Gospel gold

About the song

The rich musical tone and stirring text of “By and By”, a gospel sermon in song, highlights the God-given talent of genius composer, Charles Albert Tindley. Born in 1851’s pre-Civil War Maryland, son of a slave father and a free mother, this self-educated master musician left a long trail of “spirituals” that include stand-outs like “Nothing Between My Soul and My Savior” and “When the Storms of Life are Raging, Stand by Me”.

For more than fifty years, Del Delker dedicated her golden voice to sharing God’s gospel of the kingdom throughout the world. What follows is a glimpse of “Del and Friends,” a 2001 concert in her honor, arranged by 150 admiring, musician peers.