness," enter His courts with song Topics: Commitment, Dedication, Consecration, Devotion; Servanthood, Service, Ministry Languages: English Tune Title: LEE

Serve the Lord With Gladness

Author: B. B. McK. Hymnal: Service Songs #2 (1931) Refrain First Line: Serve Him with gladness Languages: English Tune Title: [Serve the Lord with gladness]

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B. B. McKinney

1886 - 1952 Author of "Serve the Lord with Gladness" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 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)