1879–1955
Mark McKee

Introduction

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Born: De­cem­ber 6, 1879, Whites­bo­ro, Tex­as.

Died: No­vem­ber 12, 1955, Bow­ie, Tex­as.

Buried: Sa­lo­na Ce­me­te­ry, Sa­lo­na, Tex­as.

Biography

Mark was the son of Will­iam Mar­tin Mc­Kee and Thur­sey Jane Huff.

Census re­cords show McKee taught in the pub­lic schools from at least 1910 to 1930.

A Metho­dist, he is cred­it­ed with writ­ing some 300 songs and hymns. His Sing­ing for Je­sus ap­peared in Re­quest­ed Songs New and Old, by James Fer­rill and James Tho­mas (Fort Worth, Tex­as: Quar­tet Mu­sic, 1932).

He was sec­re­ta­ry of the South­west Mon­ta­gue Coun­ty [Tex­as] Sing­ing Con­ven­tion for 17 years.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Is Glo­ry
  2. All the Way Is Clear
  3. All to Thee I Bring
  4. As My Up­ward Way I’m Press­ing
  5. Be Tell­ing the Sto­ry of Won­der­ful Love
  6. Beyond the Tide
  7. Bread on the Wa­ters
  8. Bring Your Cares to Him
  9. Bring Your Trou­bles to Je­sus
  10. Cleansing Blood, The
  11. Climbing Up the High­way
  12. Endless Joy
  13. For He Loves Me
  14. Forever with Je­sus
  15. Friend Like Mine, A
  16. Gift, The
  17. Glad, Hap­py Day
  18. Going On­ward
  19. He Said He Will Come
  20. He Will Not Let Me Fall
  21. I Be­lieve the Old, Old Sto­ry
  22. I Met Him at Cal­va­ry
  23. I’m Go­ing to Glo­ry Some Day
  24. Jesus Will Take Care of His Own
  25. Joy at the End of the Way
  26. Keep My Heart, O Bless­ed Je­sus
  27. Keep Trust­ing in Him
  28. Letting Him Hold My Hand
  29. Look Down on Me
  30. Look for Me at the Gate
  31. Look to the Savior, Nev­er Des­pair­ing
  32. Love-Light Il­lum­ines My Way
  33. My All Is Thine
  34. My House Eter­nal
  35. Now the Burst­ing Spring Awakes
  36. O Won­drous Is the Grand Old Sto­ry
  37. On Zion’s Hill a Man­sion Stands
  38. Only Mer­cy Saves Me
  39. Our Year of Ju­bi­lee Has Come
  40. Over and Ov­er
  41. Since Je­sus Holds My Hand
  42. Since Je­sus Is Mine
  43. Since Je­sus Saved My Soul
  44. Someone’s Last Day
  45. Singing for Je­sus
  46. Waiting Man­sion, The
  47. We Are Pil­grims March­ing On­ward
  48. We Will Shout Hal­le­lu­jah
  49. We’ll All Ga­ther Home
  50. We’ll All Sing in Glo­ry
  51. We’ll Be Sing­ing at Home
  52. What Can Save the Sin Sick Soul?
  53. When Je­sus Comes Down
  54. When the Gates Un­fold
  55. When the Sav­ior Calls the Roll
  56. When You Are Wea­ry
  57. Where No­bo­dy Grows Old
  58. Where the Ran­somed Nev­er Die
  59. With Mo­ther and Dad
  60. Work and Pray