By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music Format:Hardcover If there’s nothing out there

If there’s nothing out there

but both are keeping secrets that make trust nearly impossible

including his mother

And it turns out… he’s right

The combination of Thurber’s elegant fairy tale with Slobodkin’s vibrant illustrations has made this book a favorite for over 75 years

By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music Format:Hardcover If there’s nothing out thereAt a time when most African Americans were still enslaved, Charles Tindley was born free. His childhood was far from easy, with backbreaking hours in the fields, and no opportunity to go to school. But the spirituals he heard as he worked made him long to know how to read the Gospel for himself. Late at night, he taught himself to read from scraps of newspapers. From those small scraps, young Charles raised himself to become a founding father of