Mr. F. Markham in Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras - late 19th Century
from My Life and Sacred Songs, page 55:
"Mr. F, Markham, connected with a large and well-known piano factory, was leading an ungodly and heedless life," says a London periodical. "One day he saw an announcement that Moody and Sankey were to open a mission at St. Pancras that evening. Instantly he resolved to go and hear the singing. He and a companion reached the hall in good time, as they thought, only to find it crowded to the doors. An overflow meeting was announced at a neighbouring church, and thither they went. By and by Mr. Sankey sang 'To the hall of the feast came the sinful and fair.' As Markham listened, his past… more >>
Ira David Sankey, My Life and Sacred Songs (1906), p. 55. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431523026305 accessed: 22 November, 2024
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hide composersTo the hall of the feast came the sinful and fair | performed by Ira David Sankey |
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Date/Time | late 19th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |