Born: March 20, 1861, Tal­las­see, Al­a­ba­ma.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1943, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.

Buried: Westview Cemetery, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.

In 1887, Till­man be­gan his ca­reer as a sing­ing evan­gel­ist. He formed his own mu­sic pub­lish­ing house, and put out 20 Gos­pel song col­lect­ions. At one time, he was song lead­er at the In­di­an Spring Ho­li­ness Camp Meet­ing in Flo­vil­la, Georg­ia. He was the first to pub­lish the spir­it­u­al Old-Time Re­li­gion, which he heard blacks sing­ing at a camp meet­ing in Lex­ing­ton, South Car­o­lina.

Sources

Hymns

  1. Hallelujah!

Music

  1. Life’s Railway to Heaven
  2. My Mother’s Bi­ble
  3. Old Time Power
  4. Ready
  5. Save One Soul for Jesus
  6. Spirit Is Calling, The
  7. Unanswered Yet
  8. They Were in an Upper Chamber
  9. When I Get to the End of the Way